Category: Features
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Behind Five Willows by June Hur: Full ARC Review + My Fan Cast
No comments on Behind Five Willows by June Hur: Full ARC Review + My Fan CastThank you to NetGalley and June Hur for providing an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review. As you may have guessed by the title, I was fortunate enough to receive the full advance reader copy of Behind Five Willows after sharing my last post (NOTE: Read it, if you haven’t yet, to Continue Reading
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Behind Five Willows by June Hur: Pride & Prejudice, But Make It Joseon (First Impressions)
(Updated on March 7, 2026 to correct title of the book) As a huge Jane Austen fan, the moment I saw the teasers for Behind Five Willows by June Hur, I knew it was something I wanted to read. Pitched as Pride & Prejudice meets You’ve Got Mail and set in Joseon Dynasty Korea? I Continue Reading
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NO FILTER: An original play by Millennials about Millennials
Every generation tries to rebel against the rules somehow. While the play’s tagline on the program says An original play by Millennials for Millennials about Millennials, I felt the need to omit the exclusivity of the phrase “for Millennials” because this play surely isn’t just for the generation it tries to embody. This play was an honest-to-goodness Continue Reading
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Book Review: “…Then What?” by Kella Roberts
“…Then What?”: 350+ Random First Lines, (already thought up so you don’t have to) by Kella RobertsAvailable on Amazon How often have you thought of The Greatest Idea Ever, only to find defeat inside a blank page? That dreaded first line stymies every author at some point or another. These pages are filled with random Continue Reading
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Book Review: The ABCs of Hand Lettering by Abbey Sy
Hand lettering and calligraphy seems to be all the rage these days among art enthusiasts and aspiring artists like me, most especially among the network of people that I follow on Instagram. Continue Reading
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