Tag: dawn lanuza

  • Book Journaling: ‘Filipino Prehistory,’ ‘Girlhood,’ ‘I Can Say No,’ and everything else I read in the past three months

    Book Journaling: ‘Filipino Prehistory,’ ‘Girlhood,’ ‘I Can Say No,’ and everything else I read in the past three months

    by KB Meniado Reading, like everything else in this pandemic, has become such a challenge, so if you read 17, 39, 86, or even just one book in the past three months, I would like to congratulate you. Us. Here are the 14 books that have helped me keep afloat. They’re BoJo-worthy but are they…

  • Book Journaling: ‘I Must Belong Somewhere: Poetry and Prose’ by Dawn Lanuza

    Book Journaling: ‘I Must Belong Somewhere: Poetry and Prose’ by Dawn Lanuza

    by KB Meniado THE STORY A daring but necessary insight into themes of longing, home, bullying, loneliness, and mental health, I Must Belong Somewhere is a silver lining for anyone struggling. With her third poetry collection, I Must Belong Somewhere, acclaimed writer Dawn Lanuza is returning to her most popular literary platform. Written during her year of rest and…

  • Book Journaling: ‘Stay A Little Longer’ by Dawn Lanuza

    Book Journaling: ‘Stay A Little Longer’ by Dawn Lanuza

    by KB Meniado Two weeks before this goes out to the world, and if you’re a romance reader or a Dawn Lanuza fan second-guessing yourself about pre-ordering or getting this book, this might help you somehow. So stay a little longer to watch and read more below! THE STORY They were perfect strangers—all perks, no…

  • All Reading Aloud: ‘You Are Here’ by Dawn Lanuza

    All Reading Aloud: ‘You Are Here’ by Dawn Lanuza

    Welcome to All Reading Aloud, in which we read excerpts out loud. For our first book, we feature You Are Here by Dawn Lanuza, to be released February 2019. Similar to the author’s earlier work The Last Time I’ll Write About You, this one is a collection of poetry and prose.  Watch the video below to…

  • Bookbed reviews: ‘What About Today’ by Dawn Lanuza

    Bookbed reviews: ‘What About Today’ by Dawn Lanuza

    by Lucille de Mesa THE STORY Aiden’s stuck working for his family’s amusement park, Funtastic World, for the whole summer. Nothing amuses him, until he met this terrified girl.  Gemma’s stuck in Funtastic World thinking she could handle the park’s rides. She couldn’t. Good thing she met someone to guide her. As the day comes to…

  • #romanceclass: 6 Books To Read Right Now

    #romanceclass: 6 Books To Read Right Now

    What do romance authors read? Romance—and a lot of other things. You’ve been meeting the authors of the #romanceclass community through their monthly columns here on Bookbed. That’s who they are and what they write. Here’s what they’ve been reading: 1. Daring Greatly by Brene Brown, as recommended by Stella Torres, author of Save The Cake and Crushingly Close…

  • Bookbed reviews: ‘The Hometown Hazard’ by Dawn Lanuza

    by Nina Arquiza THE STORY Jules Coronado has been away from her hometown for almost a decade but when an intruder breaks in to her childhood home, she finds herself coming back. Changes evidently took place in her small town, including her childhood best friend’s younger brother, Kip – now tall, slightly scruffed, all grown up…

  • 5 Works That Inspired Me to Write

    by Dawn Lanuza Before I started writing books myself, I was an avid reader. I’ve tried out different genres over the years but discovered early on that I easily sway over to the Young Adult/Contemporary Romance section. It is, after all, what I wanted to write as well. There are a lot of authors who have…

  • Backtracking: An Interview with Author Dawn Lanuza

    Backtracking: An Interview with Author Dawn Lanuza

    by Kachi Parado A few posts ago, we raved about The Boyfriend Backtrack and how the story was such a refreshing take on the whole wedding proposal plot. We were so enamored by it that we couldn’t help but want to know a little more about the author, Dawn Lanuza. Dawn Lanuza works for the…

  • Bookbed reviews: ‘The Boyfriend Backtrack’ by Dawn Lanuza

    Bookbed reviews: ‘The Boyfriend Backtrack’ by Dawn Lanuza

    by Kachi Parado Ladies and gents, I think it’s safe to say we are familiar with how a girl reacts when she’s being proposed to. But this book, The Boyfriend Backtrack by Dawn Lanuza? Well, you might just want to know its different way of taking this topic on! THE STORY If they say that life…