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August 3, 2024July 28, 2024Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Book Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Perhaps by now, you have already concluded that I’m a big fan of Neil Gaiman. Well, I have become a fan since reading Stardust and watching the Stardust movie and the Sandman TV show. Can Neil Gaiman do anything wrong? Because like his other books that I have read previously, I loved this book despite the initial weirdness that I felt about it. The Ocean at the End of the Lane does not care about your ego nor your age nor the number of books that you have read all throughout your reading career, it only cares about how well…

July 29, 2024July 23, 2024Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Book Review: The Last One

So I finally tried listening to my first Audiobook, something that has been on my bucket list for so long but kept on putting off because there is this unnecessary fear that I might not understand the story. As you know, English is not my native language and I have this doubt that I might be wasting my time listening to something that I would not understand because of the accent. Heh. But anyway, I tried because first and foremost, I want to make my walking activities as productive and as less boring as possible. I already mentioned in my…

July 28, 2024July 28, 2024Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Book Review: The Winged Tiara

There’s something about the books being published by Thomas Nelson that never could go wrong. The last time I requested an ARC, Storm Siren, from them was probably in 2014 and I really enjoyed the book. So when I went back to Netgalley and saw the ARCs they were offering, I immediately grabbed this one. And just as I expected, The Winged Tiara delivered all the things that I want in a historical romance novel. Two lovable protagonists, an action-packed plot with full of twists, a cozy romance all happening in different quaint places. Our story starts when our heroine,…

July 27, 2024July 23, 2024Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Book Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray

There is no other way to put this, but the Picture of Dorian Gray is tantalizingly despicable. Tagged as horror in Goodreads, I was not prepared that this is even darker than Frankenstein. The reader might at first find comfort at reading the almost poetic prose but as you delve deeper into the story, you will find that it’s almost perverse. How can the writing exude such lyricism when the story is about this boy whose life story is as deplorable as it can be? Can you imagine looking at something so horrid that it’s mesmerizing and that you cannot…