A few years ago when The Broken Girls came out, everyone was telling me to read it – about how good it was. I brushed it off because well … I don’t like when something’s so overly hyped because then you have expectations. And more oftentimes than not, you’re left disappointed. Fast forward two years…
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On Reminiscing: A Review of Steve Aoki’s Blue: The Color of Noise
I remember it was 2012 – the first year I became familiar with DJs and their genre of music; it escalated rather quickly. First show ever was to see Trance artist Dash Berlin. It was crazy – the show ended at 4:00 am, but I left at 3:30 am only to head back home because…
On Living Dangerously – A Review of Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
I was first introduced to Anthony Bourdain in 2016 by watching his Parts Unknown digital series. This series revolved around travel and food, easily two of my favorite things. So, it wasn’t hard to draw my attention to this show – I was all in. We explored different cultures and cuisines with Tony, saw through…
On Second Chances – A Review of Erin Sterling’s The Ex Hex
I’m a sucker for Romance novels. Add a talking cat? Count me in! Although if I had a cat that constantly greeted me with “Treeeeeeeeeeeaaaaatttsss?” I think I’d go crazy. Because between my boyfriend and I, we have 4 cats. Imagine if all of them talked? I’d never hear the end of it haha. Nine…
On Finding Justice – A Review of S.A. Crosby’s Razorblade Tears
I got this as a freebie from BOTM as it was one of the books that made it to the BOTY finalists – that, and it was the only book from the finalists list I didn’t read so that was an easy pick. I didn’t read the synopsis, I didn’t bother knowing what the book…
On Autism – A Review of Helen Hoang’s The Heart Principle
A close friend has told me how important it is to go through with the proper therapy and treatment, and how grateful she is to have that. She has really bad anxiety that is controlled with proper medication. I take it with a grain of salt, because I’ve never had any issues that required therapy;…
On Remembering – A Review of Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H Mart
“Ever since my mother died, I cry in H Mart.” This story spoke so loudly to me. I never knew my own mother long enough to make any kind of connection – nothing cultural. I lost her when I was only six. Michelle Zauner writes in detail about growing up half Korean and half Caucasian….
On Boundaries – A Review of Riley Sager’s Home Before Dark
I’ve never been much of a show/movie watcher. Reading has always been more enjoyable for me because it lets your imagination run wild. Have you ever noticed that when you read a book before its movie companion comes out, that more oftentimes than not – you’ve entered two separate worlds. Meaning, the world you imagined…
On Romanticism – A Review of Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic
While attending community college, I studied liberal arts; specifically English Education. My favorite classes were British Literature I & II (split into 2 classes). My favorite time period was Romanticism and the Victorian Era especially in the areas where they overlapped. I loved that Victorian poets would romanticize things differently than authors of the Romantic…
On Fame – A Review of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Once upon a time, I could have become an actress. I have a distant aunt who was a very famous actress in Taiwan who had extended this once in a lifetime opportunity to me. But, the price I would have had to pay, was that I had to lose weight; a lot of weight. I…
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