So who’s the winner?
Before we examine the entries and announce the winner, I’d like to say thanks to everyone who sent greetings through WordPress, Goodreads, Twitter, Facebook, and SMS.…
Read articleMalignant – Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
I bought my copy of this from a sidewalk vendor who was asked by someone, probably a distant aunt, to sell a stack of books. There’s…
Read articleI have six units in Art – My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
At the close and beginning of two seamless chapters in my so-called life, I find myself halfway through this book, which is, mostly, about art. Make…
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My birthday! God’s nightgown! My age is now officially one notch higher than it was yesterday! Which isn’t so bad, so long as I don’t look…
Read articleApril is the cruelest month
It’s surprising that I haven’t bought any books for the past couple of weeks at sale bins because I couldn’t find any books that I like.…
Read articleWhat’s your relationship status? – A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
As always, I was never the one to be deterred to read the book from which a film is based. This time, it is A Single…
Read articleSo it goes and so on – Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Listen! This is the story of Billy Pilgrim, a war veteran who survives the bombing of a German town and who is able to live a…
Read articleIn which disinterest called for a hiatus – Ulysses Diaries, I
I am concurrently reading Ulysses with Jane Eyre, but since I got so absorbed with the story of the headstrong lady protagonist of the latter, I…
Read articleTFG’s Book of the Month for March – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
This is super late, and I only remembered to write something about it had I not imagined seeing the group photos somewhere. I asked my bookish…
Read articleA Literary Symphony in B Major – Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
It was the first time that I attended the meetings of our book club. As it is with groups, little conversations sprout here and there. One…
Read articleLiterary Blog Hop for April
The Literary Blog Hop is hosted at The Blue Bookcase. I’ve always been checking this one out, but this is my first time to participate. I’ll…
Read articleAn affair last Good Friday – Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
This book formally commences my five-year long engagement with The Classics Challenge of The Classics Club, hosted at A Room of One’s Own. Yes, it’s both…
Read articleA neurotic support system – The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
Hello, how’s everyone? I miss blogging, and I am kind of hoping at least someone missed me, hahaha! I did some serious reading during the holidays,…
Read articleQuarterly Rhapsody: Signed Books
Recently, I joined three of my bookish friends, Kwesi, Maria, and Rollie, for the book signing of a young adult author. The author’s name escapes me…
Read articleBooks To Read: April 2012
It’s April, and as usual, I have not finished the March reading plan. I am one book behind. It sucks, I know, so I am making…
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