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[Ranee]

Welcome back Lynai! hehe.

[Apokripos]

Lynai wrote: "I'm back into the reading phase. Yay!!! :))"


It's good to see that you're reading again and back here with us... ^_^

[Lynai]

Thanks Ranee and Jzhun. I'm already feeling SO left out that's why I'm forcing myself to read again. Plus, parang nabobobo na ako (feeling ko lang haha!) I just hope I could finish what I started. :))

Oh. Pahabol. I'm so happy to read that Hunger Games is out in paperback. Will visit National Bookstore soonest! Sana meron dito sa NBS Iloilo. :)

[Aaron Vincent]

For real?!?! Woah. Would i be a fantard if I will collect the paperback editions as well???

[Apokripos]

Lynai wrote: "Thanks Ranee and Jzhun. I'm already feeling SO left out that's why I'm forcing myself to read again. Plus, parang nabobobo na ako (feeling ko lang haha!) I just hope I could finish what I started. ..."


Ikaw pa ang pinakamagaling na litigation Attorney sa Iloilo mabobo? As in c'mon, Lynai...

[Ariel]

Hi Lynai, are you sure? Because I would definitely gonna buy right now after office hours. This is it! hahahaha. ^_^

[Lynai]

If I'm not mistaken, I just read it here in some of the posts. Or maybe I did not read right?

[Ariel]

I really am waitin for the paperback for so long and I know if I could remember it right . . . someone told me that Suzanne Collins refuses to release a paperback edition of it. But I'm really hopin that you're right. HB is so pricey for me.

[Aaron Vincent]

Ariel: Just for this one, bend your PB prerogative. I swear, you're missing half of your YA Reads life.

[Apokripos]

Ariel wrote: "I really am waitin for the paperback for so long and I know if I could remember it right . . . someone told me that Suzanne Collins refuses to release a paperback edition of it. But I'm really hopin that you're right. HB is so pricey for me."

Really, Ariel. I don't if she really said that or her publisher just want it at that so that they can rake all the money? In the publishing industry that's bad business. As a publisher and/or a author you want everybody to read you work, of course... I just can't fathom what are they trying to play here... :D

[Ace]

Aaron Vincent wrote: "For real?!?! Woah. Would i be a fantard if I will collect the paperback editions as well???"

I'm also planning of buying one...

[Apokripos]

Okay to those who can't wait for the Hunger Games here's a browser for you...

Browse The Hunger Games

[Ariel]

@Aaron: Really thinkin about it . . .

@Jzhun: I agree, not good at business at all. They should think of ways to cater all types of customers. What I feel about this is that, they are ridin w/ the bandwagon. Buyers are ok w/ buying the HB because they have no choice, that is plain opportunism.

[K.D.]

Ariel wrote: "@Aaron: Really thinkin about it . . .

@Jzhun: I agree, not good at business at all. They should think of ways to cater all types of customers. What I feel about this is that, they are ridin w/ t..."

I agree. I still cannot understand why do you have to buy SB if you already have HB. But that is me. So,...

I am currently reading Junky by William Burroughs. The is the definitive novel (semi-biographical at that) on heroin addiction. So far so good.

Welcome back, Lynai!

[Apokripos]

K.D. wrote: "I am currently reading Junky by William Burroughs. The is the definitive novel (semi-biographical at that) on heroin addiction. So far so good."

Naku matagal na kong naghahanap ng William Burroughs peroi mukha pa rin mahal ang libro niya...
Whenever I'm in a bookstore, I'm always salivating when I see his Naked Lunch: The Restored Text...

Is he somehow realted to Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of Tarzan....?

Ahehehe.... :D

[Apokripos]

At least it's nice here in the Philippines and all...

Though it's too darn hot in our country, I admit...

Welcome back Bluemoon!!! ^_^

[K.D.]

Bluemoon wrote: "still reading unwind. Man being on a Vaca here in Philippines is totally cutting back on my reading time :P"

So you are still here? We can have a quick mini-meet up. I know Ace and Aaron (I think) works or live nearby my office in Ortigas. Why not a coffee or dinner in Megamall after office? I have Unwind borrowed from Ace so it is in my tbr list.

[K.D.]

jzhunagev wrote: "K.D. wrote: "I am currently reading Junky by William Burroughs. The is the definitive novel (semi-biographical at that) on heroin addiction. So far so good."

Naku matagal na kong naghahanap ng Wil..."

William Lee Burroughs is one of the beatnik writers. He was a Harvard graduate but he became addicted to heroin (Junky is semi-autobiographical). I have Naked Lunch and I think I will read it later this month or next. I can lend it to you after. I bought that copy the last time I was in the US.

[Kaye]

I'm currently on my 88th page in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. I thought it was just another boring story but hey, I was wrong. Can't wait to finish it later.

[K.D.]

Kaye wrote: "I'm currently on my 88th page in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. I thought it was just another boring story but hey, I was wrong. Can't wait to finish it later."

Nice to know that you find the book okay.

I am currently reading Brendan Behan's Borstal Boy another book about angst-filled adolescent.

[Kaye]

Is it just me or Holden don't want to grow up and be mature about it? xD

I'm planning to buy Mitch Albom's For One More day later. Wala nakong mabasang libro! Hehe

[K.D.]

Kaye wrote: "Is it just me or Holden don't want to grow up and be mature about it? xD

I'm planning to buy Mitch Albom's For One More day later. Wala nakong mabasang libro! Hehe"

I liked that book! I think it is better than her Five People. But still I will always remember Albom with his Tuesdays. I was looking forward to read another book of him but what came out recently seemed not to be as great as those. Maybe next time.

[Ace]

K.D. wrote: "Kaye wrote: "Is it just me or Holden don't want to grow up and be mature about it? xD

I'm planning to buy Mitch Albom's For One More day later. Wala nakong mabasang libro! Hehe"

I liked that book..."

I expect too much on his book "Tuesdays With Morrie" but it ended to be disappointing.

[Ace]

I'm currently reading "The Ask and The Answer" by Patrick Ness, which is the Book 2 of Chaos Walking. For me, this is better than "The Knife of Never Letting Go", which is also one of my favorite books. Thanks Aaron for recommending these books ;)

[K.D.]

Ace wrote: "K.D. wrote: "Kaye wrote: "Is it just me or Holden don't want to grow up and be mature about it? xD

I'm planning to buy Mitch Albom's For One More day later. Wala nakong mabasang libro! Hehe"

I li..."

I agree. Dahil namatay din si Morrie? Kaya ka disappointed?

[Ace]

K.D. wrote: "Ace wrote: "K.D. wrote: "Kaye wrote: "Is it just me or Holden don't want to grow up and be mature about it? xD

I'm planning to buy Mitch Albom's For One More day later. Wala nakong mabasang libro!..."

Not really, pero medyo di lang ako tinamaan, sabi kasi nung nag recommend sa akin, nakakaiyak daw, eh inaantok lang ako eh... hehehe

[jamaicaska]

Ace wrote: "K.D. wrote: "Ace wrote: "K.D. wrote: "Kaye wrote: "Is it just me or Holden don't want to grow up and be mature about it? xD

I'm planning to buy Mitch Albom's For One More day later. Wala nakong ma..."

Eh sabi nga to each his own naman yan di ba?! Ako, I liked Tuesdays and The Five People. I bought the 3rd book, For One More Day, yun ang di ko type mashado. Theres a new book from Albom, right? Since disappointed ako sa For One More Day, hindi ako enticed to buy nung most recent book.

[K.D.]

jamaicaska wrote: "Ace wrote: "K.D. wrote: "Ace wrote: "K.D. wrote: "Kaye wrote: "Is it just me or Holden don't want to grow up and be mature about it? xD

I'm planning to buy Mitch Albom's For One More day later. Wa..."

I think the 4th book is non-fiction and kind inspirational work. So, I have not bought it also.

@Ace: sabi ko na nga ba, di ka pa bagay magbasa ng Pride and Prejudice. Stay ka muna na nga sa genre mo.

[Apokripos]

I love Tuesdays and Five People!

Yet I haven't got to read For One More Day...

Luckily I have a hardcover of Morrie in his Own Words para siyang The Last Lecture, kaso ewan ko lang if it comes close to that sine I haven't read The Last Lecture, I only saw the man who wrote it give a speech of that sort in an episode of Oprah...

Sana nga maganda yung For One More Day, since naging smash hit ang movie-made-for-televison feature niyan produced by Oprah...


I'm finished with Gone, just refer to my review how felt with that one...

I'm currently reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince since I'm wayyyy tooo late reading this one...
This is in time for the movie release of HP7 in November...

[Tina]

Juggling two books now! :) The Guy I'm Not Dating by Trish Perry (chicklit, wohoo -- and I'm not sarcastic with that) and Rampant by Diana Peterfreund (yay killer unicorns!). :D

[K.D.]

Bluemoon wrote: "*sigh*

I think I'm having some kind of readers block. My reading has been very stagnant lately and so far only read two books this month and last month only read about four. The four was just a ha..."

Let it pass. For me, it is also important that I take some time off from reading. Minsan, the characters get mixed up when I read one fiction after the other. When I try to recall a story, halo-halo na. Like yong Murakami cats. Di ko na alam kung yon yong cat doon sa Wind Up Bird Chronicle o Kafka on the Shore. Ha ha ha. Or yong names ng characters... Aaron used to correct me (if it is Karniss or Katniss ha ha ha)

[K.D.]

Or you can alternate the genres. Read one fantasy, followed by a family drama, then a non-fic like biography, sci-fi, then history, etc. At least once a month, I read one non-fiction and it always brings a breath of fresh air. ha ha ha

[Apokripos]

K.D. wrote: "Or you can alternate the genres. Read one fantasy, followed by a family drama, then a non-fic like biography, sci-fi, then history, etc. At least once a month, I read one non-fiction and it always ..."

K.D. Agree!

[Ian]

I am currently reading The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen

[K.D.]

I am currently reading The Music of Chance by Paul Auster. Easy interesting read.

[Christine]

Neil Gaiman's short story collection, Smoke and Mirrors. It's my first Gaiman and I'm excited to start on his novels. :)

[Apokripos]

Finally done with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and For One More Day.

I'm currently reading Ilustrado: A Novel by Miguel Syjuco for the group's book discussion this month.

Man, the shift from YA Lit to pure literary fiction is drastic, but I'm getting the hang on Syjuco's style.

[Joselito Honestly]

I'm done also with HARRY POPPER, Petr Gintz's childhood friend. They both died in Nazi concentration camps.

[Mina]

Now reading Wicked. Having trouble adjusting to the style, but maybe because I just finished something that wasn't fantasy?

Hope I like it, kasi I already have Son of a Witch waiting to be read.

[K.D.]

I read Wicked a couple of years ago. It's just ok but it did not motivate me to read Son of a Witch. It is still there in my tbr pile.

[Ariel]

I've read Son of A Witch before, I didn't even know that it was a sequel to wicked when i bought it. Dumbass me(Hehehehe). It was very different from the style that I used to read but I was able to finish it. I found out after that there's a play adaptation of that (I mean wicked) and it got good reviews. I've been planning to read it for the longest time but could not get around to it.

[K.D.]

Yes, the play WITCH is a hit. What with colored green wicked witch!

[Ace]

K.D. wrote: "Yes, the play WITCH is a hit. What with colored green wicked witch!"

My officemate told me that it is the story of the witch in the wizard of oz

[K.D.]

Yes, the green witch is the wicked with of the east! ha ha ha

[Mina]

K.D. wrote: "I read Wicked a couple of years ago. It's just ok but it did not motivate me to read Son of a Witch. It is still there in my tbr pile."

Giving it a few chapters. Took me four chapters to fall in love with Girl with a Dragon Tattoo, so I won't give up pa. :)

[Ranee]

Is the girl with the dragon tattoo good? my sister is meaning to read it for the longest time especially that there is a film adaptation of the book

[Mina]

Ranee wrote: "Is the girl with the dragon tattoo good? my sister is meaning to read it for the longest time especially that there is a film adaptation of the book"

Loved it, Ranee. Strange, because I don't usually react this way to this kind of book, and I don't even like the other books in the series that much. Dragon Tattoo lang talaga ang fave ko.

[Louize]

Recently finished Necromancer by Michael Scott; gradually reading All I need to Learn by Robert Fulghum (2 stories at a time); and will be moving onto Angel's Game by CR Zafon (hopefully soon).

[Apokripos]

Louize wrote: "will be moving onto Angel's Game by CR Zafon (hopefully soon)."

Inggit ako. I read and love Zafon's previous book
The Shadow of the Wind. I'm on the hunt for a copy of that prequel.

[Aaron Vincent]

Necromancer isn't really that cool compared to the first three books, but still I liked it.