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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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Goddess Event: Book Blogging 101 (I'm in a panel!)

I should probably think of what to call this type of announcement, but anyway! I have two major events this month, Filipino ReaderCon and a talk, both related to books and book blogging and I'd like to let you, my readers, know in case any of you are interested. The first time I was in a panel was two years ago, and that was one of the most terrifying and fulfilling moments of my life as a book blogger. Two years later, I have been invited again to talk about book blogging once more! This is exciting since I never thought once that I'll be invited to speak in front of a crowd again. Without further ado, here are the details of the event: Some points to remember: - This is a FREE event. There's no need to pay for or purchase anything to attend. - This is also NOT limited to Southville International School and Colleges students. Anyone can attend the event and I highly encourage you to do so if you are interested to know more about book blogging, book reviews, interactin...

[Cover Reveal] Bloodcraft (Bloodspell #2) by Amalie Howard + giveaway!

I am a BIG FAN of Amalie Howard, and Bloodspell is the first book of hers that I've read which I loved. Not convinced? Check my review and see how excited I am for the sequel and after 4 years, we're finally getting one! *pumps fists* Today, I reveal the cover for Bloodcraft, the second book in the Bloodspell series. Check out the post below! Yes, the wait is finally over! BLOODCRAFT by Amalie Howard, the sequel to BLOODSPELL (available NOW for only $2.99), will be releasing on December 15th, 2015! Author Amalie Howard is also giving away TWO signed paperback copies of BLOODSPELL (book one- OPEN INTERNATIONALLY), and TWO eARC copies of BLOODCRAFT to TWO lucky readers. Contest details can be found at the end of this post. And now... here is the cover to BLOODCRAFT. BLOODCRAFT by Amalie Howard Release: December 15th, 2015 Cover design by Alan Pranke All magic has its price, and no one knows that better than Victoria Warrick. Gifted with a centuries-old blood curse, Tori has fin...

#CarryOnPHLaunch details + Giveaway!

Huzzah! I am back with more posts! So a few of my blogger friends and I got together and organized a book event for Rainbow Rowell's Carry On! The book is already out here in the Philippines (you can purchase your copies from National Bookstore! ) and we will be having a small party this weekend, October 10th! RSVP on the event page here! (Banner by the amazing Hazel of Stay Bookish!) Quick Q&A: Give me some details, woman! When: October 10, 2015 3 to 5 pm Where: Powerbooks Greenbelt Registration starts at 2pm so better be there early! Is there a limit for registration? Nope. As long as we can fit in the venue, you can come and hang out with us! Do we need to buy anything to join? No you don't. You don't even need to pay a registration fee to attend the event. Just bring yourself and a friend or two and be prepared to meet other Rainbow Rowell fans and fellow book worms and do fun stuff with us! What do you mean by fun stuff? By fun stuff we mean there will be games an...

Review: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

If I'd known Nicola Yoon's book will get me out of my year long reading slump, I would've done anything to get it in my hands sooner. I owe this book a lot. And it owes me a whole set of neon tabs and a box of tissues for my tears. Title: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon Release Date: September 1st 2015 Published by: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Source: Publisher (Thanks Claire!) Buy: Amazon | Book Depository Summary: My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla. But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly. Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can pre...

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 ...

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