Welcome to the third book report for #BookbedReadsPHLit this 2017! In this challenge, readers must choose one book by a Filipino every month throughout the year. Check out our picks for March below! 1. The Rise of the Pinoy by Mike Grogan What I liked: It’s always a great feeling to be reminded of how creative, persevering and aspiring Filipinos are, and with this book, I found 21 (!) stories that renewed my motivation to live up to my goals. I love that each chapter has detailed accounts of different Filipinos’ journey to passion and success, and how at every end, there’s a worksheet…
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Shelfwalking: Books By Life Stages
by Celestine Trinidad This is quite possibly the hardest list I’ve ever had to make, because I like reading a little bit too much. I read everything, even the nutritional information off food packages, and when I’m sad, book shopping is the equivalent of retail therapy for me. So I decided that, for Shelfwalking, I will choose one book each from a genre I like for this list, books that not only do I highly recommend, but also meant a lot to me at different stages of my life. 1. Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood Genre: Realistic Fiction Margaret Atwood is…
Bookbed reviews: ‘Keep the Faith’ by Ana Tejano
by Twila Bergania For people like me who’s been in a long-term relationship in over a decade, reading romance novels about single girls getting over a major heartbreak could be a bore. It’s not that we’ve never been there, it’s just that we haven’t felt that brand of sadness in a long time. Amidst all the #hugot lines we see on social media, it’s going to be pretty hard to find a decent read that will remind us of heartbreaks long forgotten. Ana Tejano’s new book, Keep The Faith, is a good exception, though. THE STORY Keep the Faith is about a…
#romanceclass: Praying for Romance
by Ana Tejano Sometime around high school, a friend of mine raved about this book she read over the summer that she just had to lend it to me so we could talk about it. It was Frank E. Perretti’s This Present Darkness, a book about a reporter and a pastor investigating some shady happenings in their town, where angels stand guard against demons who want to enslave the people. It was my first taste of Christian fiction. I didn’t know much about it back then, because I was still reading Sweet Valley and Harry Potter, but I felt like I…
Bookbed reviews: ‘Fall Like Rain’ by Ana Tejano
by KB Meniado With my mission of stacking more Filipino books into my to-read list, prowling for chick lit has become one of my regular routines. Not that they’re undercover or released in secret or anything like that because, let’s be real, chick lit has infiltrated many a bookstore shelf today, making them hard to miss. (Also, it’s not exactly classified information I like reading romance.) With all my stalking, I’ve found one of my targets: Fall Like Rain by Ana Tejano. *James Bond music plays in the background* THE STORY Rain De Castro has been in love with her best…
