Topic: ebooks

Book Review: Unseen Moon by Eliza Victoria

Unseen Moon

When I was given the assignment to review a book by a local author, the first one that came to mind was Eliza Victoria. A lot of readers from Manila-based book clubs have been raving about her works and I thought it was high time i read one of her stories. Eliza’ new book Unseen Moon,

Read: Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard

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Book description from Goodreads: It all begins with a stupid question:

Are you a Global Vagabond?

No, but 18-year-old Bria Sandoval wants to be. In a quest for independence, her neglected art, and no-strings-attached hookups, she signs up for a guided tour of Central America—the wrong one. Middle-aged tourists with fanny packs are hardly the key to self-rediscovery. When Bria meets Rowan, devoted backpacker and dive instructor, and his outspokenly humanitarian sister Starling, she seizes the chance to ditch her group and join them off the beaten path.

Bria’s a good girl trying to go bad. Rowan’s a bad boy trying to stay good. As they travel across a panorama of Mayan villages, remote Belizean islands, and hostels plagued with jungle beasties, they discover what they’ve got in common: both seek to leave behind the old versions of themselves. And the secret to escaping the past, Rowan’s found, is to keep moving forward.

But Bria comes to realize she can’t run forever, no matter what Rowan says. If she ever wants the courage to fall for someone worthwhile, she has to start looking back.

Read Wanderlove now on your Kindle/iPad/phone/laptop!

What We’re Reading: Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)

Fifty Shades of Grey

Someone on Team MJ (actually, more than one person) is reading Fifty Shades of Grey.

Book description: When literature student Anastasia Steele is drafted to interview the successful young entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus magazine, she finds him attractive, enigmatic and intimidating. Convinced their meeting went badly, she tries to put Grey out of her mind – until he happens to turn up at the out-of-town hardware store where she works part-time.

Review: Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)

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It’s hard not to admire the person who introduced ‘1,000 songs in your pocket’, or ‘the world’s thinnest notebook’. He came up with the coolest gadgets, and remade the way we use phones. When he died last October, everybody grieved at the loss of one of the world’s greatest visionaries.

After reading his biography, I realized how apt the description was – he wasn’t a programmer or a designer, nor was he an artist. He didn’t really invent anything, but instead, had this amazing foresight that could connect the dots and come up with products that would sell. For example, the idea for the iPod wasn’t new. There had been music players before then, with a very limited capacity. Being a music lover himself, he wanted to improve the listening experience. As luck would have it, one of his people came across a very small hard drive capable of storing more than 20 songs. Thus, the iPod was born.

Crowd Pleasers: Big food for big groups (Chef Theo’s Cookbooks) Release date: 11 July 2012 Hungry horde at your door waiting to be fed? Don’t fret! This second volume of Chef Theo’s cookbooks will take you through the basics of cooking delicious, easy and hearty meals that will surely make you the star of your

Read: Popped Too by Chinggay Labrador

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We were pleased to discover that Popped Too, the sequel to Kpop-themed novel Popped (Chinggay Labrador, Summit Books), is now available on the Amazon Kindle Store. Enjoy this fun read on your phone, iPad, laptop or desktop! (Want to get this free? Watch out for our next ebook giveaway!)

Description from Amazon.com:

Destination: Seoul, Korea (where dreams come true)

Purpose of Travel: Protect BFF from fan woman who wants to destroy all competition for the biggest K-Hip-Hop band’s lead vocalist (and maybe hang out with hot Korean guy who looks like K-Pop crush).

October Ebook Giveaway: We have a winner!

Win an E-Book of Your Choice

The winner of the October Ebook giveaway is…

Hunger Games ebook giveaway winner

The winner of the Hunger Games Kindle ebook giveaway is… Katrina! Thanks for playing!

Surreality giveaway winner

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Hunger Games teaser + Intl ebook giveaway

We don’t know about the rest of you, but we at Team Mangojuiced think the recently released Hunger Games teaser trailer is too much tease and not enough trailer.  See Katniss run here: The Katniss prominence is appreciated, but we’re already looking forward to the teasers that will feature her love interests Peeta and Gale.