DISCLAIMER: THE WRITE READS AND SCRIBNER BOOKS PROVIDED ME AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE NOVEL MIRRORLAND BY CAROLE JOHNSTONE IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW. An Additional Disclaimer, I am not a professional psychologist and my analysis of the protagonist’s mental health is only based on my extended readings. Summary I got from Goodreads: Twelve years ago…
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Adrian Tchaikovsky’s “Shards of Earth” Completely Blew Me Away #TheWriteReads #UltimateBlogTour
DISCLAIMER: THE WRITE READS AND Black Crow PR PROVIDED ME AN E-ARC OF THE NOVEL Shards of Earth BY adrian tchaikovsky IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW Summary I got from Goodreads: The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us an extraordinary space opera about humanity on the brink of extinction, and how one man’s discovery…
A Reader’s Response to Emily Barr’s “Things to Do Before the End of the World”#TheWriteReads #UltimateBlogTour
DISCLAIMER: THE WRITE READS AND PENGUIN PROVIDED ME AN E-ARC OF THE NOVEL tHINGS TO DO BEFORE THE END OF THE WORLD BY EMILY BARR IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW. Summary I got from Goodreads: One minute you’re walking in the park, hiding from a party. Then you discover that the next nine months will…
Overreading Becky Albertalli’s “Kate in Waiting” #TheWriteReads #UltimateBlogTour
DISCLAIMER: THE WRITE READS and PENGUIN PROVIDED ME AN E-ARC OF THE NOVEL, KATE IN WAITING BY BECKY ALBERTALLI IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW. Interpretations are my own and may not reflect the author’s intention. If they did, that would be cool. Analysis may contain spoilers or highly condensed scenes in the book. Spoilers…
An Amateur’s Structuralist Perspective on Josie Jaffrey’s The Gilded King #UltimateBlogTour
DISCLAIMER: As part of the BBNYA, THE WRITE READS PROVIDED ME AN E-ARC OF THE NOVEL, the gilded king BY josie jaffrey IN EXCHANGE for AN HONEST REVIEW. BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors. If you are an author and wish…
A Case of an Unreliable Narrator: A Review of Flynn Meaney’s YA Novel, “Bad Habits” #TheWriteReads #UltimateBlogTour
Disclaimer: The Write Reads and NetGalley provided me an e-ARC of the novel, Bad Habits by Flynn Meaney in exchange of an honest review. Summary I got from Goodreads: Hilarious, bold, sparky and surprising, this is the funniest feminist book you’ll read all year. Alex is a rebel from the tip of her purple fauxhawk…
Quick Review: I want to eat your pancreas (Manga)
An unsolicited advice: lock your room when you’re reading this manga. This is the kind that makes you scrunch your face as it tugs your heart and you don’t want to be found by your parent-in-law in that situation. Nope. A list of things I liked about the manga is probably the more fitting title…
An Amateur Literary Criticism to The Book of Lost Things
This book was solid. Reading this novel is revisiting my childhood and the fairy tales that I grew up with and found comfort in. More than that, the novel is a good specimen for close reading and analysis. I have taken the liberty of examining some of the story’s elements using the little knowledge of…
Quick Review: The Garden of Lost Secrets
Just so we are on the same page, there’s the word ‘quick’ in the title for a reason. If you are looking for in-depth criticism, analysis or appreciation of a book, I am also looking for an opportunity to write one and unfortunately, this is not it. The Garden of Lost Secrets I confess myself…
Quick Review: The Waste Lands by Stephen King
The Waste Lands by Stephen King My rating: 3 of 5 stars I have issues reading this book: 1) Violence against women (Suze’s rape scene) 2) Violence against children (Jake’s bruises) 3) Violence against animals (Oy’s demise) You’d think I enjoyed violence against men but what can I do when the 3 out of 4…
The Viter-Ybasco University 