BOOKLOVE: October 2013 and The Birthday Edition
Posted by bennardfajardo on November 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Here we go again with an update on my recent bookish acquisitions. This month’s BOOKLOVE will be regarding the significant books I acquired for the month of October and, to save space, the books given to me on my birthday which was last November 7. But first, the books acquired last October: We Others: New … Continue reading →
Filed under Book Love, Books · Tagged with Alejo Carpentier, Barrel Fever, Book Love, Books, Carmen, David Sedaris, George Plimpton, Latin American Writers at Work, Our Story Begins, Paris Review, Primo Levi, Prosper Mérimée, Reasons of State, Shirley Jackson, Steven Millhauser, The Drowned and The Saved, The Lottery and Other Stories, The Rush for Second Place, Tobias Wolff, We Others, William Gaddis
BookLove: March 2013
Posted by bennardfajardo on April 1, 2013 · 8 Comments
I just had to change the featured image and the name for this monthly feature since the former is so clunky and messy while the latter is kind of obscene. So, as per the suggestion of Rhena, I changed the look and the name of this feature. Anyway, enough with the idle chitchat and on … Continue reading →
Filed under Book Love, Books · Tagged with Alice Munro, Birds of America, Book Love, Books, Children Playing Before A Statue of Hercules, David Bezmozgis, David Sedaris, Denis Johnson, Hateship Friendship Courtship Loveship Marriage, James Salter, Jesus' Son, Last Night, Loot and Other Stories, Lorrie Moore, Miranda July, Nadine Gordimer, Natasha, No One Belongs Here More Than You, Short Stories