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From Inspirational Stories to Make-Believe Worlds, Check Out ‘Bookshelf PH’ For Your Next Filipino-Authored Read for Wikathon and Beyond

Get to know BookshelfPH,an online bookstore that publishes and distributes titles by Filipino authors, for the Filipino audience.

‘Small Favors’ Review: This Small Town Mystery Horror is Eerie, Psychological, and Deliciously Dark–Perfect for the Chilly and Biting Cold

In all honesty, I went in Small Favors by Erin A. Craig with such high expectations after completely falling in love with her work from House of Salt and Sorrows. There were moments where I had to stop myself from constantly comparing the two, and seeing which one I preferred.

Hiding in Bed While Publishing this Bc ‘From Blood & Ash’ Is Really Not the Amazing Fantasy Romance it’s Hyped Up to Be

If you haven’t read “From Blood and Ash” and you want to go in unbiased, skip this review for now because this might taint that.

Trope Spotlight: When the Underdog MC Gets A Powerful Comeback and Shuts Up Their Bullies

Give me a good comeback story any day and watch me bawl in pride by the end of it. When I watch films, a series, or any type of storytelling content, that’s always something I wait for. That in-your-face moment.

Elemental Magic, Family Trauma, And Finding The Strength To Fight Back–’The Sword Of Kaigen’ Deserves All The Hype

There’s a blurb at the back of my The Sword of Kaigen copy that reads: “The Poppy War’s darkness meets The Last Airbender’s elemental magic.”

‘An Accident Of Stars’ is A Hidden Gem, and It Has Ignited A Love In Me For Portal Fantasies

It might have been an “accident” of sorts that I checked out An Accident of Stars, but it’s one I’m definitely going to see through to the end.