Posted by bennardfajardo on November 20, 2013 · 4 Comments
“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?” – Adam Ewing Proof of the good influence that a book club can have on you is that you will read books that are usually out of your radar. Entering a book … Continue reading →
Posted by bennardfajardo on January 4, 2013 · 10 Comments
Well, it’s that time of the month again for my Essential Reading post. Before I begin the list for January, I will just point out that I made some changes to the way that I shall choose books. I will no longer be thematic in my choices and I shall only employ themes every now … Continue reading →
Filed under Books, Reading List · Tagged with Albert Camus, Alberto Manguel, Any Human Heart, Books, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Chess, Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell, Exile and the Kingdom, Fahrenheit 451, Gilead, James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Marilynne Robinson, Paul Auster, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Stefan Zweig, The Ecco Book of Christmas Stories, The Lemoine Affair, The New York Trilogy, Two Gallants, William Boyd
Posted by bennardfajardo on January 1, 2013 · 8 Comments
2012 was really an awesome reading year for me. I have managed to finish 61 books (including graphic novels) which means I exceeded the number of books required for my Goodreads’ 2012 Reading Challenge. All in all, it was a very great reading year. But, of course, some books are better than others and this … Continue reading →
Filed under A Year in Reading, Books · Tagged with A Single Man, A Visit from the Goon Squad, Autumn of the Patriarch, Best Reads of 2012, Books, Chess, Christopher Isherwood, Chuck Palahniuk, Clandestine in Chile, Cloud Atlas, Cormac McCarthy, David Mitchell, Death in the Andes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Haunted, History of Love, Ilustrado, In Cold Blood, Inherent Vice, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jennifer Egan, John Steinbeck, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kenzaburo Oe, Kurt Vonnegut, Leaf Storm and Other Stories, Man in the Dark, Margaret Edson, Mario Vargas Llosa, Michael Chabon, Middlesex, Miguel Syjuco, Nick Joaquin, Nicole Krauss, Nip the Buds Shoot the Kids, No Country for Old Men, Of Mice and Men, Paul Auster, Remains of the Day, Reportage on Lovers, Slaughterhouse Five, Stefan Zweig, The Yiddish Policmen's Union, Thomas Pynchon, Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, Truman Capote, Wit
Posted by bennardfajardo on December 3, 2012 · 9 Comments
It’s December, folks, and I have been absent from the blogosphere lately due so I think its time for another post from your favorite book hooligan [citation needed]. What better way to start the month by listing my December reading list and this month’s theme is there is no theme. But before that, let us … Continue reading →
Filed under Books, Reading List · Tagged with Alberto Manguel, Any Human Heart, Beneath the Wheel, Blood Meridian, Budjette Tan, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Cloud Atlas, Cormac McCarthy, David Mitchell, Death in the Andes, Elizabeth Kostova, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Griffin and Sabine, Herman Hesse, Kajo Baldisimo, Kenzaburo Oe, Leaf Storm and Other Stories, Mario Vargas Llosa, Midnight Tribunal, Nick Bantock, Nip the Buds Shoot the Kids, Roald Dahl, The Ecco Book of Christmas Stories, The Historian, Trese, William Boyd
Posted by bennardfajardo on August 23, 2012 · 6 Comments
I am adding another new feature in my attempt to blog about my reading habits and I dub this new monthly segment as, as you may already know, Book Lust. Yes, that is a sorry attempt at toilet humor directed towards my love for books and my (supposedly) raging hormones. Anyhoo, dear readers, this new segment is … Continue reading →
Filed under Book Love, Books · Tagged with Atonement, Book Love, Book Lust, Books, Cloud Atlas, Dancing Girls, David Mitchell, Ian McEwan, Interpreter of Maladies, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kazuo Ishiguro, Life of Pi, Margaret Atwood, Middlesex, When We Were Orphans, Yann Martel
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