A personal reflection on the book that found me while I was quietly rebuilding I didn’t plan to read Designing Your Life. It wasn’t something I searched for or added to a list. I didn’t even pick it out. Kevin gave it to me. No big intro, no “you have to read this,” no emotional …
There’s this kind of silence that often surrounds the strong ones. We’re the people who carry what needs to be carried, solve what needs to be fixed, and stay composed even when something inside us begins to quietly break. And when the crash inevitably happens, we hide it. We survive it. Then we move on, …
[Trigger warning: This book review has heavy emotional tones.] Emotional overload it is. Things can get so overwhelming that you wouldn’t even notice it, but you’d just be surprised at how these suddenly disrupt you, eventually causing you to crash out, no matter how hard you avoid this happening. This became timely for me. I’ve …
Been a while since the last time I did a book review here. I’ve read a lot for the past five years that I’ve already forgotten some of them. Life happened, and I’ve lost track of everything, including my bookworm journey. I intend to rekindle it as I revive this blog, and I’d like to …
I was looking for some storybooks for Caleb when I stumbled upon one of Jacqueline Wilson’s works. I remembered one of my dear friends in college posting about some of her J. Wilson’s books in a very positive tone, making me impulsively buy “The Diamond Girls” at a reasonable price. It’s been a long time …
It’s really sad to say this, but teenage suicide is actually becoming epidemic, not just an ordinary trend. Some blames the internet for the influence. Some says that it’s the devil himself, calling people to forget their faiths in the One Above and take their own lives. I honestly don’t know which really is the …
After the campus fellowship activity with our co-peer facilitators, Careby and I decided to unwind somewhere in the city since it’s too early for us to go home. While strolling, she asked me if we could visit the Book Sale for a moment. She’s on the search for Janet Evanovich’s stories; she’s really urgent in …
