Posted by bennardfajardo on November 26, 2012 · 13 Comments
Three nights ago, while I was browsing Bookriot (one of the websites that I frequent), I came across a feature of theirs titled Genre Kryptonite. Bookriot explains the feature in these words: GENRE KRYPTONITE is a regular feature about genres we have an inexplicable weak spot for. I clicked on one of the articles under Genre Kryptonite labeled as Dysfunctional Families (Under-the-Radar Edition) and … Continue reading →
Filed under Books, Hooliganism · Tagged with A Single Man, Books, Christopher Isherwood, Cormac McCarthy, Everyman, Genre Kryptonite, Hooliganism, John Steinbeck, Kenzaburo Oe, Man in the Dark, Michael Chabon, Nicole Krauss, Nip the Buds Shoot the Kids, No Country for Old Men, Of Mice and Men, Paul Auster, Philip Roth, The Autograph Man, The History of Love, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Zadie Smith
Posted by bennardfajardo on October 1, 2012 · 10 Comments
For this month of October, my beloved book club will take on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and I instantly thought that this would be the perfect moment to read works created by female authors. I do not know why but my list of read books is lacking in works created by women. I do not want … Continue reading →
Filed under Books, Reading List · Tagged with A Visit from the Goon Squad, Bonjour Tristesse, Books, Elizabeth Kostova, Essential Reading, Everyman, Françoise Sagan, Inherent Vice, Irène Némirovsky, Jane Austen, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jennifer Egan, Le Bal and Snow in Autumn, Michael Chabon, Middlesex, Mrs. Dalloway, Philip Roth, Pride and Prejudice, The Autograph Man, The Historian, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Thomas Pynchon, Virginia Woolf, Zadie Smith
Posted by bennardfajardo on September 20, 2012 · 20 Comments
Last Wednesday, I attended the Manila International Book Fair and I acquired quite a bit of new books. However, I wasn’t able to return to the MIBF on the other dates especially on the last day when, rumor has it, a lot of the exhibitors give further discounts for their books on sale. The reason … Continue reading →
Filed under Book Love, Books · Tagged with Arundhati Roy, Bill Henderson, Book Love, Book Lust, Books, Elizabeth Strout, I Killed Hemingway, Olive Kitteridge, Philip Roth, The God of Small Things, The Huntsman, The Plot Against America, The Sound and The Fury, Whitney Terrell, William Faulkner
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