When I met Mr. Stroud over a decade ago at Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston, I was beyond happy. I remember begging my mom to take me to see him after school, and I rushed there still in my uniform, bringing the copy of my book for him to sign. I remember opening the book…
“It’s much easier to be brave if you don’t know everything.” Number the Stars by Lois Lowry talks about the struggle during the time when Nazis were occupying Denmark. This is a historical fiction work, and it could help us readers understand more of what the survivors went through and how they made it. In…
One of my closest friends told me that one of his favorite books was A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway. Considering we started a book club recently, we decided to read it together and discuss it as a group one fine morning at a Starbucks. I’ve read a couple of Hemingway’s, and I have only…
I am a little bit ashamed that I have not read the book, because now I wish I had, and will probably stop by my favorite bookstore to find a copy. I’m not even a fan of romance, but this movie won me over. Lara Jean is reserved and keeps a lot of things to…
Mata Hari. Possibly the most famous female spy of her time. Possibly one of the best mysteries to solve. A woman. A mother. An artist. A lover. Who was this woman? If anyone asked me, I would always mention Paulo Coelho as one of my favorite writers. His gifts lie in his writing, inspiring readers,…
Nothing has beaten this book when it comes to giving me nightmares, and I read a lot. I still feel the chills as I remember my time reading it. I remember putting it down due to not being able to continue; I was so scared to go on with the reading that I had to…
Curious about gods? Well, try American Gods. We meet Shadow, our guy, who just got out of prison to the news of his wife’s death. On his way to her funeral, Shadow met Mr. Wednesday, a cunning man who offered him a job to be an errand boy. For some unknown reasons, Wednesday seemed to…
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