about books and reading
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Why Filipinos Should Read at Local and Community Libraries
by Bryan Meniado G’day! I’m in Gold Coast, Australia temporarily. Beyond the beaches, culture, and wildlife, what has struck me about Gold Coast is its robust and efficient public library system. Over the past months, their local libraries have been one of my most frequented places where I get to enjoy their spaces, services, and…
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#BookbedMeets: Silent Reading Session this Sep 19
We’ve had two silent reading sessions for #BookbedMeets in the past two months, and we’re having another one this Saturday, September 19! The experience has been a great way of meeting new friends and more especially, reading and talking about books. If you’re interested to join, sign up for another round here! All you need…
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Homeschool Reading: How this mom builds a library for her 3-year-old son
by KB Meniado Parents naturally want their children to have a head start in life, and the key to this lies in starting them young on good habits. Here, Faye Pimentel-Rodriguez shares how she started building a library for her three-year-old son Caleb, and why she thinks it is important to encourage reading at an…
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We’ve loved books for years. Why haven’t we been reading as much?
by Agnes Manalo, Allana Luta, and KB Meniado Happy New Reading Year! We still love books, first of all. But we’ve also been wanting to talk about this, and so what better time than now, mid-January? Here, we spill our most candid reading (or non-reading) experiences. May you find refuge. Why haven’t we been reading?…
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8 Ways Bookstagram is Revolutionizing the Habit of Reading
by Bookstagramers Philippines Bookstagram, from the root word “books” and “Instagram,” isn’t just a place to share aesthetically pleasing bookish photos, but also a home to bibliophiles from all over the world, which include us Filipino readers. Here are eight ways we think bookstagram has contributed to how we read and buy books today: 1.…
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8 Things to Put in Your Reading Journal
by Agnes Manalo Reading is always An Experience, and sometimes you want to record (and maybe share) it. Some people blog, some people Booktube, some people Bookstagram, some people keep a book journal. Like me. So if you’re into that books-on-paper thing (and want to do something about all those wrapping papers, scrapbook papers, and…
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Exploring the Secondhand Book Life
by Shing Liganor Let’s be perfectly honest with ourselves for a moment here and admit that, for the most part of our book shopping madness, we usually buy our books brand new. I guess it’s like an instinct of sorts, when you let your feet wander into the nearest Fully Booked or National Book Store after…
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6 Discoveries About Inflight Reading
by Clarissa Chua I have never been a fan of airplanes. (Well, except for the time when they gave out free things like coloring books and crayons, but I was too young to actually remember that.) Imagine my dread when I was faced with a four-hour flight. Yes, it may not be that bad yet, but…
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Tales of An Ebook Convert
by Lucille de Mesa Like most bookaholics, I started my encounter with these magical objects at a very young age. I blame my mother for my book obsession—she introduced me to storybooks mostly full of colorful animal drawings, which were of course attractive to children. In my early high school years, as I raved about the…
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On Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf: How It Shaped My Perspective on Feminism
by Mpur Chan Emma Watson graduated from Brown University with a major in English literature. Just like me. Well, I mean, I took English literature as my major, too, but in a different university. And Emma (yep, first name basis) likes reading books, just like me! We’re pretty much the same… Except she’s a UN Ambassador…
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