new year
A Year in Review: 2018
Me in Ling Shan Temple, Yilan, Taiwan This year was full of surprises. A lot of things and changes happened. Here are my highlights for the year: - Joining the Humanistic Academy of Life and A…
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…
travel
New Dishes now serving at Book Latté Iloilo
Last Sunday, I was invited along with some blogger friends to have a taste of the new food offered by Book Latté Café located in Festive Walk, Iloilo Business Park, Iloilo City. As a reader and write…
LIS education
Call for chapter proposals: Internationalization of LIS Education in the Asia-Pacific region
I am reposting this from Facebook as there might be librarians and library science teachers who want to take part in this project: Call for Chapter Proposals Internationalization of Library and I…
China Mieville
The Unchosen One: China Miéville's Un Lun Dun
I'm currently devouring the works of China Miéville and have reviewed Perdido Street Station and The City and the City in this blog. The author's offhand remark about wanting to write a boo…
writing challenge
Bantugan sa Panulatan Kinaray-a literary contest: call for entries
Calling all writers in Kinaray-a! You might be interested in joining this writing contest. Bantugan sa Panulatan Kinaray-a, the newest literary contest in Kinaray-a rolls out beginning 1 Decembe…
China Mieville
Fractured Cities: China Miéville's The City and the City
When in Besźel. Only see Besźel. I have to get on a shuttle bus on my way to and from work, and the travel is about an hour, but I like it because I have time to read. I have finished Miéville'…
China Mieville
Book review: Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
I have recently arranged my bookshelf and got rid of most books. I want to read through the books I own first before trying to buy more, but I wasn't so strict with myself and bought some I rea…
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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