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 …

Finals Season + What Next For the Blog

Next week, I'll be sitting for my finals exams for my first semester in law school. Honestly, I can't believe it's been a semester already! It feels like it was just yesterday that I received an email telling me I got in my dream school. Now, all that's left is to stay. It's been a …

[E-ARC] History in a Curse: All the Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

Title: All the Bad Apples Author: Moïra Fowley-Doyle Publisher: Kathy Dawson Books Rating: 5/5 Stars Links: Goodreads|Amazon Review: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to Edelweiss. Trigger warning/s: Rape, Abuse, Homophobia, Suicide, Incest          This review contains mild spoilers. This was one of the best …

I Survived My First Week in Law School!

Okay, technically it's actually been two weeks but the first week was an introductory class designed to ease us in a little bit and last week was my actual first week of regular classes. Still, it's been difficult so far, but fun. I'm honestly really enjoying my stay so far and after the first week, …

#JadeWarTour: Jade War by Fonda Lee

Title: Jade War Series: The Green Bone Saga (Book #2) Author: Fonda Lee Rating: 5/5 Stars Links: Goodreads|Amazon Synopsis: In Jade War, the sequel to the World Fantasy Award-winning novel Jade City, the Kaul siblings battle rival clans for honor and control over an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis.  On the island of Kekon, the Kaul family …

#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 …