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In my post asking for chick lit recommendations, Tina mentioned Fairy Tale Fail by Mina V. Esguerra. The premise was interesting and when I saw that it's available in Smashwords for only $0.99, I went ahead and bought it. I felt like reading some chick lit so I started reading it and to my surprise, I ended up ( Read more... )

I have a post over at Wordpress asking for chick lit recommendations, something along the lines of Jennifer Crusie and Julie James. If you have suggestions, head on over there. I didn't cross-post here because I'm planning to give the link to my girlfriends who are asking for chick lit recs as well.

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It's funny how we absorb a certain culture's traditions based on pop culture. Halloween is not a Philippine holiday and I highly doubt that people here even know the reason for the celebration. Most of what Filipinos know are carried over through TV shows or movies, we know that it's time for ghosts and scary things ( Read more... )

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The past two books that I read - White Cat by Holly Black and The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice - both have characters with mismatched eyes. Of course, when these characters first appeared, my first thought was "Are they Gracelings?" Yes, I know this is ridiculous because they're characters from different ( Read more... )

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I never would've found out about The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice if it weren't for Ari of Emily and Her Little Pink Notes. She has been recommending this under-the-radar book for some time now. I saw the premise and was intrigued. I'm glad that the trade paperback edition of the book is available in Fully ( Read more... )

Cross-posted from Wordpress.I've been wondering for some time, what do you do with those books that you've read but you didn't love? I mean if you don't plan on re-reading them in the future then there's no point in keeping them, right? I've mentioned this before - we don't have libraries here in the Philippines. Wait, scratch that, we probably do ( Read more... )

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Even though I didn't really like Holly Black's fairy books, I decided to give White Cat a try since it's part of a new series and the premise is pretty interesting. Also, look at the cover of this edition. Isn't it lovely? I'm not sure if it's the UK edition but it's available in trade paperback in Fully Booked for ( Read more... )

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I featured this book as my Want Books pick back in July. I can't remember where I first found out about this book but I know that it was Holly's review that REALLY made me want to pick it up. I hunted for a copy in all the local bookstores and sadly, they didn't have stocks of it. Lo and behold, I found a used copy in ( Read more... )