Tag: Bookworm 2020
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Review: The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan
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…
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Reading Diary: 35 Thoughts I Had While Reading Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life
This is a collection of my notes as well as the little entries I had in my journal while reading Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life.
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Review: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
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.
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Romance Back-to-Back: The Happy Ever After Playlist + If I Never Met You
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!
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Non Fiction Round Up Episode 1: Non Fiction Books I’ve Read Lately + Tips to Reading Non Fiction Books
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.
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Review: The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
This story is a mix of romance, adventure, murder mystery – with a hefty serving of family drama and lore on the side. It’s like an elaborate Asian soap opera peppered with paranormal elements and I loved every minute of it.
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READING DIARY: 10 Thoughts I Had While Reading Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar
These musings are way personal than I was expecting. This is how I usually write in my journal – things that are mostly disjointed it’s hard to fashion them into a decent and coherent review. I was honestly debating whether I should post this or not here but I figured, for the sake of documenting…
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Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama
Seldom do I enjoy reading memoirs but there was something special in how Michelle was able to transform her journey into something relatable on so many levels. In a way, it’s a brilliant coming-of-age story that should be read by anyone, especially young women who are trying to find their place in this world.
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Double Review: Evil Eye + Cut and Run
I am currently discovering this whole new world of audio books and with the Audible membership that I started maintaining ever since end of last year, I’ve been finding awesome reads here and there. So here are quick reviews of two of the best audio books that I’ve had the pleasure of listening: ‘Evil Eye’…
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#YARC2020 : Sign-up Post for the Year of the Asian Reading Challenge
It’s been a long time coming but you heard it right: I am finally signing up for the Year of the Asian Reading Challenge this 2020!
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