Quick Review: The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1), Stephen King

The Gunslinger by Stephen King My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was supposed to say a number of things about the book but Mr Stephen King himself preempted me with the accompanying ‘Afterword’ so there is nothing left for me to do but read the remaining books to know more. It’s a fast-paced work–…

“the dream is a sort of substitution for those emotional and intellectual trains of thought” ― Sigmund Freud, Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners

Quick Review: Dream Psychology, Sigmund Freud

Dream Psychology by Sigmund Freud My rating: 3 of 5 stars It certainly is an eye-opener. Considering the amount of time I trundled to finish the book, I can say it is not for those who are in search for a light-read psychology book. I only endeavored to finish this because of my inability to…

Quick review: A Modern Cinderella by Louisa May Alcott

A Modern Cinderella by Louisa May Alcott My rating: 3 of 5 stars It was a good book, don’t get me wrong and Alcott still managed to capture my heart with her literary wit. Is it as memorable as Little Women , or Jo’s Boys ? No. The stories in the book reminded me of…

Currently Reading: American Gods

Russ finds the series interesting and wants me to finish reading this one just like how I read the first five books of The Song of Ice and Fire. Yep, a once in a blue moon assignment from Mr J indeed. 😎

Reading Goal Achieved… with a little cheat

I updated my Goodreads after finishing L. Frank Baum’s The Sea Fairies and lo and behold, I managed to read 80 books, my target for 2017. But I will let you in on a little secret: seventy four of those were Japanese comic books. I used to think that counting comic books as part of…

TBR 2017

These are the books I am definitely going to read after my Harry Potter and One Piece marathons–yep, I am not yet done and I am running out of excuses. I know it is quite late compared to others who have already started their reading challenges this year but hey! We do have our own…

A 30-Day Vacation (December 11, 2016-January 2016)

Here’s a summary of what I did during my long vacation, something many people -surprisingly- have been wanting to find out. Finished reading 3 books a) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (as part of my Harry Potter Marathon) b) The Subtle Knife (finally!) c) The Amber Spyglass Finished watching: a) Uncontrollably Fond, Korean Drama…

2017 RESOLUTION BOOK TAG

AN: I hope to have improvements in my blog and myself this year. I haven’t made New Year’s Resolutions for some years now and this is a good time to start again. In addition, this is the very first book tag I have created 1. How many books do you promise to read?  As usual,…