In my quest to broaden and diversify my reading, I have scoured nearly every nook and cranny of bookstores I have been to. Nonplussed, I also perused the albums of online booksellers, insouciant to the fact that I am already reserving one book after the other. And before I know it, my book collection have […]
Category: Book Haul
Yet Another Book Haul (August 2017) Part I
For a couple of months, I’ve been contemplating about saving more because of an upcoming trip I’ll be having later this year. One of the measures I’ve thought of is to cut-off my expenditure on books. I have already bought a lot of books but most of them are just gathering dust, left unread because […]
Book Haul: July 2017
Title: Midnight’s Children Author: Salman Rushdie Publisher: Penguin Books Publishing Date: 1991 No. of Pages: 533 Accolades: 1981 Man Booker Prize Winner Synopsis: “Born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, at the precise moment of India’s independence, the infant Saleem Sinai is celebrated in the press and welcomed by Prime Minister Nehru […]
April 2017 Book Haul
In all honesty, I am trying to slow down on my purchasing, or should I say, hoarding of books. Unfortunately, whenever I drop by the mall, I couldn’t resist going to the bookstore and do a purchase. In April, I got more chances to go to the mall resulting to multiple purchases, unfortunately. So here’s […]
Scholastic Warehouse Sale 2017 Book Haul
Because of the allure of the book buffet, I found myself in the Scholastic Warehouse last April 21. To read more about my experience, click here. Here are some of the books I was able to scavenge in their book piles. Title: The Last of the Mohicans Author: James Fenimore Cooper Publisher: Pocket Books, May 2008 […]
My 2017 Scholastic Warehouse Sale Experience
Through a Facebook post, I learned about Scholastic Asia’s Warehouse Sale. Scholastic Asia is a global publisher probably more well known for one of its divisions, the Grolier International Inc. which publishes multi-volume encyclopedias. The warehouse sale is to run from April 18, 2017 to June 18, 2017. In my quest to look for the best […]
2017 First Quarter Book Haul (Second Part)
Asian Works Last year, I began exploring Asian literature more by delving into contemporary Asian works, mainly that of Japanese authors like Haruki Murakami, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Gail Tuskiyama. I’ve also read some of the older Japanese works by Lady Murasaki and Yasunari Kawabata. This year, I still intend to continue this trend and read […]
2017 First Quarter Book Haul (First Part)
For years, I have been scavenging book stores to look for books to read and to add to my growing collection. Lately, I’ve been concentrating mostly on classic books. For the first part of my first quarter book haul, I’ll enumerate the classic books I was able to obtain this year. Agatha Christie Books It […]
