Oops, I forgot the title
I have a lot of things inside my head so forgive me for the yakking that would ensue from this point. It has been weeks since…
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 articleWhat I Did Not Read
I’ve been on a sort of reading hiatus but it’s not something that I did consciously. I haven’t really read for a whole week, and now…
Read articleCramming
It’s already the middle of July and darn it, I’ve only been able to finish one book from my set of July books! This is a…
Read articleReading, and then Rereading
This is another slow week for me. I actually thought of ditching all the books that I have planned to read for this month. But don’t…
Read articleReading: Absalom, Absalom!; Last Orders; Ghostwritten
I’m trying to catch up on my June books. There’s only a week left so what I did was to finish the Faulkner book that I…
Read articleReading: Motherless Brooklyn, Charming Billy, The Fellowship of the Ring
This is an interesting reading week for me since I have finished two books that won literary awards, one being my favorite and the other one…
Read articleeatmebookiebloggie! – Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
Who is Lionel (line-all) Essrog? Here’s his life story, up to some point: My life story to this point: The teacher looked at me like I…
Read articleA Preparation – The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
I didn’t expect to read this as soon as now. I have always been curious what is it with The Lord of the Rings but I…
Read articleSpoiler Alert! – How to Read Novels Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
I’ve borrowed this book from a bookish friend more than a month ago and I’ve been reading a few chapters of it whenever I’ve already met…
Read articleThe Importance of Having a Book Buddy – The Land of Green Plums by Herta Müller
Okay, I’m already done with this so it doesn’t really fit in the category of “Reading”, right? I’m making an exception with this book since I’ve…
Read articleHow often do you visit the dentist? – White Teeth by Zadie Smith
“But like all things, the business has two sides. Clean white teeth are not always wise, now are they? Par exemplum: when I was in the…
Read articleAm I exploring young adult fiction too late? – Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
I just recently entered the late twenties and I find it strange to be reading young adult fiction. Just to clarify things, I have nothing against…
Read articleSurely, a monster does not speak that eloquently? – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
I always thought of Frankenstein as a green-skinned monster with giant screws at his temples. This is what I gather from video games. So it baffles…
Read articleThere are places darker than a prison cell – Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
Reading the blurb reminds me so much of George Orwell’s 1984. Keywords like revolution, torture, Party, and totalitarian are enough, but this is not a dystopian…
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