Greetings, readers! I'm back today to share my thoughts and opinions on Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, my first ever historical fiction and definitely not the last. Title: Between Shades of Gray Author: Ruta Sepetys Pages: 352 pages Publications: April 3rd 2012 by Speak (first published March 22nd 2011) Genre: Historical Fiction, World war [...]
Book Review | SIMON VS. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Hello, bibliophiles! I have a book review here today of, as the title suggest, Simon VS. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli, one of my favorite contemporary romances this year. Title: Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Author: Becky Albertalli Pages: 303 Publication: April 7th 2015 by Balzer + Bray Genre: YA, Contemporary romance, LGBTQ+ [...]
Bookshelf Tour #2 [2016 Edition]
Helloooooo, friends! Here's part #2 of my bookshelf tour! (you can see the first part here) Overview Part 2 My favorite part about this shelf is the red section, despite my only funko pop of Harry Potter of course, but, yes, I love the vibrancy of the red. On this shelf, there are: Firstly, my [...]
Portrait [Watercolor Painting]
Hi, friends! I'm back again today with a sort of watercolor demonstration or just a painting process of a side profile painting I did recently. I have mentioned that I want to share art posts once in a while instead of books, too! So here it is! It's a portrait of @bykahlil over on IG, he's [...]
Bookshelf Tour #1 [2016 Edition]
Greetings, pals! I thought it's about time for me to reveal my top secret, I deeply apologize for I have never told or explained to you any of this. The truth is, ugh, it's just so hard to say out loud (technically alright, I know I'm typing. Stop trying to catch my mistakes.) Just read [...]
[Book Tag] Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag (2016)
Hello, readers! This will sound absolutely crazy, but we're more than half-way through 2016. I feel like I'm wasting my life and I'm literally running out of time. (Dramatic moments lol). I really have a lot I want to acheive and seeing others doing great in their lives just makes me super jealous. As for the [...]
[Book Review] MAYBE SOMEDAY by Colleen Hoover
“Sometimes in life, we need a few bad days in order to keep the good ones in perspective.” Guys, I finished Maybe Someday on my phone. Yes, I just finished an ebook. Like, this is only the 5th ebook I actually finished in Kimsiang's history of ebooks. Reading through the electronic screen has just been [...]
My pockets aren’t ready…
Good morning or whatever time of the day you're in, readers! As broke as I am right now, I can't verbally describe how excited I am, or how much I want to have all these glorious gems in my hands right now. Therefore, I decided to share them all with you instead, hoping it'd calm [...]
Look who’s backkkk…(Catching Up)
Oh my god guys, it's been three months! This is Kimsiang, the blogger behind Stories and Brushes, formerly known as The SpinesBreaker. I'm not an imposter, see? I am still alive, yes, I apologize for my absence these few months. Please don't hurt me. Yet. I have reasons. So, I've been procrastinating a lot, I [...]
Book Review | A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah.J.Maas
Bonjour, compadres! (Okay, I don't know French.) If you know me at all, you'd know that I'm a hardcore Throne of Glass fan (did I just say hardcore? K.), I really like the series, it's one of my favorites of all time, and Sarah.J.Maas is also one of favorite authors. So now you're wondering why [...]
Stories + Brushes 