Posted by bennardfajardo on March 6, 2015 · 3 Comments
As I’m writing this, my Twitter feed is being bombarded by tweets about World Book Day which, in effect, has rendered me confused because I thought the WBD is celebrated during the 23rd of April. Of course, I didn’t leave this up to my own difficulty in remembering dates and events so I did a quick … Continue reading →
Filed under Books, Reading List · Tagged with A Very Easy Death, Amsterdam, Arundhati Roy, Books, Donald Antrim, Essential Reading, Ian McEwan, Paul Auster, Simone de Beauvoir, The Emerald Light in the Air, The God of Small Things, The Red Notebook
Posted by bennardfajardo on October 14, 2014 · 6 Comments
I’m feeling a little bit book giddy today, generally happy about the state of literature and about the large number of books that I have yet to read so I’ve decided to write, sooner that I would have, about the books that I got last month. September was a bit crazy overall because there was a … Continue reading →
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Posted by bennardfajardo on October 4, 2014 · 4 Comments
It’s a wonder that September flew by without me noticing. At the start of September, I was almost sure that I was going to finish the books that I lined up for September only to end the month with finishing just two, the shortest ones at that. However, I did end up reading two other … Continue reading →
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Posted by bennardfajardo on February 2, 2014 · 12 Comments
Books are going to be the cause of my ruination. It’s either I’m going to go broke from all the book hoarding, or I’m going to be crushed to death by all the books that are surrounding my sleeping area. There’s no escape but that’s my life and I love every minute of it. I … Continue reading →
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The Book Hooligan 