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'After I Do' by Taylor Jenkins Reid

From the BLURB: When Lauren and Ryan’s marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year apart, and only one rule: they cannot contact each other. Aside from that, anything goes. Lauren embarks on a journey of self-discovery, quickly finding that her friends and family have their own ideas about the meaning of marriage. These influences, as well as her own healing process and the challenges of living apart from Ryan, begin to change Lauren’s ideas about monogamy and marriage. She starts to question: When you can have romance without loyalty and commitment without marriage, when love and lust are no longer tied together, what do you value? What are you willing to fight for? This is a love story about what happens when the love fades. It’s about staying in love, seizing love, forsaking love, and committing to love with everything you’ve got. And above all, After I Do ...

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New Adult Queens: #CTCinPH signing recap

The year is coming to a close but no rest for the bookish community as this time the New Adult trio of Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher and fellow Filipino Christine Brae captivated the country in this latest book signing event organized by National Bookstore. Again, don't ask about my sleeping patterns because it was crazy the night before, as always. I have to admit that I've only read a handful of New Adult novels and I was so curious to know how my encounter with the trio will turn out and surprisingly I had a lot of fun! There were lots of swooning and screaming that happened when all three of them walked in and then we started the Q&A. My question was for all three authors, which was: You’ve co-written a book, can you share with us what the experience was like and will you consider doing it again? And if you ever want to collaborate with another author, who would it be and why? Tarryn: It was the easiest thing (with Colleen). We just get along. I feel like we're both...

YA contemporary Heaven, also known as #KMRinPH signing recap!

Even though I enjoy reading sci-fi and dystopia, sometimes I sit down and just read a good contemporary YA novel and all is right in the world. And the three ladies who graced Manila with their presence more than a week ago just make us want to say: "Ahh, so this is what YA contemporary heaven feels like." I was unusually in high spirits (though I woke up around 3 am) as I was mainly looking forward to seeing Robyn Schneider, because I love and worship her writing and The Beginning of Everything moved me so much but I got more than what I was expecting. They were a riot! It was one of the longest Q&A's we've had and one filled with so much laughter! It's been a while since I've been starstruck and made speechless but when all three of them walked towards the stage I was just that and I know I just had this huge grin on my face because they were there sitting in front of me, answering questions fielded by bloggers. So what has been asked and how were they ...

Leigh Bardugo in PH signing recap! #LeighBardugoinPH

And National Bookstore woke up the book blogger in me (who was on hiatus) with this signing. Meeting Leigh Bardugo has officially kick started the 2nd half of my year with a very big bang. All I can say is? Again, wow. As you all know, I still couldn't sleep the night before and coupled with exhaustion from being at Toycon 2015 on Saturday, I summoned what little energy I had left to attend and IT WAS WELL WORTH IT. Leigh was such a darling! I've actually read Shadow & Bone a solid year right after it was released, so whatever hype there was has pretty much died down by then, and the second book was just released. And yet I was pretty sure I was hit with the same impact other readers got when they've read it the year before I did, so meeting Leigh was something I was looking forward to because I really loved Shadow & Bone. The bloggers started asking questions, but not before Leigh tried to tell us which Filipino words and phrases she had learned over the course of ...

Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) by Sarah J. Maas

Today is one of those rare days where I tell myself: "Well, it looks like we've been introduced to another great author, eh?" . *spreads arms to meet the legions of fellow Sarah Maas fans* Title: A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) by Sarah J. Maas Release Date: May 5th 2015 Published by: Bloomsbury Children's Source: Publisher (Thanks Bloomsbury!) | Bought a physical copy Buy: Amazon | Book Depository Summary: A thrilling, seductive new series from New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas, blending Beauty and the Beast with faerie lore. When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin—one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world. As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostili...

Goddess Offerings (52) / Stacking the Shelves (34)

I am back after a long time! Here's what I got for the past week and a half or so. Bought a couple of books as well! Stacking the Shelves hosted is by Tynga's reviews ! So leave a comment below and share your own haul! For review: Half Wild by Sally Green Man in the Shadows by Chris Morphew Flywheel by Erin Gough Between the Notes by Sharon Huss Roat Proof of Forever by Lexa Hillyer Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman Sophomore Year is Greek to Me by Meredith Zeitlin Bought: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton The Heir by Kiera Cass Thanks so much Hardie Grant Egmont, Penguin Teen Australia, Meredith Zeitlin, HarperCollins International and Harlequin Teen!

Review: The Secrets We Keep by Trisha Leaver

I might have mentioned it before, but I'll say it again. Books with twins as central figures have a special place in my heart. And Trisha Leaver's book is no exception. Title: The Secrets We Keep by Trisha Leaver Release Date: April 28th 2015 Published by: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Source: Publisher (Thanks Ruth!) Buy: Amazon | Book Depository Summary: A girl takes over her twin sister's identity in this emotionally charged page-turner about the complicated bond between sisters. Ella and Maddy Lawton are identical twins. Ella has spent her high school years living in popular Maddy's shadows, but she has never been envious of Maddy. In fact, she's chosen the quiet, safe confines of her sketchbook over the constant battle for attention that has defined Maddy's world. When—after a heated argument—Maddy and Ella get into a tragic accident that leaves her sister dead, Ella wakes up in the hospital surrounded by loved ones who believe she is Maddy. Feeling re...

Review: Dream a Little Dream (Silber #1) by Kerstin Gier

Oh how I miss reading Kerstin Gier's novels! Title: Dream a Little Dream (Silber #1) by Kerstin Gier, Anthea Bell (Translation) Release Date: April 14th 2015 Published by: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Source: Publisher (Thanks Ruth!) Buy: Amazon | Book Depository Summary: Mysterious doors with lizard-head knobs. Talking stone statues. A crazy girl with a hatchet. Yep, Liv’s dreams have been pretty weird lately. Especially this one where she’s in a graveyard at night, watching four boys perform dark magic rituals. The really weird thing is that Liv recognizes the boys in her dream. They’re classmates from her new school in London, the school where’s she’s starting over because her mom has moved them to a new country (again). But they seem to know things about her in real life that they couldn’t possibly know, which is mystifying. Then again, Liv could never resist a good mystery. . . . Everything started because of smelly cheese imported from Switzerland. I know it sounds amusing an...

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