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 November 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“For he was aware that in the academy he would have to be even more ambitious if he wanted to outstrip his new fellow students. Why did he want to surpass them actually? He didn’t really know himself.” – Narrator I was raised believing that education and blind respect for authority are two of the … Continue reading →