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The Distance Between Us (Kasie West) 26 Aug 2013 | 12:18 pm
The trope is as old as Cinderella, as Bathsheba. Still, readers continue to be fascinated by the rich guy-poor girl romance. Some days I might complain why we keep on falling for this story, but then ...
Scribbled: Cover Story 11 Aug 2013 | 07:28 pm
If you've been following this blog, you would also know that I've been working on a romance novella called Cover (Story) Girl. One of the things that I enjoyed most about this whole process is watchin...
Contemporary Quickies: Pinoy Romance Novellas 6 Aug 2013 | 07:09 pm
Filipino readers have never been really short on romance. The National Book Development Board (NBDB) 2012 Readership survey cites that 25% of their respondents read this genre (second only to the Bibl...
Tell the Wolves I'm Home (Carol Rifka Brunt) 22 Jul 2013 | 11:50 am
"You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle," Captain Mal Reynolds protests in a Firefly episode. But you can open Carol Rifka Brunt's Tell the Wolves I'm Home and come pretty close to ...
The House of Silk (Anthony Horowitz) 19 Jul 2013 | 04:52 pm
The buzz about the book is this: it's the first novel that bears the seal of approval from the Conan Doyle Estate (see the little gold circle to the left). When my friend Oz gushed about it, I knew I ...
Giveaway: Digital Copy of All's Fair in Blog and War 9 Jul 2013 | 02:11 pm
Lately, I've been going on and on about my recent writing endeavors. It was an exciting learning experience for those of us who participated. Well, thanks to that same romance class, my classmate and ...
Nowhere But Home (Liza Palmer) 6 Jul 2013 | 02:14 pm
I heard of Liza Palmer's Nowhere but Home from Chachic's Book Nook. Intrigued by the pretty cover, I checked out the premise and realized instantly that this was a book that I needed to read. The prot...
In My Mother's House (Joni Cham) 2 Jul 2013 | 08:38 am
The strained and complicated relationship between mother and daughter comes to a head when Nina, the dark-skinned and introspective child of Chinese immigrants, returns to care for her ailing mother. ...
Tooth and Claw (Jo Walton) 26 Jun 2013 | 04:35 pm
One of the best things I love about reading is when I encounter a book that is so unexpected in approach and tone. Although it may tackle familiar themes of love and courtship, class equality, revenge...
Independence Day Giveaway Winners 22 Jun 2013 | 06:01 pm
Last Independence Day, I hosted a book giveaway for signed copies of Unseen Moon by Eliza Victoria and In My Mother's House by Joni Cham. The winners are: For Joni Cham's In My Mother's House: For ...
