Posted by bennardfajardo on August 26, 2014 · 4 Comments
How does one start a post like BOOKLOVE when you’ve done it a dozen times? It’s quite hard to begin writing these posts but one must just trudge through it, I suppose. I’ve been hoarding books from New Directions Publishing lately because (1) they publish interesting books and (2) it is quite hard to get … Continue reading →
Filed under Book Love, Books · Tagged with A Streetcar Named Desire, Book Love, Books, Curzio Malaparte, Djuna Barnes, Exercises in Style, Felisberto Hernandez, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nightwood, Raymond Queneau, Sjon, Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie, The Skin, The Whispering Muse, Two Crocodiles
Posted by bennardfajardo on August 11, 2014 · 5 Comments
Well, this is late. This is very late. I promised that I’ll be posting the winners of my very first giveaway last August 7 but I forgot about it and, if I did remember, I got lazy. Anyway, apologies for my forgetfulness and laziness. I just used random.org to choose the winners and they are: … Continue reading →
Posted by bennardfajardo on August 2, 2014 · 4 Comments
Another milestone of sorts. My very first Essential Reading post was published on August 2012 so I’ve been keeping this feature up for 2 years now which is, quite frankly, an achievement for a guy like me. Anyway, before we proceed with the books I’ve read last July, let’s take a trip down memory lane … Continue reading →
Filed under Books, Reading List · Tagged with Alfred Hayes, Books, Clarice Lispector, Erica Jong, Essential Reading, Fear of Flying, In Love, Moon Palace, Muriel Spark, Paul Auster, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, The Hour of the Star
Posted by bennardfajardo on August 1, 2014 · 21 Comments
I didn’t realize until the yesterday that it’s the time of the year when the little corner of the internet that I claimed for myself as a venue for my frenzied ramblings is turning 2 years old. Well, technically it turned two years old yesterday because it’s August 1 already in the Philippines where I created … Continue reading →