The Annotated TBR #1
It’s no secret to frequent readers of this blog and among my bookish friends that I’m a book hoarder. My criteria on what books to buy casts a very wide net and such a wide net yields piles and piles of books. Right now, my books are haphazardly piled atop each other and, unless I … Continue reading
Essential Reading: December 2013
Hello! December, the end of the year, is finally here and that means that I am in the last month of my reading for the year 2013. It has been a wonderful year of reading but that should be for a different post so, for now, let me recap the books I’ve read for November … Continue reading
Essential Reading: September 2013
It seems that the only constant thing in my blog nowadays is its monthly reading feature which, I think, is generally good blogging duties notwithstanding. It basically means that I am still a very engaged reader albeit a very disinterested reviewer and blogger at the moment. I still read my books with great interest even … Continue reading
Hooliganism: 2013’s Best Reads So Far
I have been going into a blogging rut lately because of various disturbances in my life (rewatching sitcoms, for example) that I felt that I should at least post a short feature to hopefully restart my article production especially reviews and whatnot. Yes, baby steps first. Anyway, I just remembered that we are already halfway … Continue reading
Book Review: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men.” – Nick Carraway The Great American Novel is one of the most coveted yet most elusive … Continue reading
Essential Reading: May 2013
May is here and, okay, I know I haven’t been active in blogging lately but I wouldn’t miss this monthly feature for the world so I will set aside a few minutes of my time to present my reading list for the month of May. But before we proceed, let us not forget the rundown … Continue reading
Book Lust: Melville House’s The Art of the Novella
It has been a while since I posted about my book acquisitions but that does not mean that I was not hoarding books left and right. However, I felt that it was unnecessary to post every time I buy books and I think that I should only post about my newly bought books if the said … Continue reading
The Book Hooligan 