Reading something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue
*Photo courtesy of National Book Store
So the NBS Cut-Price Sale is ongoing until this weekend, and while I’ve imposed a one-bag limit on my book shopping (e.g. I cannot exceed one reasonably-sized bag at any given time), the results aren’t half bad…
Five branches (Shangri-la, Glorietta, Greenbelt, Greenhills, and Cash & Carry) later, check out what I scored (so far…) at this year’s Cut-Price Sale. Grand total under P1500.
The word “squee” just made it into the Oxford Dictionary this month, and about time, too, as the book shopping season is upon us (my favorite time of the year, right up there with Halloween), starting with the annual National Book Store Cut-Price Sale! SQUEE!
August has been, to say the least, a struggle, what with work in full swing, the tension-filled flood watch (Ground floor. Again. Ridiculous!), the ongoing post-flood cleanup (UGH), and yeah, top that off with dengue fever paranoia.
While my world’s all kinds of crazy, one thing’s definitely on track — the 2013 Filipino Readers’ Choice Awards. In the past couple of weeks, the FRCA committee (read: Tina, Tarie, and yours truly) has set the ball rolling for the FRCA’s second straight year, and after wading through the nominations sent in by readers, voila, the Public Voting phase for FRCA is now live! Squee!
Continue reading “Vote for the 2013 Filipino Readers’ Choice Awards!”
After the interview with Jessica Hagedorn, I headed over to the National Book Store flagship in Glorietta 1 for the “Manila Noir” launch.
Luckily, we got there early, as a huge crowd turned out for the launch that afternoon. Not only did the event showcase “Manila Noir” editor Jessica Hagedorn; a good number of contributors also graced the event, including Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo, Rosario Cruz-Lucero, Jose Dalisay, Lourd de Veyra, Angelo Lacuesta, and R. Zamora Linmark.
As promised, here’s Part 2 of my Manila Noir reportage:
In the spirit of Jose Rizal’s birthday, here’s a bit of a flashback to December, when our book club Flips Flipping Pages celebrated its annual Christmas/ year-end party with a Noli Me Tangere theme.
We Flippers just got back from our annual “summer” outing this weekend, and I’m feeling nostalgic as a lot of our favorite FFP memories resurfaced at various points of the trip. The book club hits the six-year mark in a few months, and having been a member for just as long, it’s nothing short of an amazing experience.
Based on my past reportage of Flipper parties, you’ve probably guessed how much we love parties (and bookish themes! and food! and costumes!). But there are quite a few Rizal enthusiasts in the group, so the Noli theme was embraced with much fanfare.
Here’s a recap of the festivities, in lovely photos by Flipper photographer extraordinaire Rhett de Jesus.
