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Book Review: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

Posted by ella on August 21, 2012 at 11:50 PM Comments comments (2)

One gray morning, while it was raining cats and dogs and the government has declared the suspension of classes and work on all levels, I finally jumped the bandwagon and read E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey.

While reading, the song 32 Flavors...

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Nobody's Graveyard

Posted by ella on March 5, 2010 at 3:13 PM Comments comments (1)

The Chase...

 

I’ve been hearing so many good things about Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book starting last year and I have wanted to get my hands on a copy ever since. Only, other books catch my attention each time I went to the bookstore and it got pushed back in my TBR list. When I started looking for it late last year, there were no copies available! Served me right for ignoring it. Finally, when I was browsing b...

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A Little Bit of Sara, All My Life

Posted by ella on September 29, 2009 at 11:10 AM Comments comments (2)

Sara(h) Crewe...

 

I grew up with Sara Crewe. She was this young girl on tv whose eyes are much too big for her face, yet she got me with her charm. My mother bought me a school bag with Sara on the flap and I was as happy as a clam. I cried for her during those times when Miss Minchin and Lavinia were giving her life hell. I shed the tears she refused to shed so as not to show a sign of weakness. I rejoiced and danced with her when it later turned out...

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Let The Games Begin

Posted by ella on September 24, 2009 at 12:14 PM Comments comments (0)

It all started with a role play...

A couple of months ago, I have been invited to join Hunger Games Role Play. It is an interactive group in Shelfari wherein the members get to perform a (you guessed it right) role playing game. The group was inspired by Suzanne Collins' books, The Hunger Games (first book of a trilogy), which was released in Sep...

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