I’m Participating in the Year of the Asian Reading Challenge 2019!

After looking at all the books I've read in 2018, I realized that the majority are by white authors. While I still did enjoy their books, I also realized that I enjoyed the books with diversity and representation far more. #OwnVoices books make up most of my top books list and this year, I want …

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#WarofMistPH Blog Tour: War of Mist by Helen Scheuerer (Review + Playlist)

Title: War of Mist Series: The Oremere Chronicles (Book #3) Author: Helen Scheurer Rating: 4/5 Stars Links: Goodreads|Amazon Synopsis: War is here. Toxic mist drives all life to the brink of destruction and the conqueror queen, Ines, has her talons in the kings of the realm. Bleak, having discovered her true heritage, must now scour …

A Magical Love Story: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Title: The Night Circus Author: Erin Morgenstern Rating: 5/5 Stars Links: Goodreads|Amazon Synopsis: The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it …

So I Got Accepted Into Law School

Ten years ago, I was a nine-year old child sitting across my mom at our grandparents' house. I was listening to her tell me of how she and my dad both wanted to become lawyers and how that didn't happen. I told her I'd do it- I'll become a lawyer and fulfill their dream. Over …

[E-ARC] To Find the Truth: Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay

Title: Patron Saints of Nothing Author: Randy Ribay Rating: 5/5 Stars Links: Goodreads| Amazon Synopsis: A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin's murder. Jay Reguero plans to spend the last semester of his senior year playing video games before heading to …

[E-ARC] AI Gods and Cosmic Horror: The Outside by Ada Hoffman

Title: The Outside Author: Ada Hoffman Publisher: Angry Robot Books Rating: 2.5/5 Stars Links: Goodreads|Amazon Synopsis: The Pride of Jai was supposed to be humanity's greatest accomplishment—a space station made entirely by humans and their primitive computers, without "divine" cyber-technology provided by the sentient quantum supercomputers worshipped as Gods. And it was supposed to be a …

To Change the Future: One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence

Title: One Word Kill Series: Impossible Times (Book#1) Author: Mark Lawrence Publisher: 47North Rating: 4/5 Stars Links: Goodreads|Amazon Synopsis: In January 1986, fifteen-year-old boy-genius Nick Hayes discovers he’s dying. And it isn’t even the strangest thing to happen to him that week. Nick and his Dungeons & Dragons-playing friends are used to living in their …

[E-ARC] Bad Blood: Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

Title: Magic for Liars Author: Sarah Gailey Publisher: Tor Books Rating: 5/5 Stars Links: Goodreads|Amazon Synopsis: Ivy Gamble has never wanted to be magic. She is perfectly happy with her life—she has an almost-sustainable career as a private investigator, and an empty apartment, and a slight drinking problem. It's a great life and she doesn't …

How Fantasy Romanticizes the Concept of Royalty

One of the staples of fantasy literature are royalty. Royals are so prevalent in both Adult and YA fantasy that it's harder to look for a book without them than a book with them. You would find the latter in the synopses of nearly every book you come across while the first would need a …

Goblins, Prophecies, and Magic: Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen

Title: Stolen Songbird Series: The Malediction Trilogy (Book #1) Author: Danielle L. Jensen Rating: 4.5/5 stars Links: Goodreads|Amazon|B&N|Book Depository Synopsis: For five centuries, a witch’s curse has bound the trolls to their city beneath the mountain. When Cécile de Troyes is kidnapped and taken beneath the mountain, she realises that the trolls are relying on her …

#GirlGoneViralTour- Girl Gone Viral by Arvin Ahmadi Review

Title: Girl Gone Viral Author: Arvin Ahmadi Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers Publication Date: 21 May, 2019 Rating: 4/5 stars Links: Goodreads|Amazon|B&N|Book Depository Synopsis: For seventeen-year-old Opal Hopper, code is magic. She builds entire worlds from scratch: Mars craters, shimmering lakes, any virtual experience her heart desires. But she can't code her dad back …