I wept buckets throughout the book, but I thought this was a worthy end towards the series.

Even though my colleague revealed to me Harry’s fate on Saturday afternoon, before I had finished reading the book (and therefore, deserves to be hexed. Or at least bludgeoned with Books 3-7).

I would have to re-read the series now, and then I would decide if this book trumps my favourite of the series, Azkaban.

A friend lent this to me and as she passed it to me she said, “Guard this with your LIFE!” I did.. though I started to read it about a week ago, I finished most of it today.

This is the first book by Jude Deveraux that I’ve read, and it’s been an interesting read. It’s super-melodramatic in the way that romance novels are, but with a bit more substance. I’m not sure I like the main female character, or maybe I’m too cynical about the real world to like her passionate (overly dramatic) nature. In any case, the plot was substantial, dramatic and made for good reading. At climactic moments, Ms Deveraux’s story even squeezed out a few tears from me.

It was a good read, but I’m not liking it as much as I might have hoped. Don’t know why, though.

I like the twists in the plot, and I love the prose, but I felt the ending felt anti-climactic. Overall, still a good read.

It took me a long time to get through reading this book. I bought it in August last year, and only finished it now. In between I’d finished reading other simpler books.

The beginning was hard for me to get through, because it focused on mainly Anne Elliot’s thoughts and observations of the people around her as she gets through her life thinking about the guy she let get away. But when Captain Wentworth makes an appearance, I find myself interested in the book. I find that the book has too much social observations, and not enough interaction between Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth. Nevertheless, I identify with Anne Elliot a lot.

I LOVE the drama series in a way I cannot describe in words. When I learnt that the show was based on a manhwa series, I just had to get my hands on the manhwa. Unfortunately, until today I had to rely on other manhwa fans generosity to translate the manhwa for me.

I was so excited to learn that this translated volume is finally here. I had been waiting for it for months. I think the fan-translated editions are more detailed, this series will aim to be true to the spirit of the comic. With the official translated edition I finally get the jokes that were lost on me beofre. I love the story, and I really love the art work by Park So-Hee.

Goong: Princess Hours made me a kdrama fan, and Goongmanhwa made me a fan of manhwa and manga. So this has definitely changed my life. If only the sequel to the drama will come soon enough, and IceKunion will publish the following volumes fast enough!

I started and finished this today. Perhaps it’s a bit late for me to be reading Christmas-themed stories, but I don’t think it would matter.

Jennifer Crusie is the biggest name in this collection, and I’m a big fan. Her story is as wacky as any of her stories could be (and ‘Major MacGuffin’ was a big hint), but I still think this story was a bit hard to believe even for her. Maybe her style of plotting doesn’t really suit a novella. But in the spirit of Christmas, it’s a fun story, and her trademark fast-paced wit (very Gilmore Girls) is there as always and I very much enjoyed it. The other two are typical hot romance novellas. Fun to read.

I had read her second book, and was a bit disappointed. Then my colleague passed me this book and told me that this one sold very well. Fortunately, this is a tad better than her second book.

I guess I still have problems not getting her humour most of the time, but my main problem with the way this author writes is in her pacing. Her story really only picks up half way through the book. But at least the characters here, especially the main protagonist, are a bit more solid than in the second book, and all in all, although it could be better, I found the book quite refreshing after I was done with it.

Maybe I just don’t get the humour. But I felt the story was rambling and didn’t seem to get anywhere, and the characters weren’t strong enough. As far as chick-lit go, this, unfortunately, isn’t the best that I’ve read. I really wanted to like it.

I really wanted to like this book, but while the main character was rather likeable, the plot itself was really blah. I felt like the story moved from point to point without really developing anything.

One of Emily Giffin’s earlier books caught my eye once… it was either Something Borrowed or Something Blue, I can’t remember. I remember feeling very much wanting to read it, but somehow I haven’t gotten my hands on a copy.

Then I came across this one on my colleague’s desk – and I felt like I just had to read her. I started out wishing, “Oh God, much as I can identify a little with the feeling of not wanting to have kids, I sure hope the protagonist will not be a total self-centred ass,” but I’m glad at how this book turned out. It was a real page-turner, and moved me to tears several times. Maybe I was just a sappy mood, but if you love chick-lit, you should really read this.