Sporadic Reads

Book Review: The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey @michaelcarey191 #sporadicreads #zombiebooks

Dre’s Thoughts It took a lot of time to actually finish this book, but after my long reading slump, I decided to cash in at least 30-minutes of reading time a day. That’s exactly what I did with this book. I usually read it during my down times, like when I am traveling to and from work, or when I am having a hard time sleeping at night. It does the trick, I find myself sleepy. But I am not…

Book Review: It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover @colleenhoover #sporadicreads

Dre’s Thoughts It’s been a while since I’ve read a New Adult book, and when I saw a friend reading this one, I thought I’d give it a shot. I did not read the synopsis and just dove in, thinking that this is a typical romance story, but boy, was I wrong! Sometimes the one who loves you is the one who hurts you the most. Everything started out good. We get to know Lily Bloom, a 23-year-old college…

Year-End Message from Dre to You #sporadicreads

Hi there! I am Dre, the founder of this book blog. You may have noticed (or maybe not) that I have been out of the loop for a long time. It has been a tough year for me, but I am not going into details about that. It’s been a while since I actually talked to my blog’s audience. But…do I still have one? I don’t even know. To be honest, I loved the book blog community, but I felt like there’s only…

Book Review: One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews @ilona_andrews via @kate_skybreaker #sporadicreads

Kate’s Thoughts Ah, time flew by and now we have another book in the Inkeeper series. Not so long ago, I gushed about how much I love book 2, now I’m going to pretty much do the same thing. I don’t think this series is capable of disappointing. One fell sweep is just as good, if not even better than the last one. Kudos to the authors for creating such compelling characters and such a vivid…

Book Review : The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater #sporadicreads #books #theravencycle

Dre’s Thougths This is actually a complete series review, but I am going to highlight the last book, The Raven King.  What I loved: Blue isn’t your typical heroine. She’s not perfect, I don’t think I’d even call her beautiful, but I felt like she’s cute. She’s eccentric. Her family consists of psychics and centuries old father. She makes her own clothes, and her room, in my head, feels quite…

Manga Review: Strobe Edge by Io Sakisaka #sporadicreads

Dre’s Thoughts Manga exists. I knew that, but I was never a fan. Most mangas are turned into animé, I’m not a fan either, though I watched Attack on Titans and finished the first season. With that said, I think I entered a black hole and can’t get out! Strobe Edge is not my first manga, but it’s the first one that I am going to review. For some reason, I am drawn to school life romances; maybe…

Book Review: The Dog Who Dared to Dream by Sun-mi Hwang #DogWhoDared @AbacusBooks #ScragglyOnTour

[book-info] The Dog Who Dared to Dream by Sun-mi Hwang was provided to me for free by the publisher, Little Brown, in exchange for an honest review, but this does not affect my opinion on the book or the content of this review. Dre’s Thoughts If you know me, then you must be aware that I love dogs, and I have a really cute and cuddly one named Booboo. So when I was offered to read this book, I…

Book Review : Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop #sporadicreads #books

Dre’s Thoughts It’s been a while since I read a book series that I really liked. I have put of reading The Others series, but when I finally picked it up, I couldn’t stop reading book after book after book. Now I understand why a lot of my peers loved The Others. It has a lot of everything. When I read a book, sometimes I don’t absorb everything.There are things that I’m bound to miss, and…

Daniel’s Digressions #1 : We’re Back! Again!

Hi! Remember me? Yes? Awesome. No? That’s quite alright- allow me to re-introduce myself. I’m Daniel, and after a few months of being forcefully absorbed by every aspect of life other than reading, I’m ready to dip my feet back in the world of blogging. Dre and I have both been very busy recently, as I try to stride past (or rather, hobble towards) the impending finish line of high school, and…

Book Review : Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff @AmieKaufman @misterkristoff

Daniel’s Thoughts I apologize in advance for what’s going to be a terrible review. I say this sometimes, but I promise this time I actually mean it. I’m worried that I won’t be able to write a coherent review, because it took me over a month to read Illuminae. I started it in mid-December but then had to drop reading, reviewing, and blogging for a while in order to focus on school and university…

Book Review : Long Road Home: Testimony of a North Korean Camp Survivor #sporadicreads #mustread

Dre’s Thoughts After reading Nothing to Envy, I decided to find other books that are related to lives in North Korea. I chose this book because it is a real account of someone who escaped from a labor camp. I have watched videos, where defectors talked about their personal stories about how they lived and escaped from North Korea, and those videos always leave me crying. Long Road Home: Testimony…

Book Review : Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick #sporadicreads #bookreview

Dre’s Thoughts For the past few months, nothing could really hold my attention when it came to books; however, I decided to pick up a non-fiction book that has been sitting on my shelf for a while. I have always been interested in history, but it has taken a backseat. I love reading stories related to the Nazi period. Those kinds of stories make me realize how lucky I am to have been born at a…

Book Review : Magic Stars by Ilona Andrews @ilona_andrews #sporadicreads #bookreviews via @kate_skybreaker

Kate’s Thoughts If you’re a fan of the Kate Daniel’s series, and you don’t know that this novella is out, well, you can stop reading this now and just go get it. All you need to know is that it’s really good just like the rest of the series with it’s trademark action packed scenes and sharp wit. If you need a little more convincing, I would tell you that there’s some revelation in it about what…

TV Series Review : Shadowhunters, The Mortal Instruments

When Netflix hit the Philippines, I quickly signed up for a free month. Why not Netflix and chill, yeah? When the TV series for Shadowhunters was announced, I was quite excited for it. The movie sucked big time, and I was hoping that the TV series would somehow be better. So I was watching the first episode, and it’s almost true to the story. However, as much as I liked the book series, I found…