Month: December 2016

• Why Filipinos Should Read: ‘The God Delusion’ by Richard Dawkins

  

  by Bryan Meniado It’s Rizal Day today, and while I would like to discuss our national hero, I would like to talk about something that is related to the bigger event we are celebrating, which is the holiday season. I remember this instance wherein I was browsing at a bookstore from months ago. I came across […]

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  December 30, 2016

  Special Sections, Why Filipinos Should Read

  bryan meniado, jose rizal, nonfiction, richard dawkins, rizal day, the god delusion

• Bookbed reviews: ‘Before I Do’ by Kath C. Eustaquio-Derla

  

  by Allana Luta THE STORY For self-proclaimed “mean girl” Kit Castille and many women in the world, finding true love isn’t easy. But what if you meet a devilish stranger who challenges all the conclusions you have built in the past three years? What if you fall for him just before you got the perfect engagement, […]

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  December 27, 2016

  Reviews, Reviews and Recs

  allana luta, before i do, book reviews, filipino authors, filipino creators, filipino literature, kath c. eustaquio-derla, review requests, romance fiction

• Booktungan: MV Redemption Episode 12

  by Lucille de Mesa, Celestine Trinidad, Ibyang Riot, Sarah Bulalacao, Mikki Shiu and BJ Medina Click here to read the previous episode. “You’re the real fucking monster!” Brenda’s voice kept ringing in Girlie’s head as she traversed the boulders by the edge of the falls, as fast as her legs could go. The water gushing down the rocks was a […]

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  December 4, 2016

  Booktungan, Stories, Submissions

  bj medina, celestine trinidad, fiction, filipino authors, filipino creators, filipino literature, ibyang riot, lucille de mesa, mikki shiu, mv redemption, sarah bulalacao, serialized fiction

• Shelfwalking: The Beast’s Library in the Making (I Wish)

  

  by Cake Evangelista Call me weird, but what I’m most excited to see in the live-action “Beauty and the Beast” (starring St. Hermione Granger Emma Watson) is the Beast’s bookgasmic bibliophile paradise. Four stories of shelves, spiral staircases, overstuffed couches, giant globes, a grand fireplace, and GAZILLIONS AND GAZILLIONS OF BOOKS(!). I mean, just LOOK AT […]

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  December 2, 2016

  Shelfwalking, Special Sections

  bookshelf tours, bookshelves, cake evangelista, illustrated books, shelfies