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If we had a ReaderCon 2012 and a readers choice book awards...

One of the badges from last years ReaderCon ...would you support it? Last year, we held the first Filipino Readers Conference or ReaderCon, entitled "Filipino Readers Make it Social." Back th...

22 apr 12

Farewell, my favorite indie bookstore

Libreria last day party. (photo courtesy of Rhett) Libreria. Where we ate, danced, slept, wrote, scavenged, hobnobbed with writers, spilled drinks, raised hell, got drunk, and oh yes, read, for a yea...

27 mar 12

Things I didnt get to say in The House of Mirth discussion

I didnt finish House of Mirth in time for our book discussion last Saturday. When I stepped into the venue, I had only read up to 72% of my ebook. So I was thinking of keeping quiet as I hadnt finish...

25 mar 12

On The House of Mirth and webinars

Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart. I did not know about this. (img src) So Im cramming my reading of The House of Mirth. In time for my book clubs discussion this Saturday. Im at 10% so far in my ebook. ...

22 mar 12

On Coffeespoons 3rd Anniversary

Its Coffeespoons 3rd birthday! Three years ago, on this date, I made the first post of this blog live. I always have a certain fondness for that post whenever I read it. Its not one of those things I...

21 jan 12

The Ulysses Read-along

Ulysses wordle (img src) Early this year, during a conversation on Twitter, Jaclyn of a book diary and I decided that wed have a read-along. Id never done one before and I thought it might be fun. Be...

16 jan 12

The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides

Summary "Madeleine Hanna breaks out of her straight-and-narrow mold when she falls in love with charismatic loner Leonard Bankhead, while an old friend resurfaces, obsessed with the idea that Mad...

08 jan 12

A Perk and An Assessment

My new Kindle Touch. Forgive the sucky picture. It was night, I was using my iPad camera, and I really take sucky pictures. I work in digital publishing. So, though I have my own trusty Kindle 3, now...

05 jan 12

Keeping It Real (or, My Reading Goals for 2012)

I plan to chill, just like her. (img src) This year in reading, Ill... relinquish my little semblance of control and be entirely honest with myself. Ergo, I opt not to formally join any reading chall...

03 jan 12

Best Books I Read in 2011

Of the 69 books I read last year, these were the most memorable. Theyre ordered according to when I read them. The El Bimbo Variations by Adam David - Adams a valued co-worker, but before he was...

02 jan 12

The Year That Was

This was my reading life in 2011... On reading goals and challenges: Id like to think I started out well. I aimed to go through at least half of my 2010 TBR.  I joined the TBR Dare, which l...

01 jan 12

On Writing by Stephen King

With the work I have now, I thought it was high time for me to finally read Kings On Writing. Let me put forth a few home truths: I am not a writer. The extent of my claim to being a writer goes as f...

07 dec 11

Oh yeah?

Yeah, gonna smack you down, bitch. (img src) During one of the sessions in last years Manila International Literary Festival, I remember someone saying that it makes sense for an author like Neil Gai...

04 nov 11

Surgeons Do Not Cry by Ting Tiongco

Ive been pimping Surgeons Do Not Cry by Ting Tiongco for a while now for two reasons. The lesser of these reasons is that our company co-published the ebook edition. So thats my "full disclosure&...

09 oct 11

What do I expect from the ReaderCon? (The last ReaderCon Filipino Friday)

Its 11 hours to the ReaderCon. Im awake because Im cramming for the event, and what better time to cram when everyone is asleep? Since I didnt make it on a Friday again, I promised that Id at least p...

13 sep 11

ReaderCon Filipino Friday: The Compilation

This is me trying to make up for the past 2 Filipino Fridays I missed plus answering this weeks current Filipino Friday.:) Bear with me if this turns out into a long-ish post; its a three-in-one. Pro...

03 sep 11

What is constant and what has changed

img src For posteritys sake, Id like to post here what used to be my Blogger profile write-up: Ive learned that in my life there are only a few things I need to keep constant: my love for my family a...

26 aug 11

ReaderCon Filipino Friday: Introduction

Better late than never. Filipino Friday is a meme that originated within the Filipino Book Bloggers site and is being borrowed by the ReaderCon site in order to encourage participation among Fil...

14 aug 11

The First Filipino ReaderCon

Yes! Yes, it is. Yes, were finally going to do it. Filipino Readers Make it Social! The First Filipino ReaderCon is finally going to happen on Sept. 14, from 1-6 PM at SMX Mall of Asia. We are going ...

13 aug 11

Print vs. ebooks: What Ive been reading and buying

I dont intend to rehash a tired debate; I only mean to look at what formats Ive been reading books this year and what this means. I got my Kindle last week of March and of the 20 books Ive read since...

24 jul 11

Meeting John Sayles

John Sayles, writer, indie director, editor, actor. I met John Sayles, indie writer, director, and editor, last Tuesday during an intimate presscon organized by Fully Booked. What struck me first abo...

24 jun 11

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness and Siobhan Dowd

I am a proud pimp of Patrick Nesss Chaos Walking trilogy. To date, it is still the best YA series I have ever read. Beginning with the first book, The Knife of Never Letting Go, the series just got b...

21 jun 11

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

It won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2011 Pulitzer for fiction. And, Aldrin was raving about it.:) Which makes it a book that I could not pass up. In fact, I went all the way to Full...

19 jun 11

Filipino storybook apps for the iPad

Pagpagayuk and Mariang Sinukuan on the iPad This is a post wherein many of my worlds collide--my work, my book blogging, and--only a tad bit--my family. Anyway, the educational publisher I work for, ...

07 jun 11

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

This was my Mothers Day read (yes, that long ago). I didnt want to read one of those Oprah books (not that I have anything against them, but I dont like being pigeon-holed.) and I think I made the ri...

31 may 11

April Round-up and a question about your ereaders

Woman Reading in a Landscape by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (img src) She looks so calm and involved reading there, doesnt she? I do wish I were her, even for a little while. April has been a better ...

30 apr 11

Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath

Ever since I left teaching, Ive become more interested in the field of communication and marketing. Which, I admit, is strange because communication and marketing are pretty useful skills if youre a ...

24 apr 11

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

I finally read Kazuo Ishiguros Never Let Me Go and finished it in one day. What surprised me about it is how readable it was. Id heard much praise about the book, but I think I was surprised by its r...

22 apr 11

March Madness

Woman Reading by Pablo Picasso (img src) Yes, March was a mad month, both in good and not-so-good ways. So, March was a month of stringent deadlines, a lot of which I am still laboring under. However...

31 mar 11

A very delayed update

A Woman Reading by Claude Monet (img src) Yup, better late than never. My last post mentions how busy Ive been, hence my apologies for this. Im still hoping to review some of these books, so heres a ...

22 mar 11

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