Book Review: Eragon

Wow, I finally finished Eragon after more than a year of dilly-dallying. Eragon was not a bad book but it wasn’t exciting enough to rouse me from the almost catatonic languishing that I’ve been doing during the height of the pandemic. The main reason that I picked it up was because all the uncertainties brought by the pandemic made me think that every thing would be a lot easier to handle if we’re grasping to something so familiar. Reading was familiar and picking up a fantasy book that is full of my favorite trope would certainly do trick. And Eragon…

Unfurling The Tangles #06

To the man of my dreams and waking moments, happiest 8th month with you! Who would’ve thought that, given my personality, we’d get here with the same fervor of feelings that we had 8 months ago. As I’ve always said, my love for you only grows every single day that we’re together. It warms my heart to witness how good a person you are and I am thankful that the Heavens had allowed our paths to cross during the time when I most needed a tangible example of God’s grace. So without further adieu, here is another poem for you……

Book Review: Guns of the Dawn

It was in 2018 that I bought Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky…back when the Big Bad Wolf visited the City where I was currently working. And I picked it because the whole cover spoke of this steampunk aura, a genre that I have come to love as I journeyed through my reading career. Guns of the Dawn would be my first Adrian Tchaikovsky and it was a pleasant surprise despite me having to put it down numerous times. I started reading the book in 2018 and only finished it this year. Wow. I guess my faculties were not…

Unfurling The Tangles #05

A blessed and blissful 7th monthsary, my heart. Finally, I didn’t get late in creating this post. My inner self is glad that I am slowly getting back from my usual lutang moments or that I forgot to be forgetful today. Hehehe. But hey, cut me some slack, I would even go about my day-to-day life forgetting stuff like my mask, face shields or even my wallet. So yeah, you and the hubby should forgive me. 😀 Anyways, I was originally planning to have some calligraphy commissioned for our 7th but changed my mind as I had this epiphany of…