Tag: books

  • BOOKS/COMICS/WOAH

    Isn’t this just exciting? :)  Also, I finally finished reading Huxley’s Brave New World. After several months, the case of a missing book, donating to the library and finding a Php 60.oo copy in Booksale, I have finally reached its end.  Once again, a dystopian classic depressed me. I will ‘revisit’ (get it?) it in…

  • Bookstore Mania and other worries

    It’s Friday! The last few days have been very busy. This sentence is normally a staple in my pseudo-vocabulary, but this time it’s quite the anomaly. I’m graduating tomorrow, and supposedly, my life should be stress free as an almost graduate. We’ve been practicing movement and songs only. I, however, have more than just practices…

  • Books: Room by Emma Donoghue

    Books: Room by Emma Donoghue

    It’s amazing. I am not kidding anyone. Read it. Read it NOW.  Title: Room Author: Emma Donoghue Book Summary: The summary published with the book was very poignant; it reads, “To five-year-old Jack, Room is the world. It’s where he was born, it’s where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. At night,…

  • Books: Aleph by Paulo Coelho

    Title: Aleph (published O Aleph in Brazil) Author: Paulo Coelho Book Summary: “In his most personal novel to date, internationally best-selling author Paulo Coelho returns with a remarkable journey of self-discovery. Like the main character in his much-beloved novel The Alchemist, Paulo is facing a grave crisis of faith…”