Okay, I did make a promise to buy read more books instead of buying more; it is actually part of my 2018 and 2019 Reading Goals and Resolutions. I swear, I tried my best to keep that promise. But how can I resist buying more when they’re practically begging me to buy them *innocent sobs*? […]
Tag: Reading Resolutions
January 2019 Book Wrap-Up: Goalsetting
So, 2019 has officially started. With the new year comes new and endless possibilities. It also represents a fresh start, 365 fresh blank pages which we are going to fill with memories, with experiences, and of course, books read. It is also a time to set goals for the coming year. It is in this […]
My 2019 Top 20 Reading List
So, it is that time of the year again… When I prepare a list of 20 books that I am most looking forward to during the year. Ever since encountering a similar list about two years ago, I started doing my own version, starting in 2017. This is the third straight year that I am […]
Beat the Backlist (2019 Edition)
Today, I have learned a new term: Tsundoku. Basically, this Japanese term means buying reading materials and piling up. It immediately piqued my attention because, well, it is summation of the type of reader that I am. 🙂 You may read more about Tsundoku in this BBC article: Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them. […]
2019 Reading Resolutions and Goals
First of all, happy new year everyone! It is a new set of 365 pages we can write on. After all the festivities, it is now time to draft how the new year is to be by writing an old-fashioned new year’s resolution. To some, preparing a new year’s resolution has become a ritual. For […]
My 2019 10 Books I Look Forward To List
Readers, 2018 is about to draw to a close, hence, it is now time to look back to the year that was, at least in terms of reading. After having had a slow year in 2017, I picked up the momentum in 2018. In total, I was able to read 63 books in twelve months. […]
Book Review # 83: The Subtle Knife
Book Specs Author: Philip Pullman Publisher: Laurel-Leaf Publishing Date: 1997 Number of Pages: 288 Genre: Science Fiction, High Fantasy Fiction, Bildungsroman Synopsis The intrepid young Lyra has passed through a shimmering portal in the sky and finds herself in a beautiful, haunted otherworld – Cittagazze, where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant […]
Book Review # 82: The Ask and the Answer
Book Specs Author: Patrick Ness Publisher: Walker Books Ltd. Publishing Date: 2009 Number of Pages: 517 Genre: Young Adult Fiction, Dystopian, Science Fiction Synopsis Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd and Viola once again face their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss. Immediately imprisoned and separated from Viola, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the […]
Book Review # 81: Neverwhere
Book Specs Author: Neil Gaiman Publisher: William Morrow Publishing Date: 2016 Number of Pages: 384 pages Genre: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Young Adult Fiction Synopsis Under the streets of London lies a world most people could never dream of. When Richard Mayhew helps a mysterious girl he finds bleeding on the pavement, his boring life changes […]
Book Review # 80: The Golden Compass
Book Specs Author: Philip Pullman Publisher: Laurel-Leaf Publishing Date: 1996 Number of Pages: 351 Genre: Science Fiction, High Fantasy Fiction, Bildungsroman Synopsis Lyra Belacqua is content to run wild among the scholars in Jordan College, her daemon familiar always by her side. But the moment she hears hushed talk of Dust, an extraordinary particle, she’s […]
