Blog Posts on books and literature

Committed (Book Review) by DeeCoded on Nov 6, 2011I liked Liz Gilbert's writing style in Eat Pray Love so I decided to read her second non fiction - Committed. This is the book's description: At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazil...

One Day (Book & Movie Review) by DeeCoded on Oct 26, 2011When I downloaded One Day in my kindle, I filed it under the "serious reads" category and it was indeed; or maybe more appropriately, it was a sad read. It's not sad all the time, though, I did enjoy some funny scenes and witty lines, a lo...

Love The One You're With (Book Review) by DeeCoded on Oct 16, 2011So last night, Tyne and I decided to hit a bar in Clarke Quay after we watched the movie What's Your Number? She brought me to China One, and I enjoyed the bar's music, ambiance, and widely-spaced tables that didn't give me the feeling of suffocation...

Something Borrowed + Something Blue (Book Review) by DeeCoded on Oct 10, 2011I live for moments that make me laugh oud loud literally, even though sometimes I worry that other people would think I was crazy for laughing by myself, out of nowhere. Today's moment came when my friend April discussed a scene from the book Somethi...

My Kindle by DeeCoded on Sep 24, 2011A couple of Christmases ago, I posted my wish to own a kindle. I finally decided to get one as a birthday gift for me this year. I asked my friend Zenie, who was coming over from UK, to buy it for me so I could save on freight cost. It cost me around...

Divergent by Veronica Roth (Book Review) by DeeCoded on Sep 2, 2011I bought this book upon Lord Voldemort's recommendation. Okay, I don't mean the real dark lord from the Harry Potter series, but a witty guy who pretends to be him. This is the official overview of the story: In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicag...

Before Ever After by Samantha Sotto (Book Review) by DeeCoded on Aug 28, 2011After hearing about this book from my friend (the story for that is here), I knew I just had to get a copy of one. Most of Singapore's bookstores did not carry it and the one that did, Prologue, ran out of stock, so I asked my friend Caloy to buy one...

Pottermore, Here I Come! by DeeCoded on Aug 5, 2011I can't believe it! I actually managed to register a Pottermore early access account tonight! It all began when I logged into www.pottermore.com and I saw this: Knowing what little time I had, I hurriedly opened a new browser and typed the answer a...

A Filipino Author's Happy Ever After by DeeCoded on Jul 27, 2011"Have you read this? I thought of you!" my friend Flisha said to me a few days ago. I clicked on the link she had included in the message and read: Once upon a time, there was a young mom who decided to kill time by writing a novel. She ha...

Book Review: After the Quake by Haruki Murakami by Pizza and Beer on Jul 23, 2011After the Quake is a short book of six long stories. If you haven’t read any of Haruki Murakami’s work, this collection is a good intro to this writer. Either any of the stories would make a perfect short film. The characters in a Murakam...