READING. RANTING. RAVING.
“I have lived a thousand lives and I’ve loved a thousand loves. I’ve walked on distant worlds and seen the end of time. Because I read.”
- George R.R. Martin
- George R.R. Martin
Manila International Book Fair is the biggest book fair in the Philippines. It celebrated its 37th run last September 14-18 at the SMX Convention Center.
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“... we all have demons inside us, voices that whisper we’re no good, that if we don’t make this promotion or ace that exam we’ll reveal to the world exactly what kind of worthless sacks of skin and sinew we really are.” Start Date : August 29, 2016 End Date : September 3, 2016 Actual Rating : 3.8 / 5 The story follows Lo Blacklock's first assignment in covering a high-end luxury ship for the travel magazine she works for. The excitement is quickly eclipsed by a home invasion that leaves her feeling violated and vulnerable. Instead of backing out of the assignment, she believes this is the perfect chance for her to temporarily escape life and chance to experience the "good life". Everything is going great until she hears a scream in the night and a splash. Her anxiety heightens when the woman she believes to be the victim has never existed according to everyone else on board. "It's not that things don't make sense to her when she's like this — sometimes they make 'more' sense. They make sense the way dreams do. It's only when the dream is over that you see how odd it all was, how it actually didn't make sense at all." Start Date : August 29, 2016 End Date : September 3, 2016 Actual Rating : 4.7 / 5 I was looking at pre-order price of Empire of Storms at Barnes and Noble when I noticed that it has already made their best sellers list. I went ahead and checked the other books on their list and two of them caught my interest. I was extremely intrugued by the premise that you don't really know anyone ... Even those closest to you. The story starts of in a party with two couples, one pair are the hosts (Cynthia and Graham) that welcomed the first time parents (Anne and Marco) into their home. It seems everyone was drunk but only Cynthia and Marco are the ones enjoying the party. So after much introspection, Anne decided she has enough and would like to go home next door to their baby Cora. With Marco following her lead, they went home to an unlocked front door and an empty baby crib. I have been married for a little bit over 4 months with my "college sweetheart" of ten years. I am lucky that he supports my quirks and hobbies while not letting me go crazy with the purchases. (Have you ever been to a bookstore and you just want to hand them your card and just start grabbing stuff of the shelf?)
Over the course of four months, I have been buying (strategically) some books that I like and today I noticed some pile of paperbags from different bookstores and I said to myself... "Man, I have been hoarding books". So the books above are the books that I have yet to get around reading. The one at the bottom of the pile is supposed to be my everyday go-to book in the kitchen but I have been winging it lately. Let's see if after another four months if this is going to be the same pile or a whole new set of books...or still same set of books bit with additions on it. (Hopefully not the third one). PS Don't you think that the cup is perfect for a cold-night-warm-drink-and-comfy-chair-by-the-window reading? PPS I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to comment below |
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