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Books to Read: July 2013
Here are my July reading plans and my June accomplishment report: The Left Stack (books I want to read soon and books I need to read soon): The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis – from June. The History...
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Books to Read: August 2013
I do not know if it would make any sense to post a reading plan for this month because I have only finished one book for July and I am only adding one new entry. Shame, shame. But for the sake of...
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New things, old things
Two weeks ago, I moved to a new place. Last Monday, I started my new job. Just this afternoon, I committed myself into buying at least one NYRB Classics book per month. It feels like there have been a...
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The Best, the Honorable Mentions, and the Worst Reads of 2013
I am so glad to have finished my reading challenge of 52 books this year. And indeed, this has been a challenging year in reading and blogging. Blame it on the occasional reading ruts that I have gone...
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Holiday Books
Here are the books that I got over the 2013 holidays. The Fifty Year Sword by Mark Z. Danielewski – 50% off. And because I like touching and scanning Danielewski’s books. (Php 520.00, November 29,...
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Book Report: February 2014
Hello there. Yes, this blog is still alive but barely breathing. How can a book blog survive if the blogger isn’t even reading? Last year during this same period, I was also in a terrible reading rut....
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Thirty Years, Thirty Books
At the moment of typing this, I realize that I’m spending my last couple of hours as a twenty-something hacking at my book shelves and sorting through my memory for my greatest books. I haven’t read a...
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Book Report: July 2014
This is super late. If you really want to know why I am only posting this now and why I haven’t been keeping you updated, I just moved to a new place. Hurrah? Hurrah! And I am still in the process of...
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Book Report: September 2014
September was a great month for so many reasons. First, I managed to read a substantial number books. By substantial, I mean the number of books finished is greater than or equal to the number of...
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TFG’s Book of the Month for October: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat...
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Face to Face Book Discussion Details: Date: October 25, 2014 Place: Wood Neighborhood Deli, Salcedo Village, Makati City Time: 3 PM to 6 PM Discussion Leader:...
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Book Report: December 2014
I am perfectly aware that I just did a 2014 annual report regarding my reading affairs but I’m still going to do the only regular thing on this blog so far: the monthly book report. Books Finished: The...
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Weekend Book Review – Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader is a collection of essays that provides bookish conversations to bibliophiles. It’s also a literary memoir because Fadiman injects bookish anecdotes about her...
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Book Report: January 2015
It’s February. Already? Since we’ve just finished the first month of the year, let’s take a quick look at my progress of the reading and blogging goals that I set for this year: Finish 50 books – I’m...
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Book Report: February 2015
It’s already the last third of the first quarter of the year. Yeahyeahyeah, I always act amazed when I say that it’s already the beginning of this or that month, that time flies by so fast, but that’s...
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Book Report: April 2015
This is a great month for all things bookish. I’ve finished five books, reviewed five books, still reading four books, bought more than a dozen books, and hosted a bookish giveaway. Also, I’ve started...
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Book Report: June 2015
It’s the middle of the year (tomorrow to be exact). It’s a good time to look back on what happened so far in 2015 and to reassess any reading goals, projects, and challenges that we have embarked upon....
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Book Report: July 2015
This is a ho-hum month. I did finish a couple of books but that feels like months ago. I guess that’s because of my fourth moderating stint at our book club. The online discussion is on full steam so...
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Book Report: August 2015
Whenever I’m the assigned discussion leader of our book club, I don’t get to read a lot. It’s not supposed to be that way but still, I could only focus my energies on one book. The Ubik book discussion...
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2016 Books, #1
I usually take pictures of my book hauls and then post them on Instagram. That’s what I want to do when my latest arrived, except that I don’t have Instagram on my phone anymore. Should I reinstall it?...
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