Books to Read: May 2013
April is the cruellest month because it’s so hot. The heat has and is still making me restless, hence, my inability to finish the books that…
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Sometimes, you just don’t get it – The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
The Sense of an Ending is narrated by Tony Webster, a man who has been more or less successful: a steady career, an easy retirement, a friendly marriage followed by a friendlier…
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The Second Classics Spin
I’m joining the Classics Spin #2 because I feel like I have to rely on this to make me go back and focus on my classics reading. Check out the link for more rules. This…
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Books in the mail and the sale bins
Every responsible citizen is at his or her designated election precinct and here I am stuck at the house with nothing to do. If you’re wondering why, I wasn’t able to…
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The Classics Club Monthly Meme: May 2013
I am still not in the mood to write any book review but I fear for my blog’s impending doom into electronic obscurity. It’s a good thing that The Classics Club has a…
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In which friends give me more books than I could read and I don’t give back
Because nobody won my birthday giveaway due to technicalities. Anyway, let’s discuss the entries for a bit: swright9 – suggested The Intrepid Islander but…
TFG’s Book of the Month for April: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Gilead Face to Face Book Discussion Details: Date: April 27, 2013 Place: Hidden Garden Resort, Las Pinas City Time: 3 PM to 11 PM Discussion Leader:…
A Spiritual Force – Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Not for the Impatient – The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Friendship Over – A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
The Man in the Yellow Suit – Mysteries by Knut Hamsun
A Spiritual Force – Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Gilead is a long letter written by Rev. John Ames to his seven-year-old son, whom he begat at a very late age. Rev. Ames believes his…
Nine + Twenty
I just turned 29 eight hours ago. The moment I wrote this (it’s a scheduled post), I was listening to Bloc Party’s Kreuzberg. The following lyrics…
The Classics Club Monthly Meme: April 2013
I keep forgetting to write this post, and now that I suddenly remember it, it’s best that I should allot a few minutes for it, right? The…
67 Books I Must Read in 3 Years, and 11 more
It has been nearly two months since I made any post for The Sunday Salon. I’ve been remiss in writing these posts because I couldn’t think…
Not for the Impatient – The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
The English Patient is a novel set in World War II that tells the history of the English patient, a desert explorer who is burned to…
Friendship Over – A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
A Passage to India is a novel that explores the tension between the local Indians and the British colonizers. The novel begins with Adela Quested traveling…
Books to Read: April 2013
March is another good reading month not only because I finished all the books ahead of time but also because three out of four got five…
TFG’s Book of the Month for March: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief Face to Face Book Discussion Details: Date: March 23, 2013 Place: Cafe Breton, Greenfield District, Mandaluyong City Time: 3 PM to 6 PM…
The Man in the Yellow Suit – Mysteries by Knut Hamsun
Mysteries is a novel about Johan Nagel, a man who suddenly lives in a small Norwegian town and who gets the townspeople going with his eccentric…
A Steal – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief tells the story of Liesel Meminger, the person referred by the novel’s title, living her early teenage years at a suburban town in…
The Book Depository gave me a headache but I’m still happy
I checked the last time when I made a post about my book purchases, and it looks like this has truly become a monthly thing. One…
The Model Couple – Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Revolutionary Road is a novel that I presumptuously described as an existential suburban drama. Frank and April Wheeler, a self-assured couple, move their family at the…
The Classics Club Monthly Meme: March 2013
I’ve been slightly out of the loop, so I guess answering The Classics Club monthly meme could help me get the ball rolling again. Here’s this month’s question:…
What Makes a Man – The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
The Red Badge of Courage explores the nature of courage in the midst of a war. Henry Fleming, a new recruit, is constantly thinking of the…
Keep Your Diary Safe – The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
The Death of the Heart is a novel about the almost year-long stay of a recently orphaned child in the pre-war London. Portia, sixteen years old,…
Books to Read: March 2013
February was a pretty good reading month for me mostly because I read two that are worthy of 5 stars and there wasn’t a lot of…
