In eleven years of reading, I have stuck mostly with Western authors. I have read mostly works by either British or American authors like Danielle Steel, Mary Higgins-Clark, John Grisham, Nora Roberts, J.K. Rowling among others. Back then, it was very uncommon for me to read Eastern authors. This might be due to the fact […]
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Book Review # 49: The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
Book Specs Author: Nadia Hashimi Publisher: William Morrow Publishing Date: April 2017 Number of Pages: 450 pages Genre: Historical, Afghan Literature Synopsis Kabul, 2007: The Taliban rules the streets. With a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can rarely leave the house or attend school. Their only hope lies in the ancient […]
Book Review # 48: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Book Specs Author: Carson McCullers Publisher: Mariner Books Publishing Date: 2000 Number of Pages: 359 pages Genre: Bildungsroman, Psychological Fiction, Southern Gothic Synopsis Carson McCullers’ prodigious first novel was published to instant acclaim when she was just twenty-three. Set in a small town in the middle of the deep South, it is the story of […]
Book Review # 47: If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
Book Specs Author: Italo Calvino Translator: William Weaver Publisher: Hardcourt Inc. Publishing Date: March 2016 Number of Pages: 260 pages Genre: Postmodernist Fiction Synopsis If on a winter’s night a traveler turns out to be not one novel but ten, each with a different plot, style, ambience, and author, and each interrupted at a […]
2018 First Quarter Book Haul (Part II)
This is the second part of my 2018 first quarter book haul. To check the first part, click here. “All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all […]
2018 First Quarter Book Haul (Part I)
At the start of the year, I made a reading resolution. At the top most of this list is the resolution to read more and buy less. I guess I was overestimating myself although I have already admitted at the start that it would be a moot mission as I began buying as much book […]
Quotable Quotes # 11: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is one of my favorite reads of 2017 because of its skillful story telling and its interesting story. It was a wonderful read that I can’t help but gush over. Here are some of the quotes in the book that got my attention. If you haven’t read my […]
My Big Bad Wolf PH Sale Book Haul (Part II)
During the Big Bad Wolf PH book sale, I didn’t delve only on regional literature. I also indulged in English books. Whereas part one of this book haul is dedicated for regional literature, this part is for books originally written in English by either American or British authors. Here are the books that I was […]
My Big Bad Wolf PH Sale Book Haul (Part I)
Last February 16, 2018, Big Bad Wolf finally opened its first Philippine sale at the World Trade Center. Being a bookworm myself, I was one of a few thousand who were itching to have pick the best books for their reading pleasure and for their collection. My excitement was on an all-time high and when […]
My 2018 Top 20 Reading List (Part II)
This is the second part of my 2018 Top 20 Reading List. To check the first part, click here. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Paperback, 483 pages Publisher: Perennial Classics, 1998 Synopsis: “The beloved American classic about a young girl’s coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows […]
