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***** Summary from Goodreads: When a couple gets married, it isn’t just their lives that are thrown into chaos. For Nicholas and Nala’s wedding, there’s the mother of the bride who is forced to face her failed marriage; there mother of the groom, who . . . → Read More: Pinoy Reads: FROM THIS DAY FORWARD/Marla Miniano Because of the summer heat, it feels like April dragged on for so long. I am sure glad it has ended — this preggy woman just can’t stand the heat any longer — and I am glad as well of the outcome of my readings for the past month. Out of the four . . . → Read More: REQUIRED READING: May 2013
When this book was chosen by the book club as the group read for April, I was eager to join the read-along for a number of reasons: 1) I already have a copy which I bought from Booksale, 2) a very good friend whose book reviews I avidly am a . . . → Read More: GILEAD/Marilynne Robinson April is here, and just like that, it’s almost the end of the first quarter of the year (and also the end of my second trimester). March was super busy – adjusting to my new home, having masteral classes almost every weekend, and some pregnancy-related concerns. Despite planning to read only two books . . . → Read More: REQUIRED READING: April 2013 image from Goodreads Hunger as a social condition is something not very new. I have seen documentaries on local TV depicting miserable conditions of hunger and poverty, and I can’t help but shed some tears every time, especially when I see children and even babies suffering from lack of food. Suffice it . . . → Read More: HUNGER/Knut Hamsun February was busy, but still it was absolutely love-ly! Reading-wise, I had a love-ly reading month as well because I was able to finish all the books I chose to read for the month, had a fun buddy read of one of my chosen books, and actively participated (albeit online only) in the . . . → Read More: REQUIRED READING: March 2013
***** image from Goodreads The summary from Goodreads: “Here’s what happens when you play pretend. When Zack asks Jasmine to pretend to be his ex-girlfriend, she gamely agrees, thinking it would be fun. A few years later, she still has to keep convincing people that . . . → Read More: PINOY READS: My Imaginary Ex/Mina V. Esguerra image from Goodreads This Lullaby is my second Sarah Dessen book, the first one was The Truth About Forever which I rated 4/5 stars. I haven’t really gotten around to writing a blog post about my first Dessen book, but suffice it to say that I immensely liked it, especially the character . . . → Read More: THIS LULLABY/Sarah Dessen
Let me start this post by saying that this is such a beautiful book. The setting, the plot, the characters, the prose. Most especially the prose. But let me backtrack a little and try to compose an intelligible summary (operative word is TRY). A Northern Light weaves fiction . . . → Read More: A NORTHERN LIGHT/Jennifer Donnelly Hello, hello, love month! ♥ January seems to have passed by so quickly, and even though I spent the later part of the month on bed rest, I was glad for the time to do some reading and catching up on my review backlogs! I only included two books in my January Required . . . → Read More: REQUIRED READING: February 2013 |
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