Posted by bennardfajardo on January 5, 2015 · 3 Comments
2014, like all years past ever since I started blogging, has been an extraordinary year for reading. I’ve read 62 books total and most of them were amazing reads. Yes, yes, there were a few duds and even some of the worst pieces of literature that I have encountered in my life but the good and the … Continue reading →
Filed under A Year in Reading, Books · Tagged with 2014, A Month in the Country, A Year In Reading, Atonement, Books, Civilwarland in Bad Decline, Claire Messud, Clarice Lispector, David Mitchell, George Saunders, Ian McEwan, In Persuasion Nation, Jhumpa Lahiri, JL Carr, Joan Didion, Joyce Carol Oates, Julian Barnes, Leonard Michaels, Margaret Atwood, Muriel Spark, Paul Auster, Play It As It Lays, Raymond Carver, Sylvia, Tenth of December, The Blind Assassin, The Hour of the Star, The Interpreter of Maladies, The Sense of an Ending, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Posted by bennardfajardo on July 29, 2014 · 2 Comments
“There would be an inadvertent insult, then disproportionate anger. I would feel I didn’t know why this was happening. I was the object of terrific fury, but what had I done? What had I said?” – The Narrator I remember a quote from the books that are a part of Melville House’s The Neversink Library. The quote … Continue reading →
Posted by bennardfajardo on June 6, 2014 · 8 Comments
I am quite excited for June not only because it’s a brand new month but also because I’ll be reading in brand new place. Currently, I’m in LA, Raymond Chandler’s city. However, despite the newness of the month and the newness of the surroundings, I am quite worried because, in my experience, I barely get … Continue reading →
Filed under Books, Reading List · Tagged with Angelo R. Lacuesta, Books, Dean Francis Alfar, Djuna Barnes, Elaine Dundy, Essential Reading, Leonard Michaels, Marek Hlasko, Maximum Volume, Spillway, Sylvia, The Dud Avocado, The Graveyard