Posted by bennardfajardo on July 28, 2014 · 3 Comments
Let me get straight to the point: Fairy Tale Fail is an infuriating novella. Clocking in at 142 pages, it is the worst book I have ever read full stop. In my opinion, it has no value whatsoever to the point that the world can easily find another mediocre writer who can easily replicate Esguerra’s efforts in … Continue reading →
Posted by bennardfajardo on July 7, 2014 · 7 Comments
We’re at the halfway point of the year and things are getting interesting reading-wise. I have read some interesting books, books that have either expanded my view on what fiction is or those that carried their genius with quiet dignity. On the other hand, I have read some books that have disappointed me and there … Continue reading →
Filed under Books, Reading List · Tagged with A Dame to Kill For, A Tale of Two Cities, Books, Charles Dickens, Essential Reading, Fairy Tale Fail, George Saunders, In Persuasion Nation, Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Julian Barnes, Leo Tolstoy, Marek Hlasko, Mark Miller, Mina Esguerra, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, The Graveyard, The Sense of an Ending, The Sound of Things Falling
Posted by bennardfajardo on January 15, 2013 · 7 Comments
“New year, new books” is now my favorite saying every New Year even if I just made it out of thin air to suit my book hoarding purposes. Anyway, I was doing fine with my new year’s resolution of limiting myself from hoarding books until I visited NBS, Fullybooked, and Booksale. To be fair, some … Continue reading →
Filed under Book Love, Books · Tagged with A Question of Heroes, Alain de Botton, Auggie Wren's Christmas Story, Book Love, Book Lust, Books, David Mitchell, Fairy Tale Fail, Ghostwritten, Hunger, Knut Hamsun, Man Walks Into A Room, Milan Kundera, Mina V. Esguerra, Nick Joaquin, Nicole Krauss, On Love, Paul Auster, Sandra Cisneros, Siri Hustvedt, The Believers, The House on Mango Street, The Summer Without Men, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Zoe Heller