What's been mooncake up to??? ep 2

....well not anymore :D It may not be that long for others but if you notice the frequency of my updates, a whole week with no posts is being like 'on hiatus' indeed. In case you're wondering why, err nothing drastic actually. I've just been sooo darn busy. I didn't had the time to even check out "It's All Mooncake" til now. So for those who stood by, thank you very much >:D<. So what's been Mooncake up to?? well a lot of things. I just finished my MS SSRS training and I just had my hair rebonded today! Yey! I'm also happy to share to you that it seems like I'm finally picking up on my finances :D Cut down on the 'hauls' surely gets you a looong way.HAHA!! but generally, God has been good to me and I truly bring HIM back all the glory:D So yeah.....heads up! Here's what you will be reading in the days to come:)

• 2 health posts
• 3 gadget reviews (so excited)
• 2 DIYs
• a VLOG! yes..i'm finally doing one
• 2 hauls
• 3 Latest Pigouts
• 1 heart2heart
• 1 travel post...you know that I'm off to Coron on August..pls pray with me for a nice weather;)
  
• lots of featured product/review

and more..So you could tell that I'm definitely not running out of ideas here but I'm still open for suggestions. Just email me or leave a comment below if there's anything else you would like to see here. As you know, this is an "anything goes" blog, it's called "It's ALL Mooncake" after all =^.-=

BTW. Here's a short but sweet Metronews for you book lovers out there ;)

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The Girl Who Played With Fire

OK, I will try to make this review as short as I can because its almost 1am already and church's early tom, ahihi. As you know this is the sequel to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Swedish author Stieg Larsson. Oh, before I proceed I really advise you read my review on TGwtDT first found here. Just like the first book it also deals with women abuse and this time it is thru prostitution. I wouldn't go into details and will go ahead to the 'IMO' part.

This book is a little thinner than the previous one. And I think that this time the author for some reason cuts down on 'too much detailing'...I'm not sure...maybe I just got used to it..so anyways, I can say that I like this book better because this time it focuses more on Lisbeth (luvs her :D). Plus it also gave us a glimpse of her background...before the 'mentally psychopath' childhood. I also like that she didn't relied on Mikael that much..Girl Power YAHA!!

If I continue I'll just probably spoil everything for you. Sorry this review is really crappy, but I highly recommend this series :) I can't wait to read the last one :)

Have you read The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo trilogy?? What do you think of it??

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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Its been a while since i've read a mystery novel that i actually liked :) The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo is a suspense thriller with Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist as the main characters. Both are investigative journalists with opposite style and life style. Lisbeth is a peculiar girl and a world class hacker while Mikael is a controversial journalist and part owner of an investigative magazine called Millennium. The 1st half of the book discusses about these 2 characters separately until the a case involving the family of a steel magnate, the Vanger Family, brought them together.

The copy that i have, a paperback from Vintage Crime publishing -- the one in the picture-- did not contain a summary so you really have to let the book grow in you to appreciate it. The book is quite long, the letters are small. Each chapter is appox 20pages long and most of the pages are dedicated to sooo much detailing...what the room looks like, how the vase on the table is positioned and other stuff not really relevant to the scene. but maybe its just me. I know some of you actually prefer books like that, where the author writes as if you are WATCHING it instead of reading...i don't know, i'm just not into those stuff (Booyah! for thin books with big letters HAHA!). Also the book is quite graphic and there's homosexuality and old dudes having sex. If you're not in to those stuff like I am, well, JUST READ THRU IT. its not too much and they aren't a vital part of the story. I guess those were just included naturally because TGwtDT is actually a European book. Its from Sweden and the book is such a success that they already made a movie version of it. So overall it is an excellent book and it's my current favorite thriller novel. A highly recommended book if you're a fan of crime novels. By the way, you might find it odd that the book is titled "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" when it doesn't have much relevance in the story. I almost rated it 2 stars just because of that until i learned that its actually a trilogy..Yay! i'm almost halfway thru the second book and I finally understood why its titled that way which i will reveal after i'm done with the 3rd and last book and i'm sooooo excited :)

This is a repost from my other blog. I just thought it would be nice to post this first before posting a review on its second book as mentioned in my previous post http://itsallmooncake.blogspot.com/2010/05/whats-been-mooncake-up-to.html ;)

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