Why do you hate the South? – Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
It is not without trepidation that I returned to reading Faulkner just a couple of months back. I say trepidation because I know how mad and…
Read articleBelt, window, nut, rope – The Land of Green Plums by Herta Müller
Christmas Party 2011. I wished for this book. Bookish little buddy bought this book and will give it to me if the person who picked my…
Read articleQuarterly Rhapsody: Translated Books
I almost forgot my quarterly feature, which is a post where I ramble about book-related stuff. Previous topics that I discussed in Quarterly Rhapsody, if you…
Read articleAdopting books, again
My only bookish friend outside our book club is moving back to the province. He has trouble transporting all his books so he asked me to…
Read articleWill the real murdering miniaturist please stand up? – My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
A surprise gift from my bookish little buddy last Christmas, My Name Is Red took me by surprise as much as it did when it landed…
Read articleA Transatlantic Friendship – 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Had I not been forced to read this book, I might have never laid my hands on it. I am not too keen on taking up…
Read articleOne book to match all those shades of grey – The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek
What really made me pick this book is the great divide between those who love it and those who hate it to bone. A couple of…
Read articleMy First Vlog
Okay, so I’m not really into video blogging. In fact, I haven’t ever checked video logs, so why this post? A little background: I’m not comfortable…
Read articleThe Filipino ReaderCon 2012 Filipino Friday 5: Celebrating the Best
It’s going to be tomorrow, the Filipino Reader Conference! We are now down to the fifth and final installment of this meme. For this week: August 17…
Read articleThree Nobel Laureates and Three Musketeers
Here are the books that I got after three days of book shopping: August 13, National Book Store – Greenbelt 1 and Powerbooks – Greenbelt 3…
Read articleHappiness in Hatred – Fatelessness by Imre Kertész
Recently, some of my bookish friends did a group read of The Catcher in the Rye, that novel where we read about the 17-year-old Holden. Just…
Read articleAn attempt to review a play – Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
I do not know what to make out of this, and yet, my goal to write something for every book that I read that would at…
Read articleThe girls just want to live – The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
I first got acquainted with the writer through his Pulitzer winner, Middlesex, so I am pretty much familiar with his terrain. It’s an understatement that I’m…
Read articleMy problem with the Internet
This is my first legitimate post for The Sunday Salon since I used to post something every Monday. Allow me to say something about it. I…
Read articleThe Filipino ReaderCon 2012 Filipino Friday 4: Books and Friends
The Filipino Reader Conference is just 8 days away! And here’s the fourth Filipino Friday post. For this week: August 10 – Books and Friends. We will have…
Read articleTFG’s Book of the Month for July: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
I decided not to delay this post as I am wont to do mainly because this is my show. Besides, I realize now that delayed posts…
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