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  Eiyo Fadneiras, Welcome back to Fadima Mooneira. October is just around the corner. October is a festive month for bookworms worldwide. Yay!!! So, are my fellow bookworms excited for October? In October, the bookish online community hosts many readathons. Some of the readathons are Spooktober, 24-Hour Autumn Readathon, Owntober, and Pinktober . So which readathon are you participating in this October? I decided to participate in Spooktober. I already listed some dark fantasy, dark romance, and thriller novels on my October TBR.  In fact, I just finished my first Spooktober read yesterday. Hehehe ^_^ Pinktober stacks from Fadima Mooneira But in this post, I want to recommend books for Pinktober instead. I’ve been participating in Pinktober for the past 2 years. And these are the books I’ve read for the past Pinktober readathons. So, if you want to join the Pinktober readathon and are still looking for pink books to read, here are my recommendations… PS: Please read this pos...

Eiyo Fadneiras, Welcome back to Fadima Mooneira ^_^. How are you guys doing? I hope you guys are doing great. In my previous post, I already shared with you the four roles of fashion in a romance novel . So this week's entry is going to be related to last week's post. Yup, I'm going to share a list of 10 chic and trendy romance novels for fashionistas and fashion lovers . Yay!!! Now let's begin with the list... #1 SAYANGKU CASPER BY MAZNI AZNITA Fashion is the main premise for this modern-day Cinderella fairy-tale romance. Plus, the story is set in Paris 95% of the time. Oh la la!!! The female lead, Tia Adila, is passionate about fashion. She aspires to become a fashion designer. Tia is also an ace at designing and sewing. She is indeed a fashion designer in the making. The male lead, Tengku Rafique, is the CEO of a giant fashion house called House of Fleur (fiction). Together, they navigate the glamorous world of fashion. The author shares a lot of insights into the fa...

  Eiyo Fadneiras, Welcome back to my blog. I have a fun, interesting topic to geek out about together today. Yay!!! ^_^ Bookworms and fashionistas, you're going to enjoy this topic. This entry's geeking topic is about books and fashion. Yup, we are going to talk about the four roles of fashion in a romance novel . Hooray!!! And besides geeking about books and fashion, I also have some exciting news to share at the end of this post . So make sure you read this post till the end ^_^ Fashion is really a fun topic to geek out about. As an author who studied and used to work in the industry, I find fashion a fun premise for my stories. That's why I chose fashion as the main premise for my latest novel, Manchester Epiphany . Fashion is also the sub-premise for my previous novels, Fail Merah and Saranghaeyo Namsan . Besides writing, reading stories that use fashion as a premise is totally entertaining and chic. Yes, reading stories with fashion as a premise makes you want to ent...

Eiyo Fadneiras, Welcome back to my blog. In today's entry, I decided to share a geeking post. Yup, I'm going to geek out about one of my favorite book series ~ The Wallflowers by Lisa Kleypas . Now, let's not waste time. Let's begin this geeking post with a short bio of the author, and then we shall follow up with a summary of the series ... ABOUT LISA KLEYPAS The queen of the Historical Romance genre ~ Lisa Kleypas (Image: lisakleypas.com) Lisa Kleypas is a New York Times bestselling author. She's also a RITA award-winning author of both historical romance and contemporary women's fiction. Most of Kleypas' novels have been published in 14 different languages. Kleypas is an alumnus of Wellesley College. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. She became Miss Massachusetts in 1985. Kleypas now lives in Washington with her husband, Gregory, and two children. ABOUT THE WALLFLOWERS All books in the Wallflowers series The Wallflowers is t...

Eiyo Fadneiras, As promised in my previous post, here's my reading wrap-up for September and October 2025 . During September, I had a Lisa Kleypas Wallflowers marathon . And in October, I had a Spooktober reading marathon . Okay, now let's carry on with today's objective and check out the first book I read in September ... #1 THINGS REMEMBERED & THINGS FORGOTTEN AUTHOR: Kyoko Nakajima PUBLISHER: Sort of Books GENRE: Book of Short Stories/ Slice-of-life LANGUAGE : English PAGES: 265 pages THE STORY Things Remembered & Things Forgotten (TRTF) is a book of 10 short stories. All stories are written by Kyoko Nakajima, belong to the slice-of-life genre, and take place in Japan. All stories possess deep meanings- they make us question ourselves about who we were and who we are now. MY REVIEW I'm glad that my mom made me read this book. This book is a brilliant read. All stories are brilliant and very intellectual. My favorite story in this book is The Life Story of...