Review: The Rise of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #1) by F.C. Yee

August 22, 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

4/5 ☕ | The Rise of Kyoshi is necessary reading for all fans of the Avatar universe. You would think that that we wouldn’t be able to frame an Avatar background story in a new light anymore – but F.C. Yee managed to expand the Avatar lore effectively.

Review: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

August 16, 2020.Reading time 17 minutes.

5/5 ☕ | If you are a fan of Gothic stories and decadent horror, this is definitely for you. If you are down for a slow, morbid journey filled with intrigue and dark secrets, you will definitely relish reading this. I am not a fan of either (for personal reasons) but I unexpectedly enjoyed this immensely – and I think that speaks a lot.

Non Fiction Round Up Episode 2: Crucial Conversations and What-nots

August 9, 2020.Reading time 18 minutes.

Welcome to Episode 2 of my Non Fiction Round Up series – where I talk about all of the non fiction books I’ve read . I listed down additional 5 non fiction books that I was able to finish lately.

Review: The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho

August 2, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

5/5 ☕ | I thought it would be an action-packed story but was treated with a character-driven plot with found family dynamics, a lot of amusing banters and and a side story on finding one’s identity. What started as a wuxia-ish story morphed into a study on identity and a lesson on moving forward and making a new life despite past tragedies.

Review: Beach Read by Emily Henry

June 28, 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

5/5 ☕ | Beach Read has actually been such a personal read for me. Moments that were given solidity through words even if I wouldn’t even dare to think about them myself. Reading snippets that felt like I am reliving specific moments in my life.

Review: The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan

June 14, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

4/5 ☕ | I kicked myself more than enough already for not reading this series sooner than I had. But I’m glad that I finally gave it a try. Now I understand why people willingly got lost in this world for quite a while now and never left. I would do the same, if I’d known.

Review: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

June 7, 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

5/5 ☕ | A Little Life is a brilliant study of human emotions and how complex trauma can have lasting effects in one’s later life. I am a fan of books that elicit strong emotions from a reader, whether intentionally or not, and this book definitely delivered on that front.

Romance Back-to-Back: The Happy Ever After Playlist + If I Never Met You

May 25, 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

Romance books has been having a resurgence in my heart. Lately, I’ve listened to two random romances I’ve discovered through my audio book subscriptions and I was quite surprised that both of them delivered!

Non Fiction Round Up Episode 1: Non Fiction Books I’ve Read Lately + Tips to Reading Non Fiction Books

May 24, 2020.Reading time 18 minutes.

I realized, after all these years, that the key is reading about topics I care about. In reading non fiction works, you need to be intentional. Mindless reading won’t work.

Blog Tour: The Sword of Kaigen (A Theonite War Story) by M.L. Wang [REVIEW]

December 3, 2019.Reading time 25 minutes.

You know that feeling when you’re completely sucked in and already so deeply invested that you don’t want the book to end? It may sound so cliché at this point, but this is literally what I felt reading this book – dreading the last chapter but still keeping at it because… what else can you do when you’ve already fallen head-over-heels in love?