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What Color is My Parachute?

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Years ago, I found this old book in a rummage sale called What Color is Your Parachute? I bought it because it had been mentioned somewhere (I’ve forgotten where by now). But I didn’t get to read until last year, and I wished I hadn’t let it gather dust in one corner because it answered […]

Archie Picks Veronica

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For seventy years, Archie has been torn between two best friends – rich brunette Veronica and blonde girl-next-door Betty. When word got out that he was finally planning to marry one of them, I wished it would be Betty. I have always liked Betty more than Ronnie for the same reason that I preferred Elizabeth […]

Mystery Girl

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I started reading mysteries back in Grade School when I read that my fiction idol, Elizabeth Wakefield of the Sweet Valley Twins series, loved them. It ended up growing on me, and long after I stopped reading about Elizabeth, I still thrived on mysteries. As a child, my staple was Nancy Drew, Bobsey Twins, Hardy […]

What Should I Do With My Life? {Book Review}

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Been reading this this New York Times bestseller, What Should I Do with My Life? written by Po Bronson. It’s a compilation of stories of real people who answered life’s ultimate question. I must say, it was a compelling and interesting read. I decided to write down some of the passages that most struck me […]

A Creepy Love Story: Even Death Won’t Do Us Part

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I’ve been reading this interesting non-fiction book entitled Around the World in 80 Dates by Jennifer Cox. The premise is about this woman who goes on a quest to find her soulmate by dating 80 men all over the world. I must say, I’m learning a lot of interesting stuff, like this tidbit: Verona was […]

The Y Chromosome {Book Review}

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It was around fourth grade when the X-Men and Sweet Valley Twins first became popular in our school, and I remember that an argument once erupted in our class as to which was better. The boys, naturally, were on the side of the mutants while the girls, also naturally, defended their blonde sixth grade characters. […]

John Grisham Fan

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The Runaway Jury had been sitting on my bedside stand for three months with the bookmark stuck after chapter two when I packed my bags to fly to Korea. I always make it a point to bring a book on flights lest I get bored while waiting to board, so it got swept into my […]

The Choice by Nicholas Sparks {Book Review}

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Synopsis:‘Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are those in which the ending is a surprise.’ So begins THE CHOICE. It perfectly describes its author’s works of art. Nicholas Sparks comes up with another must-read tearjerker about great love. Travis Parker is an attractive young man who seems […]

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

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I was in National Bookstore last Saturday and I was that they were having a sale so I went in and bought two books I’ve always wanted at 20% off — 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The Secret. The latter was listed in last month’s cosmo must-read list, so this was the first […]

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

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I signed up for the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People signature program being offered in our company. It was a three-day session which meant tons of emails and problematic invoices for troubleshooting likely to pile up, but I felt that I badly needed this and could do with the consequences. I sure am glad […]