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October 21, 2013July 30, 2021Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Book Review: Cover Story Girl

Having read a total 4 novellas for the past weeks, I must admit that I went into this with so much care. I hate being disappointed with abrupt endings and unwrapped loose ends so yes…you can say that I already had a pre-conceived bias when I dove into Cover Story Girl. It didn’t help that the premise is already overused. But guess what, I ENJOYED THIS ONE. In fact, I LOVED it. A rarity of course because nowadays, it’s so hard to gain gratification from something that has already oversaturated the market of contemporary romance. Cover Story Girl is a…

October 7, 2013July 14, 2024Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Book Review: Icon of the Indecisive

Dear Miss Mina, Do you realize the kind of dilemma you’ve caused me? You practically shoved me into a corner where I attempted to destroy my brain with thoughts of, 2 or 4, 3 or 4, 3 or 4? I really really wanted to give this book a 4 but I just can’t. You see, I still have a lot of unmet demands which I kindly enumerated below to refresh your memory. Hannah should be able to see the dwelling of Bathala and his family in the next book. Ford River College is a nice setting but visiting other Filipino…

August 25, 2013February 20, 2021Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Book Review: All’s Fair In Blog and War

All’s Fair in Blog and War is one cliché story I’ve come to adore. Except for blogging and a travel to Macau, there’s nothing really new here and had the author failed to execute the whole thing properly, my eyes would have been pointing at different directions from numerous eyerolls. But Chrissie Peria managed to weave something special out of an overused story. All’s Fair in Blog and War has all the things I needed after reading a depressing monster of a book. It’s fluffy, humorous and it’s about blogging. The story started when virtual assistant and blogging hobbyist, Five,…

June 15, 2013July 26, 2024Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Book Review: Big Girl

Big Girl follows the story of Victoria, a woman described by her own parents as too fat, too intelligent and almost too ugly. Victoria was born from good-looking and unfortunately, narcissistic parents. Her father, Jim, was the school heartthrob and athlete superstar while her mother, Christine, is the prom homecoming queen. When Christine conceived Victoria, she and Jim were already expecting that the baby will look as beautiful as them only to be greatly disappointed when Victoria came out and lo and behold, she did not look any one of her parents. Her dad who thought that Victoria was ugly…