It’s a big day for J.R.R. Tolkien fans here in the Philippines for today marks the release (yes, our country is ahead of the worldwide screening date, just how swell is that!) of the film adaptation of the classic children’s … Continue reading
Inspired by one of the essays in Bebang Siy’s It’s a Mens World, First Date: It’s a Mens World Walking Tour and Book Discussion was the initial get-together of the members of Pinoy Reads Pinoy Books as well as a … Continue reading
Becoming a member of yet another book club certainly has its lot of apprehensions for doing so doesn’t begin and end with a mere click of the “join” button: the act requires commitment. The anxieties at the very beginning I … Continue reading
The Themed Reading Scheme is a monthly reading endeavor tackling books on every respect and aspect in a free-and-easy setting where to-be read choices must have one similar or unifying idea, concept, or motif. Ahhh… November! Honestly, I couldn’t … Continue reading
This year has been a delightful one in so far as bookish peeps are concerned in terms of books which have been breathed with new life through film adaptations. I don’t know on which side of the fence you’re at … Continue reading
All right, you got me. I know a simple Hello isn’t enough to do the job to welcome you back in this dark alley on account of my long absence, Gentle Readers. So allow me if I ask your good … Continue reading
Yes, it’s official! I’m jumping the George R. R. Martin bandwagon! Since HBO aired the first season of the TV series Game of Thrones to wide acclaim, people have just been raving mad about how good it was — and … Continue reading
I know a lot of you Gentle Readers are expecting a book giveaway since the day I announced that this dark, little corner is now a year older. Pretty much from a year’s exposure to blogging and its consequent activities … Continue reading
Since September began to roll I know I had it coming. From the time when I thought up of the Author of the Month blog feature I know I have to do it. And so I will not beat around … Continue reading
Like all book lovers, I’m one of the many who trooped down South in SMX at SM Mall of Asia to witness the event us of the literary kind has been looking forward to since the cog of 2011 started … Continue reading
September 14, 2011 — more than the anticipation that mark this day as the 32nd Manila International Book Fair opened its door to the public at large was the excitement mounting when book enthusiasts all over Metro Manila, who opted … Continue reading
As much as anything else September is a month that has by now become so very special to me. More so as I am pleased to announce Gentle Readers that today, this humble spot in cyberspace tucked in the dark … Continue reading
September means many things to many people. For some of our Gentle Readers living across the world it means the start of the school year. To others living farther from the equator in the northern hemisphere it heralds the coming … Continue reading
September is only a few weeks away, and there are so many things to get excited for as the next month rolls in. One of these is the Manila International Book Fair (MIBF), an annual event now on its 32nd … Continue reading
PHILIPPINE launch will PUSH THROUGH tonight — RAIN OR MORE RAIN (6PM, National Book Store, Glorietta 5.) See you then!!! That was the message status of first time Filipino author Samantha Sotto over her Facebook page; push through it did, … Continue reading
So where have I been this past few weeks, you ask? First off, I want to apologize for the lack of recent posts in this dark alley, Gentle Readers. I know the usual LIFE/WORK-gets-in-the-way-of-fun excuse is so clichéd by now, … Continue reading
Well into the fifth iteration of doing the Author of the Month feature, I now present to you Gentle Readers yet another beloved British author with a horde of devoted readers / fans across the world, his books selling millions … Continue reading
