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Norwegian Wood: Naoko’s Thoughts
This happens to me quite a lot: “I can never say what I want to say,” continued Naoko. “It’s been like this for a while now. I try to say something, but all I get are the wrong words—the wrong words or the exact opposite words from what I mean. I try to correct myself,… — read more
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Happy Ever After (Book Four in the Bride Quartet)
HAPPY EVER AFTER by Nora Roberts is the fourth book in the Bride Quartet. Once again, we meet with childhood friends Parker, Emma, Laurel, and Mac, but this time it’s a wrap! Here’s a quick recap: […] In Book 4, we get a taste of Parker Brown (Del’s sister and the brains behind Vows) and… — read more
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The Sookie Stackhouse Challenge
I’ve completed yet another reading challenge! I finished reading the last of my Sookie Stackhouse book two days ago. I loved Sookie! As for the male protagonists, I can’t decide who I liked more: Eric or Bill. I kept yoyo-ing between the two. I think I might settle for Bill (haha!). If you have no… — read more
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Star Sapphire
STAR SAPPHIRE by Han May was brought to my attention by Jo Lau, a new friend I met at a blog event in Malaysia. I didn’t expect to enjoy this sci-fi novel as much as I thought I would, but now I’m glad I read it because STAR SAPPHIRE is great!The novel feels different from… — read more
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If Only in My Dreams
IF ONLY IN MY DREAMS by Wendy Markham is my first book by the author and I liked it very much. The female protagonist Clara McCallum has just landed a huge part starring in a WWII film as a woman in love with a doomed soldier named Jed Landry. At the same time she’s also… — read more
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Garden Spells
GARDEN SPELLS by Sarah Addison Allen is a book I owned since July last year but only started reading this year. It is an enchanting story of two Waverley women of Bascom, North Carolina. The sisters, Claire and Sydney, were abandoned by their mother when they were young and brought up by their grandmother. Like… — read more
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Dogs and Goddesses
If you like stories with dogs and interesting men, you would like this novel. I sure did! DOGS AND GODDESSES is a fun read, full of smart dialogues and dogs that talk. You would understand dog-talk after taking the temple tonics offered by the risen-again ancient goddess, Kammani Gula, as in the case of the… — read more
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Let the Right One In
The story begins in Part One on 21 October 1981 and ends in Part Five on Friday 13 November. A lot happen in that slightly more than three weeks’ time—dark and disturbing. I am glad I read the book because it is so different from the vampire books I have devoured (oh yes, I’m quite… — read more
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Savor the Moment (Book Three in the Bride Quartet)
SAVOR THE MOMENT by Nora Roberts is the third book in the Bride Quartet. In the Bride Quartet, we meet childhood friends Parker, Emma, Laurel, and Mac, and their love stories. Together, they are the co-owners of Vows, a wedding planning company. In Book 3, we savor the love and tension between wedding baker Laurel… — read more
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“Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins (Book 3)
I loved EVERYTHING about this series, and particularly, MOCKINGJAY, the last book of the trilogy. Brilliant plot, lots of action, plenty of suspense. It’s such a page-turner. Terrible, brutal truths are revealed in this installment. It is shocking to learn of the things the Capitol did or will do to the victors of the Hunger… — read more