Whatever neat idea you might have of a well-ordered narrative or character development you have to throw out the window once you open the page of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. It is a book that revels in its madness, in its skewed and playful logic, in its boundless wisdom…or lack of it. Once Alice tumbles down the rabbit-hole, you’re in it for the heck of it. Continue reading
To say that this year’s Pinoy Reads Pinoy Books Christmas Party is memorable is but the tip of the iceberg. This party saw us at our wildest, loudest, and most especially happiest. As always after a fun filled day with PRPB peeps, my bag is bulging with books, and my heart filled up in its fleshy corners with gladness. Continue reading
The Bubble Bible is nothing short of brilliant as the comedic wit of Michael V. reaches creative expression in book form. Consider this Bitoy’s “best hits collection” as it gathers some of the remarkable characters that the Funny Man has created and portrayed in the hit comedy show, Bubble Gang. Continue reading
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
Breaking Supernatural ( A Book Review of Nine Supernatural Stories edited by April Timbol Yap and Lara Saguisag ) Pushing the cobwebs aside and giving an old-timer a modern spin, Nine Supernatural Stories, published by The University of the Philippines … Continue reading
Interconnected Tales, Interconnected Lives: A Literary Orchestra of Eternal Recurrence ( A Book Review of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas ) Transcending genre, narrators, setting, language, and time, Cloud Atlas is David Mitchell’s symphony of storytelling dynamism seamlessly interlaced in an … Continue reading
Mahapdi, Madugo, ngunit Masaya: Mga Alaala ng Kamusmusan ( Suring Aklat ng It’s A Mens World ni Bebang Siy ) Naranasan mo bang maglaro ng mataya-taya, patintero, langit at lupa, at Chinese garter sa kalsada? E, mangupit ng pera o … Continue reading
Of Chickens, Journeys, and Forever (A Book Review of Before Ever After by Samantha Sotto) With its share of joys and aches, Shelley Sullivan’s love story, on its surface, is something we have known and heard before — that is … Continue reading
Flight of Fancy (A Book Review of William Pène du Bois’s The Twenty-One Balloons) After busting a literary heavy I noticed that from time to time there’s this feeling, an emerging need to clear the palate, to freshen up and … Continue reading
A Lightning Read (A Book Review of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief) The Lightning Thief is the first book in The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan for young, middle grade readers. I first heard of the … Continue reading
A Day Like No Other (A Review of William Joyce’s A Day with Wilbur Robinson) Few children picture books have that rare quality to equally charm and enchant youngsters as well as adult readers. William Joyce undoubtedly has it; this … Continue reading
The Best Dinosaur a Family Ever Had (A Review of William Joyce’s Dinosaur Bob and his Adventures with the Family Lazardo) The Lazardo family is anything but normal, so it’s not quite surprising that when little Scotty finds a dinosaur during … Continue reading
The Phantom Phallus (A Review of The Princess and the Penis by R J Silver) Yes, you’ve read that right! And your eyes are not playing tricks on you. Mind you, don’t also get easily fooled into thinking that this … Continue reading
A Can of Humor and Warmth (A Book Review of Polly Horvath’s The Canning Season) Thirteen year old Ratchet Clark is a girl living in a windowless and grimy “sub-basement apartment” in Pensacola, Florida with her self-centered mom Henriette who … Continue reading
Dark Chest of Wonders 