Posted by bennardfajardo on November 7, 2014 · 4 Comments
November, one of my favorite months, is now here. It’s my birthday month (which explains why November is a favorite) and I usually read good books at this time of the year which makes me a bit excited. Anyway, my October round-up: The Woman Upstairs by Clare Messud (4/5) The Tenth Man by Graham Greene (4/5) The … Continue reading →
Posted by bennardfajardo on July 31, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Here’s the thing about Maryland and my situation here right now. We live pretty close to a store that sell second-hand books and I usually come over once a week. Here’s the problem, they sell books on the cheap and, on certain days, they put the books on sale or they have this absurd promo … Continue reading →
Filed under Book Love, Books · Tagged with Book Love, Books, John Green, John Updike, Joyce Carol Oates, Mary McCarthy, Philip Lopate, Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates, Shannon Ravenel, The Best American Short Stories of the Century, The Best American Short Stories of The Eighties, The Fault in Our Stars, The Groves of Academe, The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories, Tobias Woolf, Writing New York: A Literary Anthology
Posted by bennardfajardo on January 2, 2014 · 2 Comments
Hey ho! 2014 is already here and it means another year of meaningful reading, another year of exploration, and another year of growth. Before I present my reading list for the first month of the year, let me recap the books that I read on the last month of last year: The Diamond as Big … Continue reading →
Filed under Books, Reading List · Tagged with A Schoolboy's Diary, A Sport and A Pastime, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Books, Essential Reading, Gustave Flaubert, James Salter, Lydia Davis, Madame Bovary, Neil Gaiman, Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates, Robert Walser, Silvina Ocampo, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Where There's Love There's Hate