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[Rigil Kent]

Hello everyone! I am rIgil and i am new here(again). Not much of a reader with regards to literature in the past but now i am developing a my love for it. This is also because i am craving to learn new things apart from my studies. Right now i am focusing on the works on Philippine history. Which i am taking a peek at from time to time. I hope to learn more about books worth reading since i know book lovers are here. Hehehe.

[Tuklas Pahina (TP)]

hi rigil welcome to goodreads

[AennA]

Hello everyone! Just re-joined goodreads and this group. I'm a returnee and is now under a new handle.

I have a very diverse choice of books. I jump from one genre to another genre. But lately I'm starting to lose interest in reading chick-lits and YA genre, except when I see something interesting in those book section.

[K.D.]

Hi Chicbee! First re-joiner. Sorry, if I deleted and blocked your account. Forgive me for any inconvenienced I caused you.

Thanks for introducing yourself and hope you can be active this time. You are invited to join the the forthcoming group activities:

1) First F2F (face-to-face) book group discussion on Jan 28 1:00-5:00 p.m. at Baang's Coffee along Tomas Morato. We will talk about George Orwell's "1984".

2) First Outreach Program. Our Valentine's Event for 2012. Visit to a foundation for street children called "Virlanie" in Makati. This will be on February 18 1:00-5:00 p.m.

Please visit the threads to know the details. :) We need to as many as possible members to join to make these two first events a success. Donations for the 2nd are welcome too.

[AennA]

K.D - You deleted and blocked my account? I don't think you did. I personally deleted my old account, so don't feel bad. :D

Yeah, I wasn't that active before and I somehow felt out-of-place hahahaha. So, let me start a clean slate this time. I hope so.

I saw the events, but they are all on Saturdays. I'm afraid my schedule would not permit me. I hope to join some other time. :)

[K.D.]

There is a clamor that's beginning to gain grounds to move the Virlanie visit to the following day: Feb 19th and it will be a Sunday. Will you be able to attend if we do that?

[AennA]

If it'll be moved, it's probably a yes. :)

[K.D.]

Okay. So, you are four now: Charles, Sheryl, Ace and you. If you are more than the total attendees, I'm willing to move it to Sunday.

How about the others?

We need to communicate this within the week to Virlanie.

[Angus]

Angela: Hurray for Austen, though I haven't read her yet, hehehe.

Rigil: That's an impressive undertaking! It's cool to read Philippine-related books.

Chicbee: We hope the second time is better.

Welcome everyone! :D

[Tina]

Angela: yay Wendelin Van Draanen! I still have to read her other books, but I love, love, love Flipped. :)

[Ace]

Tina wrote: "Angela: yay Wendelin Van Draanen! I still have to read her other books, but I love, love, love Flipped. :)"

oh flipped :) napanood mo n yung movie?

[Joseph]

Hi I'm Joseph, 19, from Manila, studying at Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

I've read books before (when I wasn't a formal book reader back then, 2006 I guess?). Not sure, but I guess the first book I've read was The Da Vinci Code *the movie just came out that time*. Out of, maybe arrogance, I chose it for a book report for my third year high school English. It took ages for me to finish that particular book, and relied on internet reviews for my book report *LOL*. I had copies of the first four Bob Ong books *first three were my favorites* that I thought was very witty and original. *I don't fancy his works anymore*. Some included the Twilight Saga *mainly because of the hype*. The Alchemist because my brother had 'em as he was a book reader, and I just thought I had to make "pakelam" his stuffs and read. I loved it so much that I actually sat through the whole book from start to end. Knowing that I'm not much into reading, I thought it was an achievement by itself. I also read Message in a Bottle because a friend sold it to my mom who bought the book for me to read and out of pity for my friend who needs to save up for something. I was not a reader but I had books, those particular books that I've mentioned, all gone, all borrowed, all unreturned.

Just this 2011, because of a not-so broken heart from first love, I tried to fixate on books, thinking that it might somehow divert myself. Not much into genre, I just wanted to find something that I could connect into. I asked a friend if she has something for me to read. Luckily she had. Started with One Day by the start of November. Read it for about two weeks. I started invading bookstores. I bought my first *yet again* book from a bargain, Last Night I Dreamed of Peace. Finished it for about more than a week, and I thought jumping from genre to genre, and trying different styles would be good, from reading a borrowed book, to a bargain book, to rereading a book, I tried rereading The Da Vinci Code and finished it for a week, surprised as I was, I can still recall a lot from my first reading which was 5 to 6 years ago.

By the time I finished Da Vinci, I found someone who loves Harry Potter as much as I do, I've read the first two chapters of the first book when I was in grade 6 elementary, and I thought that wasn't it. I finally found a friend who could lend me the books *Bloomsbury books that I prefer more than Scholastic* so I started immediately. When I moved on to the second book, I BOUGHT THE HARRY POTTER 1-7 BOXED SET/CHEST. By the end of the year, I'm reading the fourth Harry Potter book and now I'm in my fifth, and while reading, I managed to sneak in and read other shorter books in between.

I don't fancy borrowing books, I love bargains though. I hate e-books. I want that feeling, looking at your bookshelf, looking at the books as a timeless investment, and skimming through random book pages, thinking of that exact moment when you finished them, reliving the emotions, the stories, and the feeling that you can just read them again whenever, wherever.

Sorry for the long introduction, I'm a naturally talktative person. :D

[H]

@Joseph hahahaha...interesting....

[Angus]

Joseph wrote: "I don't fancy borrowing books, I love bargains though. I hate e-books. I want that feeling, looking at your bookshelf, looking at the books as a timeless investment, and skimming through random book pages, thinking of that exact moment when you finished them, reliving the emotions, the stories, and the feeling that you can just read them again whenever, wherever."

I totally agree!!! And welcome to the group Joseph! :)

[Maria]

ang alam kong haters ng ebooks ay yung walang Kindle... hahaha! Joke lang, Joseph :)

lots of love stories in books, but nothing beats the real thing :) keep reading but keep loving, too!

Welcome to GR-TFG! Enjoy!

[Flipreads]

Maria: Ang tawag sa nararamdaman ni Joseph ay nostalgia. Matanda na siya, kahit 19 pa lang. :P Si Angus OK lang. :)

Para sa akin mahalaga ang digital reading... dahil kung hindi ako nagbabasa sa computer, hindi ko mababasa yung mga nakasulat dito sa Goodreads.

[Em]

good introduction of yourself, Joseph!
welcome to GR TFG :)

[Em]

Maria wrote: "ang alam kong haters ng ebooks ay yung walang Kindle... hahaha! Joke lang, Joseph :)

lots of love stories in books, but nothing beats the real thing :) keep reading but keep loving, too!

Welc..."

bwahahaha la din akong kindle baka kaya ayaw ko din ng ebook. mas gusto ko rin kase ung books mismo :) para f na f ko :P

[H]

baka kaya wala kang Kindle ay dahil ayaw mo ng e-books....hehehe.

[Em]

H wrote: "baka kaya wala kang Kindle ay dahil ayaw mo ng e-books....hehehe."

hehehe ganun na rin un cguro :P

[Angus]

Tatawa na lang ako. HAHAHAHAHA!

[Rigil Kent]

Thank you Angus, I am enjoying what I am reading though there are still a few of which I have finished.

That's a good outlet Joseph! Hehehe. I wish i had done the same several years ago. Haha

[Em]

Angus wrote: "Hi Jam! There are a lot of YA readers here, and they'd be glad to meet you.

Hi Tish! You seem to have diverse reading choices. Poetry and chic lit? It's sexy, if you ask me.

Em: Oo nga eh, pero t..."

di kaya ng kembot yan Angus, i-taxi mo pagkabili mo :)

[Maria]

Flipreads: tamang pilosopo ka din noh? hehe, peace :)

there are books worth collecting physically. then there are those that needs chucking. thus, the ebooks. LOL some books lang naman. besides, ebooks are a lot easier to share than physical ones. madamot kaya ako! LOL

at F na F ko din magbasa sa Kindle kaya. hehehe!

[Joseph]

And I thought I was gonna be annoying, or was I? LOL thanks guys, I felt very welcome now.

I don't know, I actually love gadgets, and I'm actually a geek, but I don't like kindles or such *for now I guess*. And that's why I buy hardcovers just so it would be worth keeping. :) Napakamahal nga lang.

[Angus]

Rigil: Nonfiction readers strike me as, uhm, serious readers. And they call me a serious reader when I rarely read nonfiction.

Em: True! Babaluktot ang likod ko kapag pinilit kong kembutin.

Joseph: Annoying is good (at least for me). We prefer it over the ordinary, hihihi. But no, you are not (yet) annoying. :D

Chami: Hmmm, mukhang may katapat ka na!

Flipreads: Napapaisip lang ako kung bakit sa akin okay lang? :D

[AennA]

Joseph wrote: "I don't fancy borrowing books, I love bargains though. I hate e-books. I want that feeling, looking at your bookshelf, looking at the books as a timeless investment, and skimming through random book pages, thinking of that exact moment when you finished them, reliving the emotions, the stories, and the feeling that you can just read them again whenever, wherever.
"

I can relate to this. It's becoming a crazy habit of mine to look at my books every now and then, especially when I'm stressed, and just linger at the sight of it. Remembering those times and reasons why I read a particular book. I used to hate creases on my book pages, but now I came to realize that those folds and wrinkles add its own story to the book.

Ang drama ko.

[Angus]

Chicbee: Ay ako rin, ayaw ko na nagkakacrease yung spine ng mga books ko. Pero kapag sobrang kapal, it can't be helped. Ang "drama" ko naman ngayon ay ang mamasyal sa mga book stores, tapos tinitingnan ko yung iba-ibang covers/editions ng mga books na nabasa ko na. Nahihirapan na rin kasi akong makahanap ng mga books na nasa to-buy list ko, kaya instead na mafrustrate, iyan na ang ginagawa ko. Hehe.

[AennA]

Angus - Ako, ngayon kapag nagcrease yung books ko, mas pakiramdam ko mas minahal ko sila. hahahah

Ako kapag nagpupunta sa bookstores palaging napapabili. Yung hindi kasama sa to-buy eh na-bu-buy talaga. Natitiis ko ang new clothes or shoes, but not books. Kahit isa lang, kahit ano, kailangan may mabili. :)

[Ayban]

ako dog-eared.. madalas may tupi ang mga dahon ng mga gusto kong libro, haha

[Angus]

Chicbee: Ako nasanay kasi na may to-buy list, pero exag naman sa dami. At minsan ay bumibili pa ako ng extra copy, lalo na kapag yung first copy ko ay mass market. O kaya kapag sobrang mura ng nakita ko tapos maganda naman ang condition.

Ayban: Hindi ko talaga kayang mag dog-ear. Yung mga nahiram ko or nabili na dog-eared ay tinatanggalan ko ng tenga, hahaha.

[AennA]

Angus - Wow! Bakit kailangan may extra copy? :) Ako kasi di naman nabili ng hardbound, kadalasan paperback lang talaga. Nakain kasi ng space, mas mahal pa. Kuripot lang.

Ayban - Mas madali talaga mag-dog-ear kaysa sa bookmarker ang gamit. Lalo na kapag nasa byahe ka. Nakailang lipad na yung bookmark ko sa jeep. hehehe

[Angus]

Chicbee: Hindi naman HB, trade paperbacks lang. Iyon kasi ang preferred format ko, pero okay din lang ang mass market. Ayaw ko rin ng HB. Mabigat at mahirap basahin.

[AennA]

Angus - Sabagay, may mga tao talagang very particular sa format ng books. Minsan nga lang mas madaling hanapin ang mass market release.

[kwesi 章英狮]

Ay ako particular rin ako sa format ng book, ayoko ng MMP. Haha. Pwede na sa akin ang paperback at hardbound wag lang talaga ang MMP kasi madaling masira ang papel. Uy, welcome to the group Chicbee!

[AennA]

Kwesi 章英狮 wrote: "Uy, welcome to the group Chicbee!"

Thanks!!!

May mga OC hanggang books. :D

[Angus]

Kapag mahirap na kasing hanapin yung book hindi na ako mag-iinarte sa MMP.

Kwesi: MMP ba yung Growth of the Soil? Wahahaha!

[kwesi 章英狮]

@Angus: Halata naman kasi sa 'yo na di ka particular sa book kasi naghoard ka dun sa Bookay. Talking about Groth of the Soil, MMP siya pero mas malaki sa regular na MMP. Haha.

@Chicbee: Welcome, welcome, welcome.

[Angus]

Kwesi: Minsan kaya nagsisisi rin ako, kasi ang mahal ng books sa Bookay. Yung Portrait of a Lady na nabili ko dun, parang bibigay na yung spine, tapos kailan lang may nakita ako sa Book Sale.

At kung hindi naman nagbook shove si Kuya Doni, malamang hindi ko binili yung ibang titles dun. Defensive? Hahaha.

[kwesi 章英狮]

Haha. Okay lang yan, madami ka pang araw at pagkakataon na di na maulit yan.

[Ayban]

@Chicbee: TAMA! mas madali magdog-ear, kaya nakasanayan ko na magdog-eared ng libro, dahil pag nasa byahe ako gusto ko rin magbasa kahit medyo nahihilo ako, hahaha.

Pero kadalasan may mga driver talaga na bwusit magmaneho, ang magaslaw yung sasakyan, ang sakit sa ulo habang nagbabasa.

[Joseph]

@Chicbee: I don't know but creases also irritate me. HAHAHA. I guess I'm still new to these kinds of stuffs na it's not yet relevant for me. Overtime siguro maaappreciate ko na din ang creases, pero kasi pag bago ang book hindi ko masyadong binubuka :D Hahaha. And I always cover it in #5 plastic cover automatically once I open the book.

At yung tenga. HAHAHA. Kahit sa borrowed book din ko yun ginagawa. Ngayon ko lang nalaman na tenga pala tawag dun.

[Bennard]

Mas maganda talaga ang physical na mga books kesa sa ebooks pero kung mejo crappy naman talaga yung book, mas maganda na ebook na lang. Pasintabi sa mga YA readers pero lahat ng YA na nabasa ko ay ebook. Sayang naman kasi kung totoong libro.:P Peace!

At gusto ko din talaga ng merong mga extra copies lalo na kung isang set ang collection. Meron akong HP, LoTR, at ASoIaF na for display at merong din na for reading.

[Ranee]

welcome sa newbies and returnees!
fan din ako ng books, kasi gustong-gusto ko ang inaamoy ang mga ito, corny kung e-book ang amuyin ko.

[AennA]

Ayban - Nakakahilo talaga magbasa sa byahe, pero magandang libangan. Madalas akong lumalagpas sa babaan kapag nagbabasa ako, lalo na at engrossed ako dun sa storya. At sinisiguro kong nakatapat ako sa magandang ilaw sa jeep at di malaki yung katabi ko, kasi mahaharangan eh.

Joseph - dati maselan ako, bawal sulatan, bawal magkamarka ang spine, bawal ang kaunting kulubot sa pages. Kapag may nanghiram at ganun nangyari, di na pwede umulit. But overtime nagiiba na din yung perception ko dun sa librong hawak ko. I have this thinking that it served it purpose well kung talagang nagamit sya, even it means mas lukot sya. Pero may limitation din naman, konting lukot lang ang pwede, wag naman mukhang gutay gutay na. Hehehe

[Maria]

Chami: oh please. wala pa ko sa mood nyan magcomment, dahil super busy sa work. :)

Joseph: i have a bookshelf brimming with HB books. like i said, i have actual books that are only worth collecting.

baka hindi pa uso sa inyo ang Kindle? LOL

[Cary]

Maria wrote: "Flipreads: tamang pilosopo ka din noh? hehe, peace :)

there are books worth collecting physically. then there are those that needs chucking. thus, the ebooks. LOL some books lang naman. besides,..."

apir sa kindle! malapit ka nang maging endorser ng amazon maria haha :)

[Veronica]

Pag malabo na ang mata, magpapasalamat ka sa Kindle with enlarged fonts. Okay lang sa aking hindi ko siya maamoy, basta nababasa ko pa siya. Haha

[Cary]

korek ms. Veronica.that's why i love kindle! Ang important naman s akin ay content kya whatever means na mabasa ko sya even with my phone, ok lang

[Em]

Ranee wrote: "welcome sa newbies and returnees!
fan din ako ng books, kasi gustong-gusto ko ang inaamoy ang mga ito, corny kung e-book ang amuyin ko."

hahaha tama, hehe like the smell of books din. medyo OC din ako sa pages ng books, ayoko rin may tupi pati ung cover. I also cover them with plastic. pag nakakabili ako sa fullybooked, pinapabalo ko na sa kanila. :)