mina v. esguerra
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The 2022 Pride Reading List: 24 LGBTQ+ Books to Read Anytime
by H. Bentham Happy Pride! I know that we should be celebrating pride and all forms of love every single day, but it’s also fun to have a whole month dedicated to it. 🙂 Today, I will be recommending queer books I’ve enjoyed in the last three or four years that have given me joy…
#romanceclass, anna martin, boys run the riot, brigitte bautista, candy hearts, check please!, chef's kiss, chi yu rodriguez, coffee boy, encounters series, erin mclellan, eroticmilk, fiction, filipino authors, filipino creators, gengoroh tagame, goddess of the hunt, h bentham, his cocky cellist, jack harbon, jarrett melendez, jayce ellis, jen wang, joel donato ching jacob, k.j. charles, keezy young, keito gaku, komiket, kwentong tibo, landlee, learned reactions, lgbtq+ kommunity 2019, mina v. esguerra, my brother's husband, my monster boyfriend, ngozi ukazu, no two ways, pride 2022 book recommendations, pride 2022 reads, shelby eileen, so forward, taproot, the doctor is in love: a medical romance anthology, the impossible boy, the rat-catcher's daughter, trung le nguyen, wing of the locust, you me us
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Book Journaling: ‘Totally Engaged,’ ‘How To Become A Planet,’ and everything else I read in the past three months
by KB Meniado I read 30 books in the first half of 2021. Below is the list of the titles I finished in the second quarter, and in case you missed it, here’s the one from the first quarter. I hope you find something here that you’ve also picked up or some that you’d like…
#romanceclass, agham tao, aghamtao: journal of the ugnayang pang-agham tao, andrew smith, anthropological association of the philippines, astrophysics for people in a hurry, book journal, Book Journaling, filipino authors, filipino prehistory, haroun and the sea of stories, how to become a planet, joe whitt, kb meniado, marilyn scott, mina v. esguerra, moondust in search of the men who fell to earth, neil degrasse tyson, nicole melleby, salman rushdie, the acrylic artist's handbook, totally engaged
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15 Books to Buy from the Manila International Online Book Fair 2020 #MIBF2020
BY KB Meniado and BM Readers from all over the Philippines and even abroad can now attend the Manila International Book Fair… because, yes, that’s right, it’s now online! Click here to register for free and browse, and if buying, here are 15 titles in no particular order that we think you should add to…
#romanceclass, #romanceclassFlicker, aldy aguirre, ambeth ocampo, barangay sixteenth century philippine culture and society, cat s, catherine dellosa, culture and history, filipino authors, filipino creators, from the eyes of a healer, in tune, joel donato jacob, joey a tabula md, juno abreu, layla s tanjutco, looking back series, love & other wars, ma ceres doyo, macli-ing dulag, manila international book fair, manila international online book fair, martial law, mia baquiran, mibf, mibf2020, mina v. esguerra, nick joaquin, one day closer, paboritong lugar ni nanay, papa teyo, philippine folk literature, raya and grayson's guide to saving the world, what kind of day, william henry scott, wing of the locust, yeyet soriano
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Book Journaling: ‘Kiss and Cry’ by Mina V. Esguerra
by KB Meniado Remember when Agnes wrote about “8 Things to Put in Your Reading Journal” last year? Well, I kind of took the advice. This 2019, I’m making BoJo happen. For me, at least. I just finished my eighth book (slooow but honor thy pace), and I wanted to show (off). Check out what…
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Lessons in Romance Writing, Self-Publishing and Community Building: An Interview with Author Mina V. Esguerra
by KB Meniado It’s hard to miss Mina V. Esguerra, especially if you’re looking at Filipino romance authors in English. With over 30 published novels and her fantastic work with #romanceclass, she has been helping make major breakthroughs in revolutionizing how the romance genre is recognized and appreciated among Filipino readers, and putting Filipino writers…
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Bookbed reviews: ‘What Kind of Day’ by Mina V. Esguerra (plus an interview!)
by KB Meniado THE STORY It’s a bad day for Ben. After years of earnest work, he’s been fired from his job as a speechwriter for a Philippine senator. Name tarnished and bridges burned, he steps into what he thinks is a shuttle ride home, and accidentally joins a tour of his own city. It…
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FaceBookIt: Makeup Inspired by ‘Better At Weddings Than You’ by Mina V. Esguerra
by Kristel Cruz Sometimes, a romance book hits all the right spots, and you are left thinking about it even days after you finish reading it. Sometimes, you even make a makeup look dedicated to it. Hello, friends, this FaceBookIt is inspired by Mina V. Esguerra’s new book, Better At Weddings Than You. In this story,…
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#romanceclass: 6 Books To Read Right Now
What do romance authors read? Romance—and a lot of other things. You’ve been meeting the authors of the #romanceclass community through their monthly columns here on Bookbed. That’s who they are and what they write. Here’s what they’ve been reading: 1. Daring Greatly by Brene Brown, as recommended by Stella Torres, author of Save The Cake and Crushingly Close…
#romanceclass, a kingdom of dreams, brene brown, c.p. santi, daring greatly, dawn lanuza, elizabeth lev, fiction, filipino authors, jennifer hallock, judith mcnaught, madeline miller, mina v. esguerra, peter cameron, romance fiction, ron lim, someday this pain will be useful for you, stella torres, suzette de borja, the song of achilles, the tigress of forli, under the sugar sun
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Crossed Wires: Romance is the Real Deal
by Mina V. Esguerra Sad and tired truth: Romance is, despite its popularity worldwide, one of the genres that “serious readers” and “serious writers” find acceptable to diss. The put-down can be as innocent as “I prefer to read challenging books” or as alarming as “Teenage pregnancies are on the rise because of books with kissing!”…
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