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ABOUT THE SITE:

This blog is about…well, books and reading. I’ve been blogging book reviews for the longest time in my personal blog, but I figure it’s just about time to put all these book posts in a separate blog because it was overwhelming my personal one. So, One More Page is born.

In One More Page, I will write book reviews, talk about book sales, opinions on several things about books and talk about reading challenges and, well, basically everything about reading. I’m no book expert, nor a librarian, just a lover of books who want to share that love.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Oh, and I suppose I need to introduce myself too.

I’m Tina, 24 years old, from the Philippines. I’m a web specialist from a multinational company. I graduated with a computer related course, but that didn’t stop me from loving the written word. Other than reading, I like writing, watching my favorite TV shows, going on trips, hanging out with my friends, working out, cats, tigers, stars and just recently, Grimace.

I’m still working on doing an inventory of all my books, so for the meantime, visit my Goodreads profile to see the books I’ve listed there. I read a whole lot of books but I’m a bit picky with the genre. I love chick lit and young adult fiction, as well as anything that is in the real world. I’m trying to read more fantasy in 2010. I’m trying to get into classics too — I find that I read those books slowly because it takes a while for my head to get into the language. I’m not into science fiction or historical fiction, nor do I read anything that is political or whatever, and I’m lukewarm on non-fiction books. Graphic novels are rare for me, but I can give them a try. But I’m open to book recommendations, so if you think there’s a book that I’d enjoy (regardless of the genre), feel free to leave a comment here or contact me.

ABOUT THE RATING SYSTEM:

I’m no book critic, but I do have opinions on the books I read. I’ve been writing reviews since 2008, and I’ve formed a little rating system of my own for the books I’ve read, and here’s the explanation of my rating system.

• ★★★★★ – 5 stars – Love, love, love the book, and I am not ashamed to squee about it!
• ★★★★★ – 4 stars – I liked the book very much, but I’m not declaring undying love for it…yet.
• ★★★★★ – 3 stars – I liked the book. Needs a bit of work IMHO, but it’s a pretty good read and it wasn’t a waste of time.
• ★★★★★ – 2 stars – It’s okay. Lots of things need work, but it wasn’t that bad.
• ★★★★★ – 1 star – In a word: disappointing.

Please note that my review is subjective, and that my opinion may be different from yours (it will almost always be the case). So please respect my opinion and I will also respect yours.