good for you guys who have the time to hunt down and the money to spend..well i suppose it's worth for the book :) good luck everyone :) ingats >:D<

you guys are so into The Alienist do you?...so let me hunt that book as well..if i got one your the first one who will know:)..wink*..

jzhunagev wrote: "Nah... I guess that would take all the fun hunting down a hardcover of this one...
Anyway, thanks darling.... &_&.... very nice of you..."

It's worth the fun...

enjoy the hunt.. :) So I'll buy it for myself...

Nah... I guess that would take all the fun hunting down a hardcover of this one...
Anyway, thanks darling.... &_&.... very nice of you...

jzhunagev wrote: "Now, I'm the one who's stressed out...
puyat-mode I watched back to back episodes of Lost...
Awwwwww, I need some sleep...
Damn that series...
But I do love it...
Now, Beng, it's your time de-stre..."

Jzhun, dear.. Do you want me to send you a copy of The Alienist? hehe... hahahaha!

beng, I've been having a hard time looking for The Alienist in hardbound...Though I spot another one in paperback in Booksale...super new! hehe.. I'm thinking of buying that one...the one I bought last week is no doubt very old.. Did I mention subversive? :)

Now, I'm the one who's stressed out...
puyat-mode I watched back to back episodes of Lost...
Awwwwww, I need some sleep...
Damn that series...
But I do love it...
Now, Beng, it's your time de-stress me... I stil wouldn't say no to a copy of The Alienist, BTW...
(--,)

Christine wrote: "aah :) sir alien assistant moderator hanap nlng kau ibang kopya XD kay beng na un hehehehe :D"

Thanks Christine for talking some sense into jzhun. :-)

good morning na ata :) 12:54am on my clock :) aun..mukhang maganda ang "Alienist" aah :) sir alien assistant moderator hanap nlng kau ibang kopya XD kay beng na un hehehehe :D

aun :) mornyt po sa lahaaaaaaaaaaaaat ^_^ gg sirs :)

jzhunagev wrote: "I didn't know that, Beng. Well ain't that swell. May anti-stress fasctor pala ako... nyahahaha!! Dahil jan bigay mo sa kin ang hardbound mo ng Alienist... Hahahaha!! XD"

Ngehehehe, I take it back. Bigla akong na-stress dun.

I didn't know that, Beng. Well ain't that swell. May anti-stress fasctor pala ako... nyahahaha!! Dahil jan bigay mo sa kin ang hardbound mo ng Alienist... Hahahaha!! XD

Jalandoni wrote: "Hope you accept me here. Para ko na kayong mga anak. har har har "

Nanette wrote: "Sali na rin ako"

Welcome po to both of you! Diversity is a great thing especially when it comes to book discussions. Please join us in any thread you prefer, sana kahit doon sa mga kulitan. ^_^

Jalandoni wrote: Puwede bang palitan ang pangalan mo? Hirap i-type.... jzhu na lang kaya?

Alien po sya; may pagka-makulit, pero okay sya. One of the reasons kaya anti-stress ko ang Filipinos here in Goodreads.

Glad to hear of it :) Thanks for the clarification

James wrote: "you dont need to freak out ma'am. i dont bite. parang may nakita lang kasi akong gan0n"

Jalandoni wrote: "Thanks, Lynai. Diverse sounds like no age discrimination to me.

Marco, yes, I take it back. Bagets means Aga Mulach and you are a lot young aer than that! In fact, yours will be more like Jonas ..."

Whatever suits you Mr. Jalandoni...

Thanks, Lynai. Diverse sounds like no age discrimination to me.

Marco, yes, I take it back. Bagets means Aga Mulach and you are a lot young aer than that! In fact, yours will be more like Jonas Brothers' era. You are as young as my daughter.

Salamat, jzhunagev! Puwede bang palitan ang pangalan mo? Hirap i-type.... jzhu na lang kaya?

Nenette, thanks for joining me. I will invite my older brother Tata J so I will not be the oldest here. har har har

Thank for the welcome, Christine!

Huwaw! We're getting bigger and more diverse! Welcome to all! Happy! :D

Maligayang sali po sa aming grupo Mr. Jalandoni at Ms. Nannete. Lahat naman po ay maaring sumali sa aba naming grupo kahit hindi ka pa purong Pinoy basta Pilipino ang pintig ng puso mo, pwede na... Sa aking opinyon po ang paghahanap ng libro ay purong swerete pagka't ang lbro ang syang pumipili sa taong babasa sa kanya... kaya't naniniwala po akong may mga pagkakataong dumarating ang isang libro sa ating buhay sa puntong wari'y kailangan natin itong mabasa...
Nawa'y hindi sana maging hadlang ang iyon edad sa partipasyon sa bawat thread sa grupong ito...
Ang aking mainit na bati at maligayang pagbabasa....
muli po, maligayang sali!!!

Ahaha :P "ma'am"

you dont need to freak out ma'am. i dont bite. parang may nakita lang kasi akong gan0n

Welcome all :)

eyow..welcome po s mga nakisali dn. :D:D nanayts :) >:D<

Bagets?! I'm offended.

Jalandoni wrote: "Alin ba ang pinakamagandang (pinakamaraming selections) Booksale? "

The best Booksale for moi is BS SM Manila and BS Pirates' cove..er, I mean, Booksale Makati Cinema Square. Medyo malayo nga lang from your place. But I love SM Manila because they have a 10-peso hardbound bin. No best-sellers there, but if you have an eye for rare, good books and the knack for finding them, then it's a steal.

The Makati Cinema square branch carries a lot of hardbounds as well and if you're lucky you can find best sellers for like 30 pesos a pop. The trick to booksale buying, IMO, is luck so really it doesn't matter which branch you go to. I personally think (as jhunagev once mentioned) it's the book that finds you. Happy Hunting :)

That's one thing that's a dream of mine to see happen in the Phils., for each town/city to have a fully acessible public library :)

Nenette wrote: "Sali na rin ako, para may kasama si Doni na 45 y/o din. Ako si Nenette, at kahit "elder" na, mahilig din magbasa katulad nyo. Like Angeli, I love Jodi Picoult books, but I don't want to read them..."

Thanks Marco. That bit freaked me out a tad

Marco wrote: "James wrote: "Purplycookie wrote: "Hi, my name's Purplycookie (guess I'm not into giving out my real name online). I'm an English teacher to Gr. 7 students. I looove reading; I simply can't deal w/..."

Thanks Rhys! :D

Rhys wrote: "Purplycookie wrote: "Hi, my name's Purplycookie (guess I'm not into giving out my real name online). I'm an English teacher to Gr. 7 students. I looove reading; I simply can't deal w/o reading a fe..."

Aww, looks like we're giving jzhunagev a hard time 'bout this ;p

Lynai wrote: "Welcome purplycookie! It's nice to have a teacher join the club. I hope you'll have great fun here, including making fun of our friendly alien assistant moderator. Haha! :D"

Sali na rin ako, para may kasama si Doni na 45 y/o din. Ako si Nenette, at kahit "elder" na, mahilig din magbasa katulad nyo. Like Angeli, I love Jodi Picoult books, but I don't want to read them one after the other...Nakaka-umay din. I've actually read all of her books except Salem Falls (naghahanap pa ko ng bargain copY). Pinakagusto ko ang fiction, pero gusto ko din ng mga inspirational books....Favorite authors - Picoult, John Grisham, Ken Follett, Dean Koontz, Luanne Rice, Nicholas Sparks,Khaled Hosseini, Lisa See, etc. Nagustuhan ko din ang Harry Potter series at Twilight....For both HP and Twilight, it took me a while to decide to read them - reason being they were marketed as children's or teen's books. But once I started, I got hooked. Ang pinapangarap ko na mangyari sa Pilipinas, sana magkaroon ng mga accessible libraries sa bawat barangay, at sana bawat library ay magkaroon ng malawak na collection ng mga books...Yung tipo ng mga libro na ngayon e available lang sa mga bookstores.

Puwede ba rito sumali? Nakita ko parang pang-bagets ito eh. Kaso, 45 y/o na ako pero mahilig akong magbasa so we have something in common. Tsaka wala akong pinipiling basahin basta nakursunadahan lang, binabasa ko. Last year, I was able to finish all the Twilight books in 1 month. So, nakaka-relate ako kay Charles. Last month, ginawa kong pang-halloween ang Interview with the Vampire ni Anne Rice.
Nagustuhan ko ang introduction ni Violeta. Ganyan din ako noong bata pa mula sa Quezon. Magaling din akong magtagalog - yong malalalim na salita. Pero noong nag-college na ako sa Baguio, nawala. Nahaluan ng ilokano ang tagalog ko. Tapos ngayon nasa Maynila na, taglish na talaga. Pero sinusulat ko ito dito sa Columbus, Ohio dahil nasa business trip ako. Sa sobrang hilig kong magbasa, 8 novels ang dala-dala ko at ginagawang pampatulog. Binabasa ko ngayon ay WINESBURG, OHIO ni Sherwin Anderson (first published in 1919). Ang guide ko normally sa pagpili ng babasahin ay ang 501 MUST READ BOOKS o 1001 BOOKS YOU MUST READ BEFORE YOU DIE. Tumitingin din ako sa All-TIME 100 BEST NOVELS, PULITZER, MAN BOOKER, NATINAL AWARD at OPRAH SELECTION. Kagaya ni Jhuznagev, suki rin ako ng Booksale. Favorite kong bisitahin ang Megamall outlet nila dahil sa Mega ako nagla-lunch madalas at ang Waltermart Munoz dahil doon ako naggro-grocery (I'm married and a father of a 14 y/o who is also here in Goodreads). Pero binibisita ko rin ang BS sa Waltermart E. Rodriquez, SM North at Greenhills pag nagagawi ako roon. Alin ba ang pinakamagandang (pinakamaraming selections) Booksale?
Hope you accept me here. Para ko na kayong mga anak. har har har

I'll be the supervisor of the principal ;)

jzhunagev wrote: "yeah! that's all that i need! And I'll be the principal!!! hahaha!!! XD
"

Heavens FORBID!!!

Marco wrote: "Class structure lang pala hinihingi ni Jzhun :P"


yeah! that's all that i need! And I'll be the principal!!! hahaha!!! XD

may bayad limang piso bawat lista sa noisy!ehehehehe XD

..hala malaki-laki rin babayaran ng iba jan oh!hihi

Class structure lang pala hinihingi ni Jzhun :P

James wrote: "Purplycookie wrote: "Hi, my name's Purplycookie (guess I'm not into giving out my real name online). I'm an English teacher to Gr. 7 students. I looove reading; I simply can't deal w/o reading a fe..."

That's for her to know and you to decide ;)

Purplycookie wrote: "Hi, my name's Purplycookie (guess I'm not into giving out my real name online). I'm an English teacher to Gr. 7 students. I looove reading; I simply can't deal w/o reading a few pages of a book (pl..."

oh! a teacher. im n0t int0 giving out my real name too or at least in g0odreads. s0 is this the same acc0unt w/ the picture of a w0man w/ a mask?

Purplycookie wrote: "Hi, my name's Purplycookie (guess I'm not into giving out my real name online). I'm an English teacher to Gr. 7 students. I looove reading; I simply can't deal w/o reading a few pages of a book (pl..."

hi teacher!!! good thing we have a teacher in this group..!

enjoy your stay ma'am..!! muah!

Welcome purplycookie! It's nice to have a teacher join the club. I hope you'll have great fun here, including making fun of our friendly alien assistant moderator. Haha! :D

Thanks Beng! Hehe, didn't know our Friendly Alien Assistant Moderator behaves when "in" a classroom setup

Beng wrote: "jzhunagev wrote: "Hi Ma'm!! Welcum! ^_^"

hihihi, kapag teacher pala behaved ka jzhunagev. ;p


Welcome Purplycookie!"

Haha! Looks like you'll be included nga on the noisy list jzhunagev :D

jzhunagev wrote: "Purplycookie wrote: "Hi, my name's Purplycookie (guess I'm not into giving out my real name online). I'm an English teacher to Gr. 7 students. I looove reading; I simply can't deal w/o reading a fe..."

Beng wrote: "jzhunagev wrote: "Hi Ma'm!! Welcum! ^_^"

hihihi, kapag teacher pala behaved ka jzhunagev. ;p


Welcome Purplycookie!"

Baka kasi masulat tayo sa listahan ng mga noisy...
hehehe... Pero maganda si Ma'm huh? Why not? Nyehehehe... ^_^

jzhunagev wrote: "Hi Ma'm!! Welcum! ^_^"

hihihi, kapag teacher pala behaved ka jzhunagev. ;p


Welcome Purplycookie!

Purplycookie wrote: "Hi, my name's Purplycookie (guess I'm not into giving out my real name online). I'm an English teacher to Gr. 7 students. I looove reading; I simply can't deal w/o reading a few pages of a book (pl..."

Hi Ma'm!! Welcum! ^_^

Haven't signed up on Twitter yet but I do follow Gaiman's blog from time to time

Marco wrote: "I have Neil Gaiman on Twitter :P haha"

Thanks Christine, for the warm welcome :)

Christine wrote: "oh hi teacher Purplycookie. have fun here. :D lovelots everyone :3 it was quite a long time :3 new comment~ yipee~ ^_^"

I have Neil Gaiman on Twitter :P haha

oh hi teacher Purplycookie. have fun here. :D lovelots everyone :3 it was quite a long time :3 new comment~ yipee~ ^_^

Hi, my name's Purplycookie (guess I'm not into giving out my real name online). I'm an English teacher to Gr. 7 students. I looove reading; I simply can't deal w/o reading a few pages of a book (please, not text books) every day. I'm a HUGE Neil Gaiman fan (got 9 books signed by him already) and growing up I read mostly horror/supernatural books by Christopher Pike and horror/mythic fiction by Anne Rice. I've loved vampires since highschool (which was a very loong time ago) and can't abide by the newest vamp craze which involves vamps being too poseur.

The genres I tend to gravitate to are fantasy, children's, young adult (YA), mythic fiction, fairy tale fantasy, but I've been through a lot of phases from non fiction to detective mystery to horror.

Yeah, but the steak "filet mignon" is French for "cute steak fillet" :P

ETA: Cute fillet, not cute steak

Marco wrote: "Canada...so you speak French? Mignon = Cute haha"

haha. nope i don't i just stayed there for almost 2 years and i didn't get the chance to study in HS so yeah. haha. yeah i heard my name means cute..haha weird! but usually when people hear my name they automatically think of the steak :D :)) haha