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My January books

These are the books I purchased this January. And I'm happy I enjoyed most of them, two I haven't read yet, so I will let you know about the rest if I enjoyed it. What do you think of my book choices?

Reading Machine

I started Meg Cabot's "Avalon High" at around 8 in the evening because I could not sleep anymore and just waiting for my time to get ready for work. I told myself that I won't bring the book with me to work because well my copy is quite heavy but ofcourse after an hour I decided to bring it because I could not wait to get home and go back to reading. All my seatmate were shocked because they witnessed how I devoured the book because not even half of my shift I finished the book. I got a comment from my co-worker that when I am reading it seems I'm in a different world because I was not talking nor listening to any office talks going around. My seatmate said"Whoa, aren't you a reading machine?" he said, I laughed because then I realized I am very near the end of the book. I just would like to say, "Ms. Cabot, I am a big fan, officially" . I like the writing style, how it makes me picture the characters and even hearing myself saying their

Meg Cabot follower

When we read and we usually like the story of the book, what we do is take note of the author and make sure to read another novel of his/her. Or from word of mouth we heard that she writes good story that will entertain you and make you want to turn the page. That's what happened to me, I was not a Meg Cabot fan, though I love Princess Diaries, but my weekly trip to bookstore gave me an opportunity to pick up one of her book. "She went all the way" I picked it up from the 2nd hand bookstore because I thought that from the rest of the book she was the most know author and I badly need a book to read. It was a light read and I liked it, I was not looking for something "Da Vinci Code" type, just a light read that would make my mind wonder and dream and will take me to the book. The story is not out of the ordinary actually it was predictable but kudos to Ms. Cabot because though the story ordinary she was still able to make the readers crave more and devoured the

books in line

Last week these books were on my to read book, and 5 days later, they're shelved now and I will need another trip to the bookstore for another piles of books to read. And so, I am reviewing my list again and prioritizing the books iI wanted to read first, because I am sure once I found all of them, I'll be confuse and might end up buying all of them. No, I can't there are 53 books on my list, currently, oohh 54 now.

Fool in Every Sense

When I saw this on the book sale stand I didn't think twice and grabbed it along with two other books and purchased it. Since I was a kid I am fascinated with history and I am thrilled to get a glimpse of England's past and to have a slight idea of how crazy it is in The Royal Court. For me, the Queen's Fool gave its readers the third side of the coin, it is like bird's eye view from Hannah, the main protagonist giving the reader broader view of the situation. I like the characters that was put together by Ms. Gregory, they compensate each other and everyone has their key part. Even the supporting characters in the book had roles to play not just a bystander who happens to be there or just a passing stranger. Fool I am in every sense to even thought of stopping to read the book at the beginning because of the slow pace, but towards middle of the story where we begin to see Hannah struggle being a fool, a daughter and a duty of being a good wife. The story reminds me of