Holiday Books
Here are the books that I got over the 2013 holidays. The Fifty Year Sword by Mark Z. Danielewski – 50% off. And because I like touching and scanning Danielewski’s books. (Php 520.00, November 29,...
View ArticleBook Report: January 2014
This monthly feature is something new in the sense that I’ll just combine the books I’ve read (in lieu of the reading plans, plans which I didn’t faithfully follow) and the books I’ve hoarded (instead...
View ArticleBook Report: February 2014
Hello there. Yes, this blog is still alive but barely breathing. How can a book blog survive if the blogger isn’t even reading? Last year during this same period, I was also in a terrible reading rut....
View ArticleBook Report: March 2014
WordPress tells me that today is my sixth anniversary as a WordPress blogger. This blog is only three years old. The excess three years were spent on a personal blog that I hid from everyone. It’s...
View ArticleBook Report: April 2014
Would you believe that more than half of the books that I finished for this year were done in April? And they say that April is the cruelest month. No, it’s really T. S. Eliot who said that. And for...
View ArticleBook Report: May 2014
I just joined this blogging challenge that would help me build, or rebuild, my blogging habit. That way, I can not only post these template-ish stuff, but also start, or restart, really blogging about...
View ArticleBook Report: June 2014
Today is the exact middle of the year (check Wikipedia), and today I will present not only my June Report, but also my Mid-Year Report. Here’s the June Report: Books Finished: Attachments by Rainbow...
View ArticleBook Report: July 2014
This is super late. If you really want to know why I am only posting this now and why I haven’t been keeping you updated, I just moved to a new place. Hurrah? Hurrah! And I am still in the process of...
View ArticleBook Report: August 2014
And just like that, it’s already September. From where I live, time speeds up when this month makes its entrance. I’m a little concerned because this has not been a good year for me in terms of the...
View ArticleBook Report: September 2014
September was a great month for so many reasons. First, I managed to read a substantial number books. By substantial, I mean the number of books finished is greater than or equal to the number of...
View ArticleBook Report: October 2014
October was a great bloggy month, thanks to the LSS feature that I’ve launched and the return of the annual Filipino Fridays. It was also great in terms of discovery. I had the opportunity to visit...
View ArticleBook Report: November 2014
I have more books than half of the days of November. It’s like two acquisitions every other day. To be fair, some of these are advance Christmas shopping for myself to avoid the holiday rush. I never...
View ArticleBook Report: December 2014
I am perfectly aware that I just did a 2014 annual report regarding my reading affairs but I’m still going to do the only regular thing on this blog so far: the monthly book report. Books Finished: The...
View ArticleBook Report: January 2015
It’s February. Already? Since we’ve just finished the first month of the year, let’s take a quick look at my progress of the reading and blogging goals that I set for this year: Finish 50 books – I’m...
View ArticleBook Report: February 2015
It’s already the last third of the first quarter of the year. Yeahyeahyeah, I always act amazed when I say that it’s already the beginning of this or that month, that time flies by so fast, but that’s...
View ArticleBook Report: March 2015
I unlocked a reading achievement last March. I finished Middlemarch. Yes, that 800-pager Victorian classic. And I love it! I hope to write a proper review of it soon. Since I followed a reading plan...
View ArticleBook Report: April 2015
This is a great month for all things bookish. I’ve finished five books, reviewed five books, still reading four books, bought more than a dozen books, and hosted a bookish giveaway. Also, I’ve started...
View ArticleBook Report: May 2015
It has been a little quiet here so I played with my theme. I feel the need to do that whenever nothing is happening on this blog. Aside from that, I’ve been doing a lot of reading. In fact, it has been...
View ArticleBook Report: June 2015
It’s the middle of the year (tomorrow to be exact). It’s a good time to look back on what happened so far in 2015 and to reassess any reading goals, projects, and challenges that we have embarked upon....
View ArticleBook Report: July 2015
This is a ho-hum month. I did finish a couple of books but that feels like months ago. I guess that’s because of my fourth moderating stint at our book club. The online discussion is on full steam so...
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