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[H]

jzhunagev wrote: "Veiw-halloa!

I'm looking for book buddies for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion this coming June 11, 2012. As we are going to discuss the first book in The Lord of the Rings trilogy this will be a..."

uy, maganda yang The Silmarillion! Wala lang... :P

[K.D.]

I agree with H., it would be a good book to read. Kaso I still have to read Books 2 & 3.

I also have this interesting book: Bored of the Rings: A Parody of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings

[Apokripos]

uy, maganda yang The Silmarillion! Wala lang... :P "

Atty. Monique also says so. For my part reading this one is really long overdue.

[K.D.]

I am looking for buddies:


Everything is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer


The Feast of the Goat
by Mario Vargas Llosa


The House of Spirits
by Isabel Allende

Anyone?

[Angus]

KD: If you are willing to push back The Feast of the Goat, I'll go with you. Pero di ba may Vanity Fair tayo on August (with Tina)?

[Angus]

Mag go na kayo with Jzhun, madalang lang magyaya iyan. :D

[Apokripos]

Angus wrote: "Mag go na kayo with Jzhun, madalang lang magyaya iyan. :D"

Pero napag-isip ko rin na parang dagdag sakit ulo lang sa iba if they'll add The Silmarillion on to their current reading. Haha! :D Oh, well...

[K.D.]

Jzhun, tinggin ko, mas dapat na i-push (kung maari) ang basahin ang books 2 & 3 rather than Silmarillion. Si Tolkien mismo ang nagsabi na ang LOTR ay design na isang big story lang at naging 3 books lang dahil sa publisher's constraint (of having the book published as 1 big book).

In fact, yong pagtigil sa Book 1 parang di mo maa-appreciate yong complete story. Unlike say yong HP 1 (Sorcerer's Stone) or yong The Hobbit. Pedeng standalone ang book. Hindi bitin.

[K.D.]

Angus, sige. Isipin ko pa kung kaya kong i-push back. Kapag hindi, makikita mo na lang sa currently-reading ko hak hak.

Tuloy tayo sa Vanity Fair. Bigla akong nagyaya ng ibang buddy reads kasi madali lang (except mahaba) ang "The Executioner's Song." Pulos lang daldal si Mailer pero madaling intindihin. Unlike yong kay Doblin na "Berlin Alexanderplatz" na kailangan dalawang pasada (parang "Ulysses" kahit ilang pasada parang may di ka pa rin nakukuha) hak hak.

[H]

jzhunagev wrote: "Angus wrote: "Mag go na kayo with Jzhun, madalang lang magyaya iyan. :D"

Pero napag-isip ko rin na parang dagdag sakit ulo lang sa iba if they'll add The Silmarillion on to their current reading. ..."

Hindi naman talaga novel yang Silmarillion. It's more like a long PS...in case people are curious as to what happened to the characters, and in case they want to know more about the elves. Para syang Origin Story and glorified epilogue ng LOTR.

[Apokripos]

K.D. wrote: "Jzhun, tinggin ko, mas dapat na i-push (kung maari) ang basahin ang books 2 & 3 rather than Silmarillion. Si Tolkien mismo ang nagsabi na ang LOTR ay design na isang big story lang at naging 3 books lang dahil sa publisher's constraint (of having the book published as 1 big book)."

That's why I've said to this to my book buddy invitation:

"...this will be a complimentary reading to immerse those who have already read the books in the trilogy to Tolkien's mythology."

H wrote: "Hindi naman talaga novel yang Silmarillion. It's more like a long PS...in case people are curious as to what happened to the characters, and in case they want to know more about the elves. Para syang Origin Story and glorified epilogue ng LOTR. "

I agree. Actually, I've already read The Music of the Ainur, ang ganda. It's because I miss reading Tolkien that's why I decided to read the book and share the journey via the book buddy scheme. :)

[Charles]

H wrote: Hindi naman talaga novel yang Silmarillion. It's more like a long PS...in case people are curious as to what happened to the characters, and in case they want to know more about the elves. Para syang Origin Story and glorified epilogue ng LOTR.

Notes niya and posthumous edits of Tolkien's earlier work by his son.

Pero agree ako kay KD na Two Towers and Fellowship of the Ring muna bago The Silmarillion (kung nabasa mo na yung tatlo, go ahead with Silmarillion).

[H]

Tama. The Silmarillion is really for people who got so hooked on LOTR that they wanted to know more about Middle Earth and its inhabitants...especially the elves.

[Angus]

KD: On second thought, huwag na lang, hehe. Marami na akong nakapilang Nobel winners (Faulkner, Solzhenitsyn, Grass, Hamsun, Shaw, Bellow, Saramago).

[K.D.]

Sige, ganyan ka naman talaga. Iniiwasan mo na akong ka-book buddy hu hu hu. Magbasa tayo ng "Maurice" ni E. M. Forster o ng David Leavitt. Yong matindi-tinding gay writer.

[Angus]

Tseh! May Vanity Fair na nga eh. Ayaw kong i-buddy read si Forster, natrauma ako, hahaha. Ako na yata ang bading na hindi mahilig sa gay lit. Except kung maganda talaga (Isherwood, Hollinghurst)

[K.D.]

Sige na nga, magsosolo na lang akong magbasa ng gay lit. hak hak.

[Angus]

Yung The Stranger's Child nga di mo ko hinintay! Eh di sana bumili na ako sa book store at hindi na nagpa order sa TBD. Kaya hindi mo masasabing umiiwas ako, kaso nagmamadali ka, hahaha.

[Tricia]

@Jzhun! I want to buddy read that too since Monique mention that Tenuviel Luthien's story is there, but I am still reading the Trilogy (book2).

[K.D.]

Sorry naman. Di ko lang alam na hinihintay mo ako hak hak.

[Heldervert]

K.D. wrote: "Thanks for telling, Heldervert. It is currently on-hold; waiting for NYKen's green light :)"

OK, di ko muna tinuloy para maganda, but its really a good book. I'm in the part now where tom is in his sunday school, but i'll gonna stop ther efor a moment and wait for you guys,..

[K.D.]

Heldervert: I hope you will be very patient hak hak. Thanks.

I want to read it for sentimental reason. My brothers read it when we were still very young. In fact, I still remember my 2nd brother (we are three boys in the family) reading it aloud to my eldest kuya. I never had the chance to read it. So, ngayon, parang after 35 years after pa lang ako hahabol sa kanila.

[Heldervert]

yap...nice timing because my attention is fully diverted on Games of Thrones right now

[Krizia Anna]

Who wants

[K.D.]

Krizia: Me! Me! Me!
Abridged lang ha? Ayaw ko ng unabridged...

[Tina]

Angus wrote: "KD: If you are willing to push back The Feast of the Goat, I'll go with you. Pero di ba may Vanity Fair tayo on August (with Tina)?"

Wait, I thought September si Vanity Fair? Haha kasi may Noli ng August? :)) Oo medyo tamad ako magbackread.

[K.D.]

Tina, sige. Game ako sa September! May "In Cold Blood" yan pero siguro carry naman nyo.

[Angus]

Ay sorry, hahaha, sige, okay lang naman ang September. :D

[Lynai]

Hi K.D.! Will you still be reading A Clash of Kings? ;)

[K.D.]

But of course! Why? Kelan na ba? Tipid mode ako ngayon eh kaya kahit nakita ko yong copy a couple of weeks back, di ko pa muna binili. Magbe-birthday kasi ako at marami akong iblo-blowout hak hak. Malay mo bigyan ako ni Dra. Ranee ng Book 2. Last year, binigyan nya ako ng Book 1. Umaasa?

[Tina]

Angus & KD: Yay September. Medyo nachallenge kasi ako nung una ko binasa Noli eh, kaya ayaw ko isabay. Plus ReaderCon ng August so busy busy. :D

[Maria]

Lynai wrote: "Hi K.D.! Will you still be reading A Clash of Kings? ;)"

Sabay ako pag natuloy kayo. :)

KD, ung copy ko, christmas gift ni Kwesi sa akin. *ahem*

haha!

[Alexa]

Lynai wrote: "Hi K.D.! Will you still be reading A Clash of Kings? ;)"

Sasali din po ako kung matutuloy ito! :D

[K.D.]

Lynai, pede ka nang mag-set ng date. Kung gusto mo sa Monday na! Tapos na ba kayo dito sa Book 1?

Joke lang yong parinig ko. Ayaw kong umasa hak hak.

[Krizia Anna]

@K.D.: kailan? next week? ;p

[Maria]

grabe sa Monday na? may LOTR pa kong binabasa!

[Lynai]

K.D. I am okay with Monday. Actually, I'm already at page 270 but I can put it off and wait for you (and others who want to join). I find it not as exciting as Book 1 so I think having reading buddies will motivate me to read faster.

So, ano game na sa Monday? Who else want to join K.D. and I? ;)

[K.D.]

Haha. Hawak hawak ko na ang "Clash of the Kings" (?) kagabi sa NBS Cubao. Pero di ko pa binili. Nagkalat naman ito eh. Sige sa Monday, bibili na ako sa weekend at magbabasa na tayo hak hak. Excited na ako. First time kong ka-buddy read si Lynai, the newlywed. Teka nga pala, anong ginagawa mo't libro ang inaatupag mo sa gabi. Dapat busy ka sa paggawa ng baby hak hak.

[Ace]

K.D. wrote: "Haha. Hawak hawak ko na ang "Clash of the Kings" (?) kagabi sa NBS Cubao. Pero di ko pa binili. Nagkalat naman ito eh. Sige sa Monday, bibili na ako sa weekend at magbabasa na tayo hak hak. Excited..."

Baka naman nakagawa na? hehehe!

[K.D.]

Two weeks ago lang, virgin pa raw sya hak hak.

[Ace]

too much info? hehehe!

[K.D.]

Onga. Nalaman tuloy natin na sharpshooter si Gio.(?)

[Lynai]

Aba, anong kaguluhan ito? Hahaha! O sya, sa Monday ha. K.D., this is our second time to be reading buddies, the first one was Wuthering Heights which I did not finish, hihi. (Sorry.)

Single naman po kasi ako ulit ngayon, Gian went back to Bataan after our honeymoon. So there. :P

[K.D.]

Gian sa Bataan? Aha! Separada na ang peg mo ngayon? hak hak. Hindi ka ba nagbabalak mag-Maynila sa July 28th (F2F7)?

[Krizia Anna]

@KD: when will we start? next sat kaya mo?

[K.D.]

Krizia: Monday, June 18. By that time, tapos na ang "The Executioner's Song". Abridge ha. Open ka ng thread. Tell me the speed. Oks lang ako. Adjustable ang schedule ko.

Lynai: Di pa rin ako bumili ng Book 2: Clash of the King. Kasi wala ka pang thread ha ha. Today being a Saturday, earliest start natin ay Tuesday, June 12th. Tamang-tama, walang pasok.

[Lynai]

K.D. wrote: "Lynai: Di pa rin ako bumili ng Book 2: Clash of the King. Kasi wala ka pang thread ha ha. Today being a Saturday, earliest start natin ay Tuesday, June 12th. Tamang-tama, walang pasok."

EEEP. I thought you will be the one to create the thread haha. O sya, I'll put it up after I post this reply.

On second thought K.D., if you have second thoughts about reading this book soonest, I can manage to read by myself. I have actually started it weeks before kaya lang medyo walang motivation to read faster that's why I looked for reading buddies. If you want to wait for those who are still reading Book 1, okay lang din po sa akin. Yung reading goal ko kasi is to finish the series this year kaya trudging on ang drama ko, haha! Set up ko na lang ang thread if you have finally made up your mind? ;)

I don't think I'll be able to attend July's F2F. Baka sa August, let's see kung mag swak sa sched. ;)

[K.D.]

Lynai, set up mo na. I can start anytime. Just make sure that our start date is 3 days prior. That's the rule para if there are others who would like to join us.

Sige, wag na nating hintayin yong iba. Actually, na-book buddy na namin ang Book 1 before so feeling ko may mga naghihintay ring ma-prompt na kagaya ko. Bantulot pa rin akong bilhin kasi baka matengga lang at manilaw. Eh overwhelming tingnan ang kapal ng book hak hak tapos di naman sya 1001, 501, Pulitzer, etc etc. Alam mo na. Walang motivation for me to read. Sabi ko noon, when that season is complete sa HBO, doon ko babasahin. Kasi kung tamarin, I have the series to watch. :)

[Lynai]

Ako naman, got the complete set of books as wedding gift so ginawa ko nang challenge to finish the series this year para naman may accomplishment ako even if I do not reach my Reading Goal of 50 books haha. Currently, I am 3 books behind and I don't know if I will ever catch up until the year ends.

Okay then will set up the thread in a while. :)

[K.D.]

WANTED: READING BUDDY WHO LOVES WAR GENRE

To read:

MATTERHORN
about the Vietnam War

Anyone?