My Philippine Book Festival 2025 Experience
Internet connection sucked at the location, but we still managed to enjoy the two days Kim and I were at the Philippine Book Festival. This is my sec…
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A nostalgic journey through Sa Kalye Mailap
I promised myself to read all the books I bought from last year's book fairs (and even from the year previous that) and decided to start with tho…
Joi Barrios' works: A reflection on independence and identity
I discovered Joi Barrios' works when Kim showed me Muli, sa Tag-Araw. It was a little poetry book, almost looking like the prayer books my mom …
June reads
This post may be too late but I had to remove the carousel I uploaded on Instagram for aesthetic purposes. So here I am, sharing with you (once again…
Hotel Iris, Yoko Ogawa
There might be spoilers ahead. After the enjoyable experience Revenge has given me, naturally my thought process is to read another book from the s…
Book review: Idol, Burning
Fandoms feel like a sensitive topic - they are so powerful and scary that they can make or break my internet existence. When Goodreads recommended Id…
The Woman In Me: Don't underestimate your power
When Everytime hit the radio in 2003, the tea was, it was Britney’s song to Justin. They had just broken up and this news was all over the world. So…
Book review: If Cats Disappeared From The World
If cats disappeared from the world, I wouldn’t have had to spend a fortune on vaccines. So here I am, on my next book about cats. I am back with my l…
Book review: Desperate Characters
Desperate Characters is supposedly included in my April reading list. But because it took me a while to finish it, I decided to have a theme for May’…
Book review: All The Lovers In The Night
Spoilers. Spoilers. Spoilers ahead! This book is supposedly part of my Holy Week creative reset , but there were other things that I needed to priori…
Shojo Kon ~Kohinata Fuufu wa Shite Mitai left me weak on my knees
Again, manga is never on my list of interests, but this one persistently lured me. So yes, I left my bed on a Saturday midmorning to finish this thi…
January Reads
Former CNBLUE member once said, "two books a month is a lot" ( video at 10:57 ), and guess who took it by heart. Of course, I didn't fo…
Book review: Convenience Store Woman
These days I find it a privilege to be able to finish reading a book. Convenience Store Woman is only 94 pages though, perfect for when you've go…
You Can Wind Down From Time To Time
After a few months of staring at my bookshelf wondering if it somehow just became a decoration in my room to make me feel and look smart, I finally f…
Book review: The Nakano Thrift Shop
There might be spoilers ahead. It wasn't until I updated my Goodreads reading challenge that I realized it took me almost an entire month to fini…
Weekend read: Some Days You Can't Save Them All
If hospital walls could speak, what kind of stories could they tell me, I would often wonder during the lonely afternoons I spent in the ICU many yea…