Love felt like a gift but she didn't know if she had room for it, where to put it, did she have to get rid of something to make space for it. During lockdown, good friends Sabrina and Victor spent a few days together in the same apartment. She was starting a cafe; he was … Continue reading Pages Review | First Time for Everything (Cafe Titas #1) by Mina V. Esguerra
Everybody cries, even if you don't show it. All it takes is a little happiness. Or a little hurt. Right now, I've had a little of both. After years in exile, Aaron Guillermo returns to his hometown, Bacolod City. But home is no longer the place he once knew. As he steps back onto familiar … Continue reading Pages Review | Bittersweetland by R. Torres Pandan
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
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
