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What inspired the Netflix series 'Happy Jail': My Autobiography by Marco Toral [book review + signing event]
The author (left) and me on the right Last April 27, I was invited to a book signing of My Autobiography: Seasoned by Stress by Marco Toral . It is rare for me to be invited for a book signing w…
videos
Video: Reviewers and Books I used to pass the Librarians Licensure Exam
Sharing the reviewers, books, and resources that I used to pass the LLE (Librarians Licensure Examination) board exam in the Philippines. Not to "lift my own chair" but I topped the boa…
library news
Free children's book on Dr. Li Wenliang, COVID-19 whistleblower
Children's book authors and illustrators seem to be getting inspired to write stories to educate children on the current coronavirus pandemic. I have featured some free children's books s…
free library resources
UPLB releases 2 children's books on COVID-19 for free
Illustration by Rachelle Ann Fabula from Ang Mga Maskara ni Miko Many organizations publishing free books for children about COVID-19. So far, I have featured four free children's eBooks on …
books
5 apocalyptic books to read for lockdown season
We are living in a very unique time in human history. Last week, we were all just strolling about, the threat of COVID-19 something faraway. Now it is here and the best thing we can do now is fo…
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Panaysayon: Tales from Panay Island by Christian George Acevedo [book review]
Panaysayon: Tales from Panay Island by Christian George Acevedo, edited by Hazel Joaquin. Published through a grant from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Intramuros, Manila. ©2019 …
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books
The Life-changing Manga of Tidying up by Mari Kondo [book review]
The Life-changing Manga of Tidying up: a magical story by Mari Kondo, illustrated by Yuko Uramoto and translated by Cathy Hirano. Published by Ten Speed Press, California, 2017. Mari Kondo got …
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Authoring Self: a Journey through Dreams to the Feminine by Pearl Gregor [book review]
We are all stories. I must find a new fairy tale, a new image of woman, or rebuild the one I have found within myself. -Pearl E. Gregor, Authoring Self Authoring Self is the second book of Pear…
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I, the Woman, planted the tree: a Journey through Dreams to the Feminine (Dreams Along the Way Book 1) by Pearl Gregor [book review]
Dreams are Indeed the royal road to the unconscious. This path of women healing is not the hero’s journey. It is instead the cycling, spiraling of the feminine in search for itself. –Pearl E. Gregor …
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libraries in fiction
A Boy Named Alex [Black Ink Comics Review]
I read books more than graphic novels, but I do read some comics or manga when I find good ones. In the local publishing scene, there has been a growth of books that were originally posted in the p…
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books
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho [book review]
"When she had achieved almost everything she wanted in life, she had reached the conclusion that her existence had no meaning, because everyday is the same. And she had decided to die." …
new year
Top 10 Books I read in 2018
Here are 10 of the best books I read last year, in no particular order. For books that are part of a series, I consider them as one in this list. These are books I read, not books published in 2018…
movies
The Hunger Games trilogy (books and movies)
Book cover images from Scholastic News Room The Hunger Games was a popular series of young-adult books and its movie adaptations. I just read these novels now and just watched the four movies, an…
China Mieville
Aliens and Language in space: China Miéville's Embassytown
"It was a Host. It stepped to the center of the carpet. I stood immediately, out of the respect I’d been taught and my child’s fear. The Host came forward with its swaying grace, in complicate…
China Mieville
Sea and Scars: China Miéville's The Scar
I'm on a China Miéville binge recently. I've gone through most of his novels except for King Rat and Iron Council because they didn't really engage me in the first 50 pages (my thr…
Malditang Librarian has been blogging about books, librarianship, and Iloilo City since 2016. I am a member of Iloilo Bloggers Society and I write for IBS Digital Network.
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