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November 2016 TBR

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            This month I am trying to read more classical books. I will also be re-reading Pride and Prejudice and The Beautiful and The Damned. In addition, I am currently reading Illuminae and will also be reading the second book. Moving on the following novels I will for the month of November are the following:  1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen  When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life. 2. The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert...

Victoria Aveyard Book Signing+ Mini Review + Mini Book Haul

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                   Hi everyone I know this post is very late but I was very busy with schoolwork that this blogpost got delayed. Anyway so last Sunday (May 6, 2016) was Victoria Aveyard's book signing, which was held in National Bookstore, Glorietta 1. I arrived to the venue at 7am to have an earlier slot, take note the registration starts at 10am and the event proper starts at 2pm, and when I got there the line was ridiculously long that I secured the 350 slot. I waited for 10 hours to have my books signed but it was all worth it. I met some great people in that event that shared the same passion that I have for books and I met this very amazing, friendly, and nice author.                  Victoria Aveyard was really nice and beautiful. She signed books for 1,200 people in the Glorietta event alone, which was insane. Her book are amazing at first when I saw a copy of the Red Queen last ma...