Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Janna at That Artsy Reader Girl. Okay, I lied when I said I don't read romance. I do. But only under very specific conditions: gay men, excessive pining, slow-burn romance, and most probably, in Xianxia or Wuxia setting. I have been in the danmei rabbit-hole since 2018 and well, here we are. Since the cursed danmei ban...

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I do not have a rating system for nonfiction books yet. It’s neither my go-to genre nor something I had planned to read this year, but here is my unorganized review and the thoughts I formed while reading the book. Adichie’s anthology of anecdotes discusses the discrimination, the oppression, the struggle that women have faced for generations. These issues that continue to echo...

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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Janna at That Artsy Reader Girl. In the spirit of International Women's Day on March 8th, I put a feminist spin on today's challenge. While I have not read most of these books, these quotes have shifted my perspective. Some reaffirmed my stance on feminism, while others highlight the irony of being a woman. These ten thought-provoking...

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I've always been, and always will be, a fangirl at heart. When characters from books, shows, movies—or even idols in real life—live in our heads rent-free, creativity is bound to spark sooner or later. But what do you do when you want to talk about them, and no one around you is as obsessed as you are? You turn to random strangers on...

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Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh is about Tobias Finch, a man living in the woods for centuries, connected to the ancient magic of the forest. When Lord Henry Silver, a curious and adventurous noble, enters the woods seeking answers about a mysterious myth, he inadvertently becomes entangled in Tobias’s world. As their paths cross, long-buried secrets are revealed, and both men...

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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. I tend to avoid modern settings because like many readers, I read to escape. This challenge is right up my alley. Listing this down made me want to re-read some of them. Here’s a list of my recommended historical fiction, fantasy, and historical fantasy books. I even have science fiction! Süskind,...

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Artificial Condition is about a self-aware android that refers to itself as "Murderbot". It is the second installment to The Murderbot Diaries. Murderbot, still trying to figure out what it wants, hijacks a transport only to end up stuck with a snarky, overly helpful AI it nicknames ART. With ART’s help, Murderbot disguises itself as an augmented human to sneak into RaviHyral and...

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In honour of Valentine’s Day, I’m starting a new challenge on my blog called Fanfic Fridays. I’ve been reading fanfiction since I was 11... that was a little over two decades ago, back when tagging wasn’t as meticulous as it is today, and you wouldn’t know if you were getting a slow-burn romance or 80 chapters of heartbreak! Over the years, I’ve explored...

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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by thatartsyreadergirl. Truth be told, I’ve been dodging romance novels like the plague since my teenage years. None of the books I’ve picked up have held my attention long enough for me to finish them. However, even someone like me isn’t completely immune to romance books all the time. I may not be an authority on the best...

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All Systems Red is about a self-aware android that refers to itself as "Murderbot". It is working on contract to guard and harvest the data acquired by its clients, a group of scientists called PreservationAux. When Murderbot and two of its client scientists are attacked by an unreported creature, the team investigates and discovers that some of the information files about the planet...

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