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on Mar 24, 2013 in: Miscellany, Ajie, Arts and Crafts by Ajie, bookish shoes, custom sneakers, handpainted sneakers, shoes, sneakers
I’m officially on vacation for the coming week — no work, no tutoring — and I’m basically filling the week with all the things I don’t have time for during the work week, including blogging. Ajie, my very talented FFP &#...
on Mar 4, 2013 in: Author Feature, Destroy Me, intervie, Miss Peregrine sequel, national book store, powerbooks, quirk books, Ransom Riggs, Ransom Riggs favorite books, Ransom Riggs in Manila, Ransom Riggs interview, Ransom Riggs signature, Ransom Riggs writing process, Shatter Me, signature Tahereh Mafi, signed copy, signed copy Ransom Riggs, signed copy Shatter Me, signed copy Tahereh Mafi, Tahereh Mafi, Tahereh Mafi favorite books, Tahereh Mafi in Manila, Tahereh Mafi interview, Tahereh Mafi writing process, Unravel Me, YA, ymbrine, young adult
I was scheduled to interview Tahereh Mafi (author of “Shatter Me,” “Unravel Me”) last Saturday prior to her bloggers’ forum at Powerbooks, and was delighted to find Ransom Riggs (author of “Miss Peregrine’s H...
on Feb 17, 2013 in: Book Reviews, accordion, accordion book, conceptual book, love story, quirk books, romance, The Thorn and The Blossom, Theodora Goss
As my book club friends would know, I judge books by the cover. I’ll buy a book that pops out on a shelf and catches my eye, if only for that reason. Such was the case with Theodora Goss’ The Thorn and the Flower, a one of a kind accordio...
on Feb 14, 2013 in: Book Events, February 14th, International Book Giving Day, International Book Giving Day Manila, Reading Club 2000
I’m down with a cold (or possibly an allergy), but I didn’t want the day to end without writing about the International Book Giving Day. The International Book Giving Day is a wonderful initiative that aims to get books in the hands of as...
on Feb 11, 2013 in: Book Reviews, Aornis, Aornis Hades, Blytonian, Braxton Hicks, Chronoguard, Dark Reading Matter, Doctor Who, dodo pickwick, DRM, Friday Next, Gavin Watkins, Jasper Fforde, Landen Parke-Laine, literary detective, literary fiction, Mrs. Hilly, Pickwick, Sisterhood of the Lobsterhood, SO-27, SpecOps, SpecOps-27, The Woman Who Died A Lot, Thursday Next, TN-7, Tuesday Next, Wing Commander, Wingco
I’ve been following Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series for years now, so I got the 7th book, The Woman Who Died A Lot (TN-7), as soon as it hit the shelves in Manila late last year. The holiday rush was setting in, and I had a demanding...
on Jan 22, 2013 in: Book Reviews, 13 words, All the Wrong Questions, Bellerophon taxi, Bombinating Beast, breakup, carson ellis, daniel handler, Dashiell Qwerty, Ed Slaterton, Ellington Feint, ephemera, illustrated novel, illustrator Seth, lemony snicket, maira kalman, middle reader books, Min Green, Moxie Mallahan, picture book, Pip and Squeak, S Theodora Markson, Seth, The Composer Is Dead, Who Could That Be At This Hour, Why We Broke Up, YA
I realize I’ve read a lot of Lemony Snicket in the last few months, without really meaning to. I must confess that I was not a fan of A Series of Unfortunate Events (although I loved the movie), so I didn’t feel compelled to read m...
on Jan 15, 2013 in: Miscellany, ArteSana, bamboo bookmark, book organizer, book straps, bookish, bookmarks, bookplates, bottlecap badges, bottlecap pins, Flips Flipping Pages, Harry Potter journal, Harry Potter wand pen, Mitch Albom, mockingjay pin, Nancy Drew, Nancy Drew totebag, national book store, National Book Store flash drive, nutcracker tea set, old -timey book plates, Pop Pins, reading cat pen, scholastic, stationery
I love books and everything to do with them — bookmarks, book plates, reading implements, book-related toys and accessories and other bookish ephemera. I’ve amassed a veritable loot over the holidays, thanks to some very thoughtful people...
