What is the weight of a memory? A woman discovers that her bathroom has been remodeled into a prison cell—where she is an unlikely inmate—in this surreal novel of exile, grief, memory, and migration. In Salerno, Italy, Dilara spends her days caring for her aging father and her hypochondriac husband. Since leaving her native Istanbul, … Continue reading Pages Review | The Renovation by Kenan Orhan
It's been more than a week since I attended the first-ever Kilig Cafe event hosted by RomanceClass and Komiket at Ayala Malls the 30th with my book besties and it's definitely one of the highlights of the love month for me. How should I describe it? It was a celebration of love in all forms: … Continue reading Prin Diaries | Kilig Cafe by RomanceClass 2026
Hello, yes I am back! Hopefully for good. Apologies for being inactive for so many years. I think I was hoping for a better time to continue yapping here about books and other things but looking at how things are only getting worse after the pandemic I figured there is no better time than now … Continue reading February in Pages | Monthly Wrap-up 2026
You're using a story as a veil. Old, rich, and deeply rooted in witchcraft, the Petronio family's youngest daughter is getting married. There's just one problem: the mother of the bride, Mutya, is an evil witch—and she's out for vengeance. Kelly hasn't been planning weddings for very long, but she takes the job despite her … Continue reading Pages Review | Mirror Marked by Vida Cruz-Borja
A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about a woman in Japan who avoids harassment at work by perpetuating, for nine months and beyond, the lie that she's pregnant. When thirty-four-year-old Ms. Shibata gets a new job in Tokyo to escape sexual harassment at her old one, she finds that, as the only woman at her … Continue reading Pages Review | Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi
