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[Lynai]

Welcome Rizzi. At natawa talaga ako dito:

"pero nahehemorrhage ako kapag nagbabasa ng hardcore books written in Filipino :D"

[Apokripos]

Ngeee Baket namen Gano'n Rozzi? Dapat nga kung Filipino ka magaling kang magabasa ng Pilipino...
Welcum nga pala sa iyo... ^_^

Basahin mo yung Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally kung gusto ng isang magandang Holocaust book... Yes it's the book that Steven Spielberg made that into a movie that won an Oscar Best Picture...
Also along with that I also recommend The Reader by Bernhard Schlink... kakaiba yung theme niya about Holocaust... basta read it...
Ayun lang...

Have a happy time here...

[Basti]

Hello po, newbie here.

I'm from Cebu City, but currently working in Singapore as a Conference producer. In Cebu, I used to teach and do some social/historical research at the University of San Carlos.

I am more into fiction with post-modernist theme. I've read almost all the books of Haruki Murakami.. some works of Paul Auster. I am also into Franz Kafka, Fitzgerald, Raymond Carver.. etc.

I also read pop books Grisham and Ludlum, and Dan Brown (although I really don't like the latter that much).

Before, mahilig din ako sa non-fiction; more on post-modern theory and history.

I am not into authors that proselytize (Coelo, Mitch Albu/om.. )

If given the chance, I would love to read fictions written by Filipino authors in English not in Tagalog.

Salamat po, hope I am welcome here.

[Maryse]

Welcome Basti and Rizzi :)

Ako rin, recommend ko ung "The Town Behind The Wall" by Elie Wiesel and "Gotz and Meyer" if you like holocaust books. The latter is a little hard to find -- I bought mine at Booksale for 10 pesos, but it's certainly a worthwhile read. :)

[Violeta]

for Diana, Rizzi and Basti... WELCOME!!!! [Beso-beso:]

[Rizzi]

Salamat sa mga recommendations..I'll try to find a copy of the books you mentioned :)

Done reading Alicia..Am currently reading Man's Search for Meaning, hehe

[Jose]

Hello,
I'm Prof. Fadul, a social science teacher at DLS-CSB. The year 2009 has been declared the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nation. I thought of writing a book on possible reasons why Jose Rizal did not become an astronomer. Browse my book at http://www.lulu.com/content/hardcover... and kindly e-mail me your comments, kind or cruel. :-)

[Apokripos]

My felicitations to our new member Basti...
If you like to read Filipino authors writing in English prose you might like to give a try to some of our National l Artists for Literature Nick Joaquin and F. Sionil Jose...
Sionil Jose's Rosales saga novels is one of the best...
You might also like Alfred Yuson...
And do watch out for Miguel Syjuco's Man Booker winning novel Illustrado which might hit bookshelves next year...
That's all...
Good day to all...

[Violeta]

wow!
grabe na talaga ito.


Jose wrote: "Hello,
I'm Prof. Fadul, a social science teacher at DLS-CSB. The year 2009 has been declared the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nation. I thought of writing a book on possible reas..."

[Violeta]

jzhunagev,
That's all.

[Jaypee]

Hi, I'm a member of our group from months now, but I'm lazing around, so I can't participate in some of our discussion. I'm Jaypee and I'm 17 years old. I started to read when I was 7 years old. I distinctly remember the book, "One Thousand and One Nights" or "The Arabian Nights". That book introduced me to the vast quantity of lands that I would never see. I started imagining that I'm in Baghdad, flying in the magical carpet and rescuing princesses. The odd thing is that the book is in Tagalog, and it was badly torn. The first English book I read was "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka. I read it, in one sitting, and I was amazed by the depth and macabre tone of the work. I love it and I thought ever since that Kafka is the coolest man in the earth ( David Lynch, too).

My favorite books border the bizarre, gore and adventure. I love dark books, especially the works of Roald Dahl. I have a special spot on the works of Agatha Christie. I read all of her novels, and they were quite good ( the last ones are so..so). Also tried reading the novel "Finnegan's Wake" by Joyce and I can't pass around the first 50 pages. The plays of G.B. Shaw are good too, but they were somewhat whimsical and comic in manner.

My favorite genres are horror, detective fiction and gore. In fact, I twice read the novel " American Psycho" by Ellis. It was shocking and I almost puked, but it was better than others.

Some of my favorite authors:

Agatha Christie
Roald Dahl
Joseph Heller ( Catch-22 is my favorite book of all)
Edgar Allan Poe
Bret Easton Ellis
Stephen King
Isaac Asimov
Anton Chekhov ( Cherry Orchard, his finest)
Miguel Cervantes
Ayn Rnd and etc.

P.S. I vote that Dan Brown is one of the worst writers of 21st century. He knows how to recycle his sentences....

Thanks

[Maryse]

Jaypee wrote: "Hi, I'm a member of our group from months now, but I'm lazing around, so I can't participate in some of our discussion. I'm Jaypee and I'm 17 years old. I started to read when I was 7 years old. I ..."

Wow, Kafka as your first English book. That's like learning to swim in the middle of the pacific. Kudos on that, Jaypee :)

I've been looking for "American Psycho" ever since I saw the movie. I kinda liked the movie. Was the book better than the movie?

I'm a Chekov fan too. The Cherry Orchard was beautiful but I can't choose between that and The Three Sisters.

Have fun at goodreads :)

[Jaypee]

Maryse wrote: "Jaypee wrote: "Hi, I'm a member of our group from months now, but I'm lazing around, so I can't participate in some of our discussion. I'm Jaypee and I'm 17 years old. I started to read when I was ..."

Yep.Reading Kafka with his unorthodox approach in his writing and his nightmarish descriptions is somewhat an overkill to me. But I genuinely like all of his works, especially "The Trial" and "Amerika". I read "The Metamorphosis" in an annotated version so it was fairly easy to understand some of his paragraphs. The effect of his first sentence in "The Metamorphosis" is chilling..."As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic vermin".

The American Psycho book is much more graphic depicting scenes of torture, cannibalism, necrophilia and gruesome things. The movie is somewhat a black comedy, but overall it was a good adaptation.

Chekhov is one of the finest playwright, "Uncle Vanya" is awesome, too.

Yeah, I'm having fun here.

[Jaypee]

Marco wrote: "Jaypee wrote: "Hi, I'm a member of our group from months now, but I'm lazing around, so I can't participate in some of our discussion. I'm Jaypee and I'm 17 years old. I started to read when I was ..."

Dan Brown plots are intriguing and his fast-paced action is energetic. But I didn't like the way he writes.

The New York Times said "Dan Brown's best-selling primer on how not to write an English sentence".

Linguist Geoffrey Pullum and others posted several entries critical of Dan Brown's writing, at Language Log, calling Brown one of the "worst prose stylists in the history of literature" and saying Brown's "writing is not just bad; it is staggeringly, clumsily, thoughtlessly, almost ingeniously bad."

But I enjoyed some of his works especially Deception Point.

[Maryse]

Jaypee wrote: "The New York Times said "Dan Brown's best-selling primer on how not to write an English sentence".


Hehe. Wonder what they would write about James Patterson.

Re "American Psycho": I guess the book's much darker than I expected. Thanks for the info :)

[Diana]

Basahin mo yung Schindler's List by [author:Thomas Ken..."

I just watched the movie yesterday and I was really touched. I didn't know that it was based on a book. :)

San kaya pwede makabili nung copy ng book?:D

[Apokripos]

@Diana:
I bought my Schindler's List in the mecca of all Bookstores: BookSale...
mahirap na rin syang hanapin ngayon... buti nga yung HardBound edition yung nakuha ko...

Thomas Keneally was the author... it was originally published under it former title "Schindler's Ark"

Yup.. the movie was so amazing...
One of the best movies of the 20th Century...

[Lynai]

Huwaw. Dumadami na tayo. Welcome one and all!

Me too doesn't like Dan Brown, Paulo Coelho and Mitch Albom that much.
I hope I wouldn't find any enemies from Brown, Coelho and Albom fans here.

[Diana]

jzhunagev wrote: "@Diana:
I bought my Schindler's List in the mecca of all Bookstores: BookSale...
mahirap na rin syang hanapin ngayon... buti nga yung HardBound edition yung nakuha ko...

Thomas Kenea..."

Aww. Minsan swertehan lang din sa BookSale ee. :)) Hm. I'll try to drop by sometime this week. Mamimili na ko in case mabore ako sa dorm. :))

Yeaaa. Sobra. Naamaze ako run sa Girl in the Red Coat. :)

[Apokripos]

Aja!!!
Kaya mo yan Diana...
The lengths people will do just not to get the hell bored...

Makakakita ka din konting persistence lang...

Another Schindler's List trivia:
It won the prestigious Booker Prize in the 80's...
So it's worth reading it for all the trouble of finding it...

Wishing you all the best of luck...

[Lynai]

Bakit ako hindi ko mahanap ang Schindler's List sa Booksale dito? Si jzhunagev ang galing maghanap. Siguro sa Booksale ka nagtatarbahao. ;)

[Apokripos]

Ngeekkk... hindi nman...
BookSale kaya ako nakatira Lynai...
Nyehehehehe... ^_^

[Rizzi]

Guess what guys????


Nakabili ako ng Schindler's List sa Booksale for Php75!

Tsaka Girl With the Pearl Earring for Php45!

It felt like heaven...and still does, hehehe

[Apokripos]

Yeah... that's what I always feel after getting through piles of books and discovering a precious gem...

But as always I'm euphoric...

[Lynai]

Waaaaaaahhhh inggit ako!!!!

[Diana]

@jzhunagev

Wow. Cool! Dapat talaga I should spend more time on BookSales. Haha. :))

@Rizzi

OMG! Ang swerte moooo. Sana ako rin makakita. Haha. T-T

[Apokripos]

@Diana... well, there's a down-side to this: Spend more time in that store and you'll bound to be bum...

Kaya eto ako ngayon namamalimos na naman ule sa Luneta me pambili lang ng libro...

[Joyzi]

Hi I'm Joyce a nursing student from La Salle. Mejo matagal na rin ako dito sa good reads. Mahilig ako magbasa ng novels and manga. Favorite ko yung Booksale nakakahanap ako doon ng book na 40 pesos lang at xempre yung library ng La Salle na maraming books na pwedeng hiramin.

Favorite Authors:
Bob Ong
J.K. Rowling
Stephenie Meyer
R. L. Stine
Louis Sachar
Sophie Kinsella

Mas gusto ko genres fiction, comedy, supernatural

Nice to meet you all!!!

[Lynai]

Welcome to the group, Nurse Joyce! :)

[ecka]

hi joyzi!!! ^^
haha..ugh..papakilala rin pala ako,..heheh
im kofie...ugh..junior college student..
(mejo baguhan lang din ako dito..>.<)

i love to read books....mostly manga,,,i draw comics too...though it's only an amateur comics . hahha!!

that's all... =_=

[Apokripos]

Hi Joyzi... salamat naman ay may nars na tayong member... me mag-aalaga na sa kin... nyehehehe... ^_^

Hi din sa iyo kofie_hime... very japaneses inspired ang name mo... kaya sa iyo... konichiwa!!! konbanwa!!! ika'ys nasawata!!! nyehehehe... ^_^
Welcum sa lahat... be at home dito...
sabihin niyo lang pag me nang away sa inyo idedelete ko... nyehehehe... joke lang... ^_^

[Lynai]

Pwede paki delete kay Jzhunagev? Hehehe...Joke lang. Pero kung totohanin pwede na rin. *evil laugh*

[ecka]

jzhunagev wrote: "Hi Joyzi... salamat naman ay may nars na tayong member... me mag-aalaga na sa kin... nyehehehe... ^_^

Hi din sa iyo kofie_hime... very japaneses inspired ang name mo... kaya sa iyo... konichiwa!!!..."

hahaha!! di naman ahhaha! XD

[ecka]

Lynai wrote: "Pwede paki delete kay Jzhunagev? Hehehe...Joke lang. Pero kung totohanin pwede na rin. *evil laugh*"

^_^ haha!

[Apokripos]

(Kunyari ibang tao ako:)
Naku wag niyong burahin yung kay jzhuagev... sige kayo mawawalan kayo ng masipag, mabait, at maunawain na moderator... kayo rin....

nyehehehe... ^_^

[Violeta]

@--Jaypee wrote: "Hi, I'm a member of our group from months now, but I'm lazing around, so I can't participate in some of our discussion. I'm Jaypee and I'm 17 years old. I started to read when I was 7 years old. I ..."


I AM SO PROUD OF YOU. hehehe. What book of Ayn rand have you read?

[Violeta]

@Lynai-- Bat ka naman mag-ka-enemy darling. We are all products of different choices so expect the difference and dissimilarities. Luv yah...

[Violeta]

Hi Joyce. Welcome to the loop of e-nerds.

[Violeta]

Jzhunagev, with Joyce baka puputi na ang green skin mo. yay!

[Moody]

Hi guyz! I'm sorry for having posted topics last month considering as it is July now.

Anyway, I deleted all the topics I've posted. I was unaware of what to and not to do's in GR groups so there... I'm asking for consideration.

Thanks for still letting me be in the group.

[Joyzi]

Hi guys thanks sa warm welcome ^^

[Apokripos]

@Singurl
Yeah this is an informal group. Plus this is the group in GR that have a friendly alien for a moderator!
Feel free to do anything you wish. (Did I also say you can also wreak havoc in this group....? hhhmmm...)

[Apokripos]

Of course I'm just poking fun dear Moderator. Just to get things in here to spice up... ^_^

[Lynai]

Welcome me again! I'm back! :D

[Violeta]

where on earth you've been?

[Marie]

Hi, Marie here. Been lurking for a few weeks now. Just thinking I should pop out to say hi to everyone. :)

[Lynai]

hello, lurker, I mean, Marie. :D

[Marie]

Thank you for the warm welcome, Lynai & Marco :)

[Eun]

hai! si eun to. matagal nang nakarehistro (lurker din). mahilig sa scifi sa ngayon kaya sali ako doon sa july reads of the month. ano na nga ba ang nanalo?

[Lynai]

Welcome sa lahat ng mga lurkers. Magsilabas na kayo. Masaya dito. :)