Posts from the ‘TFG: The Book Club’ category

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:…

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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…

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TFG’s Book of the Month for February: Dead Stars by Paz Marquez Benitez

Dead Stars Face to Face Book Discussion Details: Date: February 24, 2013 Place: Q Bistro, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Time: 4 PM to 8 PM Discussion…

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TFG’s Book of the Month for January: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451 Face to Face Book Discussion Details: Date: January 19, 2013 Place: Figaro Coffee – Emerald, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Time: 2 PM to 5 PM…

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TFG’s Book of the Month for December: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

This year, our book club decided to hold monthly discussions of books selected through offline votes and online polls. At first, I was reluctant to give…

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TFG’s Year in Posters

2012 is nearly coming to its end. Our book club has even recently finished discussing this year’s last book of the month, which deserves an entirely…

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TFG’s Book of the Month for November: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

I think this is my last chance to post something about last month’s book of the month because tomorrow, we’ll be holding our group’s last book…

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TFG’s Book of the Month for October: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

I’m back to my old habit of delaying these book club posts as far as I could. Oh well, next weekend will be another book discussion,…

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TFG’s Book of the Month for September: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

After some shake-up in our book club, we were able to prove that we will carry on with our book discussions and activities regardless of major…

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TFG’s Book of the Month for August: Noli Me Tángere by José Rizal

Our country celebrates Buwan ng Wika (Language Month, literally) every August, so our book club made it a point that we nominate Filipino novels for the…

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TFG’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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TFG’s Book of the Month for June – The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien

This post, again, is way too late, but as I mentioned before, I don’t intend to make these posts on time. For what reason, you might…

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TFG’s Book of the Month for May – Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Because I always post our book club discussions late, I decided to make it a habit. A lot has already been written about our Jellicoe Road…

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TFG’s Book of the Month for April – Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

I am always reminded of my planned write-ups regarding our book club’s discussions when the next one is just a few days in the offing. So…

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TFG’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…

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TFG’s Book of the Month for February – The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

It’s most probable that the attendees overthought and overanalyzed this short book. Yes, anybody can read The Little Prince in one sitting. In fact, it’s so…

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TFG’s Book of the Month for January – 1984 by George Orwell

I figured I should write something about this. I figured that I should do this monthly feature because I have both the fortune and burden of…

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