Book Review: The Last Fallen Star

The heavens must be conspiring to provide me lots of venues to explore the Korean culture because I came across the Last Fallen Star when most of my K-drama picks this year bored me to tears which led me to DNF a lot of them. Thankfully, this book came into existence, hence, my study of the Korean culture was not hindered. Reading the Last Fallen Star made me feel all sorts of cute and giggly feelings because beyond all the Korean Mythology elements, it’s a heartwarming tale about family. Riley Oh, our protagonist, is a human child who was adopted…

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…

Book Review: Defy the Stars

I wish I could defy my feelings after reading Defy The Stars… wish I could fool myself that the actual story is as awesome as the premise. Unfortunately, I’ve spent countless of days just staring at the screen of my Kobo, never really absorbing what the words meant. I guess this is a case of “it’s not the book, it’s me” problem. The whole time that I was reading Defy the Stars, I was just bored. I was expecting a humorous and full of bloopers storytelling (particularly that our male protag is a mech/robot who’s becoming more and more sentient)…

Book Review: Gemina

Although you’re not reading this, my biggest thanks to you for giving me one of the best gifts in 2016, my co-employee!  I really regretted the fact that I did not read Gemina sooner because it’s so mindblowing I’m still picking up my brain pieces at the moment. Like the Illuminae, Gemina was written in epistolary format complete with letters, transcripts, journal writings and drawings, chat messages, etc.  The variety of methods that Kaufman and Kristoff used to tell the story surely guaranteed a phenomenal and wild ride. The plot was also a feast for the mind as it challenged…