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Essential Reading: April 2014

Posted by bennardfajardo on April 3, 2014 · 6 Comments

April is now here which means that the days of summer of reading is finally upon us. I don’t know what it is about the summer but it sure does make reading greater than it already is or maybe it’s just me? Anyway, before I go into the beginnings of my summer reading list, let … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Short Fiction: Short Stories about Love

Posted by bennardfajardo on February 19, 2014 · 3 Comments

All this Valentine’s shenanigans last Friday have made me sentimental and a bit melancholic on the subject of love and all its subtleties. So, with nothing better to do, I reminisced on all the short stories I’ve read over the course of my life that tackled the complicated subject of love and I thought about … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Short Fiction: The Superlatives of 2013

Posted by bennardfajardo on December 23, 2013 · 4 Comments

Finishing my last short story collection this year, Alice Munro’s Who Do You Think You Are?, I can conclude that this is a good year for short fiction. Of the 68 books that I’ve read so far for 2013, 23 were short story collections or anthologies and that is not mentioning the various short stories … Continue reading →

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Essential Reading: June 2013

Posted by bennardfajardo on June 4, 2013 · 5 Comments

I knew it. I just knew it. The moment I reveled in the amazing feeling of reading so many books last April, I conked out in May. I wouldn’t exactly say that I am in a reading rut since I still enjoy reading (or maybe I am just in denial?) but it’s just that I … Continue reading →

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BOOKLOVE: May 2013

Posted by bennardfajardo on June 4, 2013 · 8 Comments

So going here to the US, in terms of bookishness, has been better than I originally thought it would be. I found books here that I had a hard time looking for in the Philippines. Of course, if this previous post is any proof, majority of my acquisitions are short story collections (50% in fact) … Continue reading →

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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 →

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