Fave Tearjerker Reads

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” ― Robert Frost I am admittedly a dark-writer. Scribbler of tragic incidents, composer of painful heartaches, killer of several lives. It is then I realized, that the books I loved, are those which make me… Continue reading Fave Tearjerker Reads

Ten Characters I Won’t Forget

“When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.” ― Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon They either left my heart broken or their stories let my soul be taken or they're just handsome to be forgotten! - THE HANDSOME 1. Gale of The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins The Who: Katniss Everdeen's… Continue reading Ten Characters I Won’t Forget

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Author Duos You’d LOVE To See Write A Book Together

“A writer’s brain is like a magician’s hat. If you’re going to get anything out of it, you have to put something in it first.” ― Louis L'Amour It's Top Ten Tuesday again and this week, The Broke and the Bookish put the spotlight on the people behind the words, the authors! October 13: Top Ten Author Duos… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Author Duos You’d LOVE To See Write A Book Together

Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books to Read if you Love Nicholas Sparks

“Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.” - Nicholas Sparks The Broke and the Bookish’s Top Ten Tuesday for today requires a lot flashbacks! 😀 September 29: Ten Books To Read If You Like This Super Popular Book/Author… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books to Read if you Love Nicholas Sparks

Top 10 Novels to read on Valentine’s

The 'cheesiest' day of the year is coming and to celebrate this year's  season of love, I created a top 10 list of novels to check-out this Valentine's! Because this is my list, these awesome novels are from my goodreads READ list. This means out of 103 books that I have read, I selected stories which I think… Continue reading Top 10 Novels to read on Valentine’s

DAY Fifteen

I am halfway now in the 30 Day Book Challenge! Yikes! Here’s the question: 15. A character who you can relate to the most. I think I will give two characters because there are two ladies from the novel that I can relate to. First is Mia of If I Stay. I can relate to… Continue reading DAY Fifteen

DAY Four

Again, 30 Day Book Challenge is beckysblogs' awesome idea! Here’s the question for the challenge’s Day Four. Book turned into movie and completely desecrated. Don’t judge the book by its movie. I have come to conclude that this statement is really true. With the question for the day, I think The Fault in Our Stars movie version… Continue reading DAY Four

BOOK READS: A Review of ‘Where She Went’ by Gayle Forman

After liking If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)  a lot, I can't wait to have my eyes on its sequel. But maybe because of too much excitement, I ended up getting frustrated while reading the first 50 or more pages of the book. Is it just me?, or sequels are really not as great… Continue reading BOOK READS: A Review of ‘Where She Went’ by Gayle Forman

BOOK READS: A Review of ‘If I Stay’ by Gayle Forman

 If I Stay by Gayle Forman has been on my bookshelf for sometime before I finally read it. I must admit that it was the movie trailer that got me interested in this book but after I have read some reviews that If I Stay has 'The-Fault-In-Our-Stars-like' theme it took me sometime to decide whether to read… Continue reading BOOK READS: A Review of ‘If I Stay’ by Gayle Forman