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“Black Hills” by Nora Roberts
BLACK HILLS by Nora Roberts is a joint-reading with Julia. As always, it’s been great fun doing it with her who is also a big fan of NR. For this review, we both have decided to do a Q&A format by answering both sets of questions. Let’s begin! […] — read more
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“Behind That Shiny Resume” by Jasmine Yow
BEHIND THAT SHINY RESUME: Jottings of a Troubled College Student by Jasmine Yow and published by ARMOUR Publishing was lent to me by my sister, Catherine. She told me that the book is written by her university mate. I took one look at it and I knew this is a book I should read. I… — read more
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The Magic Touch, Vol. 1
THE MAGIC TOUCH, Vol. 1 by Izumi Tsubaki, is the first of the five mangas selected for the Manga Challenge hosted by Rhinoa. This will not be a review but instead I would like to share my feelings, particularly about liking a person and falling in love. I totally relate with this: When you like… — read more
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“Isolation” by Travis Thrasher
A Christian family moves into a remote area called Edge Hill, North Carolina, seeking for peace. James Miller (a burned-out and disillusioned missionary) and his wife, Stephanie, sees strange and frightening things. Zachary, their eight-year-old son, explores the new home and discovers some horrifying secrets about the place. This book is a faith-based novel […] — read more
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“Airhead: Being Nikki” by Meg Cabot
AIRHEAD: BEING NIKKI by Meg Cabot picks up from the first book in the trilogy. Tomboy Emerson ‘Em’ Watts is living the glamorous life of the teen-supermodel Nikki Howard, but it’s not easy. It gets even more exciting now as Em discovers the truth behind her brain transplant into Nikki’s body. Something sinister is brewing… — read more
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“Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins (Book 2)
This is the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy and here it gets even more suspenseful. The Capitol is unhappy with District 12’s victory (something happened in the first book). The year of victory coincides with the Quarter Quell, “a glorified version of the games,” which happens on every twenty-fifth anniversary of the games.… — read more
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“Skellig” by David Almond
SKELLIG by David Almond is a story about friendship, love, and family. Ten-year-old Michael recounts his discovery of a mysterious creature living in a garage of the rundown property his family has just purchased. The creature is in a sorry state. — read more
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“The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins (Book 1)
12 Districts, 12 boys, 12 girls: Each district is to provide 1 boy and 1 girl to be entered as tributes into the Hunger Games in the Capitol, Panem. Conducted annually to punish citizens for an earlier rebellion, it also serves as a reminder. District 12’s Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take over her younger sister’s… — read more
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“Heart-Shaped Box” by Joe Hill
Judas (Jude) Coyne is an aging death-metal rock god. He buys a ghost and a package arrives containing the dead man’s suit inside a black heart-shaped box. The ghost is real and is hell-bent on ensuring that Jude dies and pays back for what happened to his deceased ex-girlfriend who was the ghost’s stepdaughter. […] — read more
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“Shutter Island” by Dennis Lehane
U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner, Chuck Aule, are shipped off to Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of a criminally insane patient, Rachel Solando. There is no way of escaping the tightly guarded facility but the multiple murderess did it. However, the case is not what it appears to be. […] — read more
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