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
Posted by bennardfajardo on December 11, 2013 · 6 Comments
Well, here we go again. My self-serving update for all the notable books that I’ve acquired this month and, technically, this will be only for the books that I’ve acquired on the 2nd half of November because the first half was already covered in last months BOOKLOVE. Anyway, here is my hoard for the 2nd … Continue reading →
Filed under Book Love, Books · Tagged with Berlin Stories, Book Love, Books, Call If You Need Me, Collected Fictions, Field Work, Jorge Luis Borges, Moon Palace, Paul Auster, Raymond Carver, Robert Walser, Seamus Heaney, The Cure at Troy
Posted by bennardfajardo on September 25, 2013 · 6 Comments
Okay, I think I have neglected my blog a little bit (maybe a whole darn lot) and it’s gnawing up on me now. I really would want to churn out regular posts about my reading life but life just gets in the way. Of course, I will say that this post will change everything and … Continue reading →
Filed under Book Love, Books · Tagged with A Heart So White, A Schoolboy's Diary, Alfred Yuson, America Is In The Heart, Book Love, Books, Carlos Bulosan, Cave and Shadows, Civilwarland in Bad Decline, Clandestine in Chile, Day of the Oprichnik, F. Sionil Jose, Fatelessness, Francis Wyndham, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, George Saunders, If a Filipino Writer Reads Don Quijote, Imre Kertesz, Javier Marias, John Cheever, Khavn, Mavis Gallant, Nick Joaquin, Paris Stories, Robert Walser, The Complete Fiction, The Road, The Wapshot Chronicle, Ultraviolins, Vasily Grossman, Vicente G. Goryon, Vladimir Sorokin
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