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
“If you don’t blow your own horn, someone will use it as a spittoon.” — Ken Blanchard One of the things that give me a sense of accomplishment (of sorts) is this year’s output of reading Filipiniana. Going over my … 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
Aside from being a stickler and a patented chronological reader, that is, I read a particular author’s debut fiction first — if instinct (which I call The Voice as a term of endearment) persuasively dictates it can be a potential … 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
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with one small step.” The famous Chinese proverb above perfectly describes my voyage as reader for I can’t be where I am now if it wasn’t for that one book, that one small … 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
A Love to Defy the Rules of Time (A Book Review of Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife) Right from the beginning of Audrey Niffeneger’s famed debut novel, The Time Traveler’s Wife, the reader is already thrown terrifically off-balanced. Here’s … 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
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 you may well know the crazy book sale season was over and done with a week ago, and I had some really nice purchases from bookstore branches here and there. Yet the book buying spree seems to haven’t stopped … 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
