Book Reviews
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The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Na-budol ako. I honestly thought it was interesting, and I was excited to dive in. Now, I don’t know what really happened. I just didn’t like it. But please do not let this rant prevent you from trying it out. I genuinely think there’s beauty in this book that just isn’t for me or that I wasn’t able to find. I’m giving it a second try and re-read this time with the ebook. I am trying soooo hard to understand the good and bad reviews from other readers and weigh the pros and cons so I am able to grasp what truly happened in the story.
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The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
I found this book in an article published by Business Insider because apparently, my Goodreads feed is just not enough (???) and I needed more from an external site. However this article was also based on Goodreads’ published list, only I didn’t see it from before and now I’m dozens if not hundreds beyond my TBR. Anyway, hello, friends. This blog is about my newest favorite book and author, The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. Okay, can’t say she’s my fave author because I haven’t read other works of hers yet, but this book really got me excited to know Hannah more.
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If It Bleeds by Stephen King
I read small parts of the book and huge part of it I listened to. Thanks to the free trial of Scribd, I was able to multi-task while enjoying a very nice performance of If It Bleeds by Stephen King, narrated by Will Patton, Danny Burstein, and Steven Weber. I was listening at the speed of 1.2x and it’s just so good I understood every word. Except from the part Life of Chuck where I was kinda lost.
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Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Before chapter one, there's one page that says some apparently a act from an old version of a dictionary - Oxford English Dictionary, compact edition, 1971. Even if you're not a housewife, (I am not either) it's triggering a not-so-good mood but an effective way to turn the page and get on with your reading. The thought-proving parts of any book are one super effective way to make its readers invested and actually finish the book, whether they liked it or not. The first parts of the book (all parts, tbh) made me sooo annoyed with the lead, Patricia, that I finished the book earlier than expected. These days, because…
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American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
What I appreciated the most is that the book did try to incorporate as many issues as it could, such as the life in a community controlled by cartels, the fear of writing and exposing high-ranking individuals, life of migrants, life of a single parent, and other experiences and stories encountered by our protagonist, Lydia. The character I liked the most was Lydia's son, Luca. Only because he reads books at a very young age, which is not very usual these days. But I cannot shake off the fact that that "young age" was eight and the wisdom he has was like not even of a teenager. I mean...???
