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Wow, what a weekend. The past two days has been such an eventful time for me as I've mentioned, having attended this year's Philippine Readers & Writers Festival and joining the panel for Book Blogging 101. It's an understatement to say that this is an event I'll never forget. It was surreal, amazing and so much fun. I did not get much sleep, and had to wake up extra early to meet with fellow panelists / book blogger friends. It was the first time I met bookstagrammer extraordinaire, Eunice , but we immediately clicked and instead of talking about how we'll do the panel (as we do not have a moderator), we ended up sharing our mutual nervousness. Admittedly, this was the biggest panel I have though it is not my first and nerves were starting to settle in. 9:30. We started five minutes late and by then there were more people than we ever expected to attend. We were all skeptical of the two and a half hour time we were given, because we didn't know we'd be ...

Hello dear readers! I am so sorry if the blog hasn't been active for the past few months! Work has taken over majority of my life and I'm currently in a transition to a better career path. Anyway! That doesn't mean my blog is entirely dead or that I am going to stop book blogging! I have a few reviews scheduled to go up over the next few days and hey! I will be participating in a local book event. If you're familiar with the annual Philippine Literary Festival hosted by National Boookstore, then you know that that happens around this time of the year. This year it's called The Philippine Readers & Writers Festival . I am honored to be invited to be a part of one of the panels together with a few of my book blogger friends and I am inviting you all to attend if you have time to spare! It's on a Sunday but I promise it is definitely worth the trip! If you missed the Book Blogging 101 panel we did a year ago and you are still interested to start book blogging ...

I am back with a new recap! The month of May brings Jennifer Niven , author of the tear inducing and heart wrenching All the Bright Places, to Manila for a signing courtesy of National Bookstore. She's here! What an amazing person and an amazing author. Some of the bloggers might or might've cried a bit during the Q&A. #JenniferNiveninPH #nbsevents #booksigningevent #booksigning #phyabookblogger #phyabooksigning A photo posted by Kai A. (@amaterasureads) on May 28, 2016 at 8:40pm PDT It never, never, never gets old. I mean that feeling of seeing an author walking straight towards you, all smiles and so excited to spend time and talk about writing books and the stories she'd written. Perfect example: Jennifer Niven. I love how she's so soft spoken, speaks with simple words and just makes so much sense. As for what she said during the Q&A, check out the rundown below: If Jennifer was to write a sequel for ATBP, what is in store for Violet Markey? Violet wanders ar...

" The days are strange and the nights feel like some hyper realistic dream I can't wake up from. " p. 275 This is exactly how I feel about the book, in a nutshell. Title: Places No One Knows by Brenna Yovanoff Release Date: May 17th 2016 Published by: Delacorte Press Source: From the publisher (Thanks Julia!) Buy online: Book Depository Summary: Waverly Camdenmar spends her nights running until she can’t even think. Then the sun comes up, life goes on, and Waverly goes back to her perfectly hateful best friend, her perfectly dull classes, and the tiny, nagging suspicion that there’s more to life than student council and GPAs. Marshall Holt is a loser. He drinks on school nights and gets stoned in the park. He is at risk of not graduating, he does not care, he is no one. He is not even close to being in Waverly’s world. But then one night Waverly falls asleep and dreams herself into Marshall’s bedroom—and when the sun comes up, nothing in her life can ever be the same. In...

Keeping in mind the title of the book, and the conversation format between Jessie and SN (Somebody Nobody), I will tell you my initial reactions after finishing this book in the same way: 1. Oh wow, the feels . I am drowning in feelings. And by feelings I mean this in a good way. It alternates from drowning in a tsunami of fluff and me sporting a goofy smile, to feeling emphatic and soaking in grief and all the teenage drama that unfolds in the pages. 2. This is like a movie in my head . So very entertaining and such a fun read. I love how I can just imagine every single moment in this book vividly. 3. Ethan. Because Ethan is Ethan is Ethan. (You'll get this once you read the book!) And that's all that matters. He makes everything better and I just can't get enough of him! I'm sure a lot of readers feel the same way. Title: Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum Release Date: April 5th 2016 Published by: Delacorte Press Source: From the publisher (Thanks Julia!) Buy l...

I am typing this review literally 10 minutes after I finish reading the book, so forgive me for the review that is also thinly disguised as me fangirling. Oh man. The feels. It's all about the feels in this book. ( I've actually live tweeted while I was reading the book, so if you're interested in my reactions, you can follow the hashtag, # KaireadsNoLoveAllowed . ) Title: No Love Allowed by Kate Evangelista Release Date: April 19th 2016 Published by: Swoon Reads Source: Won from the author's contest Buy: Amazon | Book Depository Summary: It's all fun and parties until someone falls in love in this modern fairy tale from author Kate Evangelista. Caleb desperately needs a fake girlfriend. Either he attends a series of parties for his father’s law firm with a pretty girl on his arm, or he gets shipped off to Yale to start a future he’s not ready for and isn’t sure he wants. And sadly, the last unattached girl in his social circle has just made the grievous mistak...

I can't believe it's been a year since I've last posted a WoW. And I am waiting for a lot of books this 2016, obviously! I'm starting now, and for this year's first installment of Waiting on Wednesday, I am waiting for this book that sounds really amazing. Check it out below! Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine Title: A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith Release Date: October 25th 2016 Published by: Roaring Brook Press Want? Add to your Goodreads list! Summary: A time-travel story that alternates between modern day and 19th century Japan as one girl confronts the darkness lurking in her soul. No one knows what to do with Reiko. She is full of hatred. All she can think about is how to best hurt herself and the people closest to her. After a failed suicide attempt, Reiko’s parents send her from their Seattle home to spend the summer with family in Japan to learn to control her emotions. But while visiting Kuramagi, a historic village pre...