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Book Bunch for July
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013@3:10 AM

Here are the books I'll be reading for July (photos, explanation and rants too follow - just realized that they're too many (damn!)

My Brother, My Executioner
The Pretenders
Mass
Tall Story
Tuck Everlasting
Don't Take a Bath on a Friday
Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog
Love in the Time of Cholera

 The books that didn't make it...
Ang Mundong Ito ay Lupa
Cloud Atlas
Alphas
Movers and Fakers
Ben Singkol
Running with Scissors

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Drowning in words ♥
Friday, June 7, 2013@12:20 PM

“My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.”




Last Summer, I was able to use one of the facilities I'm paying for in the condominium I'm living in.

THE POOL!


As much as I love the waters, I really don't have the time and energy to plunge in every time the whiff of chlorine is inviting me (and that's almost every day - I pass by the pool on my way to my unit!)

So, I really was glad to accompany my brother to the pool area one time he asked me, cos I've been aching to swim for too long.

Whilst swimming an something hammered home... 


I know Shimizu Keiichi did it first but I haven't seen any episode of La Corda d'Oro when the idea popped in my mind, so I'm safe.

I'm currently on the look out for a floater/ lifebuoy or whatchamacallit but it is still to no avail. :(

This is the closest I can get to that for now.

I was reading Mga Agos sa Disyerto by Efren R. Abueg, Dominador B. Mirasol, Rogelio L. Ordoñez , Edgardo M. Reyes, Rogelio R. Sikat

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Book Bunch for June ♥
Thursday, June 6, 2013@5:44 PM

“So many books, so little time.” 




Here are the books I'm planning to read this month. Hope I finish them (on time)!

I'm now shying away from ebooks because I still have too many unread physical books not to mention the pre-loved books I just ordered (16 of them - my poor, poor wallet. Why I never had the discipline to DIET, I don't know...)



1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë


For our first buddy read, Billy and I decided to read Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. I've been meaning to read this book for so long but never did I have the drive to do so. We decided to read 3 chapters a day.

Hi Billy!

Thank you for being my reading buddy! Together, let's dissect Heathcliff! Hahaha. :D


2. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell


Whenever I borrow books, I make it a point to read it right away so the next time I see the person who lent me the book, I can hand it back off the bat. I can now announce that I've religiously followed that path had it not for this book. Ella lent me this copy last Summer Komikon (that's April 13) and still, I have yet to read it! 

Attachments is a fun story about newsroom girls and a graveyard IT guy. I'm a newsroom and graveyard girl, so I know, I'd definitely like this book.


3. Death by Garrote by Ambeth Ocampo


I love reading history-related things, back when I was in elementary, I'd pick a random volume in any of our Encyclopedias and will just read anything history. I've lost that drive nowadays, so I just hope that with this little newsprint book (which I got on sale, if I may add!), the history buff in me will resurface.


4. Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog by Edgar Calabia Samar



This is Pinoy Reads Pinoy Books, my beloved book club's book of the month/s. Our discussion leader is Berto so, it actually is kind of exciting (knowing how crazy Berto can sometimes be). We will culminate the online discussion with a field trip to San Pablo, the setting of the book. Join the book discussion here.


5. Girl Meets World by Claire Betita de Guzman


Maybe, by now, you already know that I'm an ardent supporter of Filipino books. I've had this copy with me since God knows when, my office mate  even borrowed this from me, but I don't know why I never had the time to read it. (Blame it to Phoebe's review ha ha) Now, I hope I'd finish this. ♥

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