Hear the Voice of the Dead – Ulverton by Adam Thorpe
Ulverton is a novel composed of a dozen short stories bound together by the history of the fictional village Ulverton. The stories are ordered chronologically, from…
Read articleThe 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…
Read articleThe 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…
Read articleTFG’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:…
Read articleA 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…
Read articleNine + 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…
Read articleThe 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…
Read article67 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…
Read articleNot 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…
Read articleFriendship 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…
Read articleBooks 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…
Read articleTFG’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…
Read articleThe 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…
Read articleA 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…
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