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So... I Kind of Went on Vacation

I went away for a few days to unwind. In fact, I went to Boracay Island for a couple of days. I'm not sure if you've heard of the place, but it's one of the biggest tourist destinations here in my...

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Thoughts: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

Valancy Stirling is basically an old maid whose entire clan—including her overbearing mother—either ignore or walk all over her. When Valancy learns that she has only a year to live because of a heart...

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Thoughts: The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain

This is one of those books you should read in a bar with cigarette smoke rising in the background, and an icy glass of scotch on the rocks in front of you. Just for the sake of it. The Postman Always...

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Thoughts: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

This book sat on my shelf for almost a year, before I even had the courage to pick it up. Its sheer length intimidate me, and, to be honest, I kind of turned up my nose at it. Since the James Frey...

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Monthly Wrap Up: February 2012

February has been crazy. In terms of my personal life: I got a promotion, experienced an earthquake, and went on vacation. It’s been a pretty crazy month with a lot of ups and downs, and...

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Thoughts: The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford

I think I’ve mentioned this before, but, for the sake of bringing all readers up to speed, I’m going to mention it again. I have this silly goal where I want to read a huge portion of the books from...

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On Not Finishing Books

I’ve always been the kind of reader who finds it difficult to NOT finish books I’ve started. Not finishing a book always felt like a (this is going to sound like an exaggeration) a crime to me. This is...

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Blog Tag: 11 Facts and 11 Questions

Meg from The Terrible Desire actually tagged me about a month, but I've been terribly lazy and I had a bit of difficulty thinking of answers that actually sounded sane.Here are the rules: 1. Post...

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The Classics Club

So, Jillian over at A Room of One’s Own officially founded The Classics Club, and it’s safe to say the club has gone viral. Bloggers from all over the world have joined, and The Classics Club has kind...

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Thoughts: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

SPOILERS AHOYDiagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 12, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now.Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old...

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How I Became a Nerd

Being called a nerd used to hurt me, like nerd was on the same level as “moron” or “bad person.” In the small microcosm of high school, it meant that you participated in activities that were not...

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On Losing and Gaining Interest

This April, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I intend to do with this blog. I had reached a point where blogging and even reading stopped being fun. I blame George Orwell’s 1984. My blogging and...

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Thoughts: The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

Want to know how this book starts? I don’t think you can guess, unless you’ve already read it. In the first page of the book, Arthur Conan Doyle describes how Sherlock Holmes happily shoots cocaine up...

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So, I finally made a vlog...

I finally got the guts to start my own book channel on Youtube, and this is my first video. First of all, I've always wanted to make vlogs. Blogging is a great outlet, but vlogging, on the other hand,...

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Latest Acquisitions: The Vlog Edition

Books mentioned in this post:The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Stories by Oscar WildeCrime and Punishment by Fyodor...

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A New Look: (Literally and Figuratively)

I’m almost ashamed to post this after more than two months of absence. This is the part where I should start making excuses, but I don’t want to go there. I could say I was busy with school, but I’m...

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On Intimidating Authors

Literary fiction has always terrified me. This all started when I read Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami in college. One of my literature classmates said IT WAS THE BEST BOOK EVER, and threw...

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Thoughts: The Jane Austen Marriage Manual by Kim Izzo

While typing this post, I am simultaneously shoving rocky road ice cream down my throat. Ice cream is the only thing right now that can possibly put me in the right frame of mind to write about this...

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Thoughts: The Lifted Veil by George Eliot

"Just a month from this day, on September 20, 1850, I shall be sitting in this chair, in this study, at ten o’clock at night, longing to die, weary of incessant insight and foresight, without delusions...

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Does your significant other have to love books as much as you do?

While trolling through the Internet, I came across nerimon's video entitled Nerdy Personal Ads. The video is composed of personal ads contributed by nerds from all over the world, and one of them, in...

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