Title: Anna and the Swallow Man Author: Gavriel Savit Rating: 6.5/10 On November 6, 1939, Anna's father had to go away for a few hours. He left shortly after eleven o'clock. He did not come back again. We all know what happened during those years. And being someone who have a certain partiality to stories… Continue reading Book Thoughts | Anna and the Swallow Man
Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Rating: 7/10 Now, I wish I have read this sooner. I'm not sure but I think I would have appreciated this better had I read this when I was younger. It's a children book per se but I believe that it would have helped me a lot in appreciating… Continue reading Book Thoughts | The Giver
Title: We Are Okay Author: Nina LaCour Rating: 8/10 Soooooo, someone stayed in a book store for three hours today, sitting on a couch devouring this little gem of a book. Someone also shamelessly cried while sitting on said couch and wiped her tears and snot on the sleeves of her cardigan because she had… Continue reading Book Thoughts | We Are Okay
Title: What We See In The Stars Author: Kelsey Oseid Rating: 7/10 I remember wanting to get this book since 2018. I almost even bought a 2019 calendar version of this but somehow, I only got to purchase this last January, three days after I told myself that I wouldn't but any new books this… Continue reading Book Thoughts | What We See In the Stars
Author: Heather Morris Genre: Historical Fiction Rating: ★★☆☆☆ (2.5 out of 5 stars) This is a historical fiction based on a true story of love and survival of Lale and Gita Sokolov. Lale, using his ability to speak multiple languages, was able to secure a job as a Tätowierer or tattooist in a prison camp… Continue reading Book Thoughts | The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Author: Jandy Nelson Genre: Young Adult, Romance Rating: ★★★★☆ (4 out of 5 stars) This is a story about Wuthering Heights-obsessed, band geek and clarinetist Lennie Walker. Her only sister Bailey suddenly dropped dead while rehearsing for a play and Lennie being the shadow of her sister was now left alone and center-stage. Bailey was… Continue reading Book Thoughts | The Sky Is Everywhere
The past couple of weeks, I have noticed that I've been highly UNMOTIVATED to do anything. Normally, when I can't paint I go and write and when I can't write as well I'd go and read. But somehow, I couldn't do any of those three. So now, aside from having no any artworks done, I… Continue reading Current Book Situation
Author: Jeffrey Eugenides Genre: Fiction Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3.5 out of 5 stars) I was reading another book when this book was mentioned and I realized that I've had this book for a couple of years already but never really bothered to read it. I don't even know why I bought it. Probably because I saw… Continue reading Book Thoughts | The Virgin Suicides
Author: Leila Sales Genre: Young Adult Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3.5 out of 5 stars) I have tried writing this book review for the past month and I almost discarded the idea because I couldn't come up with something cohesive. My thoughts are all over the place because I'm not sure if I like this book or not.… Continue reading Book Thoughts | This Song Will Save Your Life
Author: Colleen Hoover Genre: Romance | New Adult Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3 out of 5 stars) Note: This was first posted on my now deleted Tumblr. I was able to retrieve some draft. I just edited some parts of it and added more thoughts about the book. I didn’t have any high expectations about this book (first:… Continue reading Book Thoughts | November 9
Author: Anthony Doerr Genre: Historical Fiction Rating: ★★★★★ (5 out of 5 stars) “What’s your favorite thing about Earth?” It was a question from the movie The Space Between Us which I had watched by the time I finished reading this wonderful book by Anthony Doerr. And that question really stuck with me and my friends… Continue reading Book Thoughts | All The Light We Cannot See
Author: Chris Colfer Genre: Young Adult Rating: ★★★★☆ (4 out of 5 stars) Struck by Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal is about Carson who is a driven, passionate and ambitious senior student of Clover High School but who also happens to be at the bottom of the food chain, basically, an outcast. He however continues… Continue reading Book Thoughts | Struck by Lightning
Author: Emma Healey Genre: Mystery (and a hint of Dark Humor) Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3 out of 5 stars) Don’t you guys love reading good psychological mystery stories? Those kind which will send your brain reeling. Stories which will keep you on the edge of your seat, gripped and enthralled. Those which jumbles your head with… Continue reading Book Thoughts | Elizabeth is Missing
Musings and Rumination 