The Four Winds is a gripping tale of a woman’s strength, familial ties, and people’s resilience. From start to finish, author Kristin Hannah delivers a heavily charged page-turner through Elsa Martinelli’s narration and her daughter Loreda. Set in the 1930s United States of America, they tell us the strength and double standards that women have […]
What It Means To Be Human: The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
*This review contains spoilers. * My Personal Rating: The House of the Scorpion is a multi-award-winning science futuristic novel written by Nancy Farmer. It has some dystopian elements and carefully tread on sensitive concepts of slavery, abuse, and cloning with imposing ethical, moral, and social dilemma in an emotionally impactful manner like no other novels […]
A Deranged Story of Obsession: You by Caroline Kepnes
“The problem with books is that they end. They seduce you. They spread their legs to you and pull you inside. And you go deep and leave your possessions and your ties to the world at the door, and you like it inside, and you don’t want for your possessions or your ties, and then, […]
The Silent Lives of Manila’s Inhabitants: The Quiet Ones by Glenn Diaz
My Personal Rating: Some novels are just a hit, a miss, or one that you were way too ahead or too late to read. This review on The Quiet Ones by Glenn Diaz doesn’t necessarily agree with many of the acclaims and high praises it has received through the years. But this isn’t a negative […]
Nights in Rodanthe: The Unforgettable and Tender Love Story
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks a book that I don’t know where to start. This book really broke my heart into pieces; I didn’t expect that it has happened. This book follows the story of Adrienne, who was abandoned by her husband a few years ago. She is dealing with her daughter, who suffers […]
The Choices That We Make: Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness
I had the 10th-anniversary edition copy of the Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness as soon as it was released in 2018, but I left them shelved for years. If you look at the back, you’ll see a quote from the Guardian saying, “I would press the Chaos Walking Trilogy on anyone, anyone at all.” […]
Miracle Cure: A Classic Medical Thriller
My Personal Rating: Miracle Cure is Harlan Coben’s second novel and, if Wikipedia is to be believed, no longer published or printed. The story begins with the murder of an epidemiologist, where the readers get a glimpse of the cold-blooded, unemphatic, and highly effective assassin. It is usually labeled as a medical thriller because it […]
Playlist For The Dead: An Admirable and Compassionate Friendship by Michelle Falkoff
“You never know someone until you listen.” My Personal Rating: I actually finished the Playlist For The Dead by Michelle Falkoff on the last day of this semester, and now I have time to share my thoughts about this. This book talks about Sam and Hayden. They were best friends and weird as they described […]
The Comic Parable: Twice Blessed by Ninotchka Rosca
My Personal Rating: Only an author hailing from your own country is capable of accurately describing intergenerational cultural diversities, the striking realities that we live in, and capturing emotions that only we could truly understand. That’s what Twice Blessed by Filipina feminist Ninotchka Rosca evoked, a book published in 1992 and 1993 American Book Award […]
Before I Go To Sleep by SJ Watson
“… We’re constantly changing facts, rewriting history to make things easier, to make them fit in with our preferred version of events. We do it automatically. We invent memories. Without thinking. If we tell ourselves something happened often enough, we start to believe it, and then we can actually remember it.” -Dr. Nash, Before I […]
