READING. RANTING. RAVING.
“I have lived a thousand lives and I’ve loved a thousand loves. I’ve walked on distant worlds and seen the end of time. Because I read.”
- George R.R. Martin
- George R.R. Martin
"Your heart is pure, your intentions are true. Hold onto those strengths... " *** I VOLUNTARILY REVIEWED A COPY FROM THE "RACHEL E. CARTER YA BOOK CLUB ON GOODREADS." Start Date : January 24, 2017 End Date: January 28, 2017 Actual Rating : 3.5/5 Zoe is your ordinary, everyday teenager when everything changed because of a guy she caught staring at her while she was in the coffee shop. When she and her best friend Kieran got out of the coffee guy, that same guy (with his own friend), started chasing after them. This is where life took a turn, it turns out she is the "Redeemer" that the good side is waiting for to save them and the bad side is also waiting for her, to kill her.
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"There is nothing on this Earth that can make you feel as invincible or as vulnerable as love can" *** I VOLUNTARILY REVIEWED A COPY FROM THE "RACHEL E. CARTER YA BOOK CLUB ON GOODREADS." Start Date : October 19, 2016 End Date: October 20, 2016 Actual Rating : 3.8/5 Earth is different. Difference among the classes are more prominent then ever. The poorest are forced to labor and their choices are limited. While the rich live in luxury and does not know the meaning of the "work". In this class, is Sadie. She knows her true self but cannot show it, not even to her family. Her only hope to live a life she wants is by joining the government's experimental society, Thalassic City. She gets chosen and she thinks this is her chance. She gets to study and to bring out her true self. But the experiment and the people around her is not as they seem “But books are curious objects. They have the power to trap, transport, and even transform you if you are lucky.” Start Date : October 11, 2016 End Date: October 15, 2016 Actual Rating : 4.3/5 Sefia lives in a world wherein stories are passed from mouth to mouth from mothers to daughters and people don't read. There are very few readers, and readers have powers. "When you spend so long trapped in darkness, you find that the darkness begins to stare back." Start Date : August 3, 2016 End Date : August 10, 2016 Actual Rating : 4.3 / 5 After defeating Amarantha and becoming a faerie, she feels lost and does not know herself. She cannot accept all the things she have done Under The Mountain. She still fears the dark and has not fully adjusted to her new body. Although she seems she have everything, wealth, health, love and peace... she is troubled and has feels a gaping hole in herself. I am a fan of Sarah J. Maas. Although I prefer the Throne of Glass series more, this book endeared me to the series more. During the visit of SJM to the Philippines last March, she alteady revealed that this is a retelling of the story of Persephone. I adore Greek mythology so I was excited. "Am I not merciful?" Start Date : April 26, 2016 End Date : August 12, 2016 Actual rating : 4.6/5 I have been a negligent reader as of late. On top of that, I have been somewhat taken a modernist approach on reading and have taken to reading via my smartphone. I love reading and my (former) commute to and fro the office used to take me at least 2 hours in rush hour traffic. It was the most convenient way for me to have something I can just whip out and read during traffic.... or while waiting for my code to compile. My friends had read this and recommended it to me but they said I have to get the hardbound book to fully appreciate it. It took me months to find a copy. When I finally found a store that had a copy, there was only one left and it has already been reserved. Needless to say, I was frustrated and disappointed, so I did smiled, joked, nettled the store staff until i whittled down their defenses and let me have the copy they had. One of them would just run to the other branch and get them a new copy. Yehey!!!!! Since it took me a long time to get my paws on this book, I decided to reserve it for a special occassion. Yes. I do believe that sometimes opening a book requires a special time. If it is something that is written by your favorite author... don't you sometimes just wish to get to you own little alcove with a drink and little snack... perfect lighting.... a seat wherein you can stay comfortable for hours... and when you finally open the book ... a choir of angels starts singing in your head.... then they fade into the background as you are transported to another world. |
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