Blog Posts on filipino author

Trese by Budjette Tan and KaJo Baldisimo by Chachic's Book Nook on Apr 30, 2012Whenever I ask for Filipino fiction recommendations, the Trese graphic novels keep popping up. I thought I’d dive right in and check it out when I received the whole set for my birthday. There are four installments in the series … Continu...

Book: Popped Too (Guest Blogger) by Taking a Break on Nov 6, 2011Remember the Popped Too book launch I went to? Well, they gave away copies of the book for bloggers to review. Except I knew I wasn’t going to be objective with it, as I’m not a big fan of Korean … Continue reading →...

BookFace Series 101: Before Ever After by Samantha Sotto by My world is getting smaller everyday on Aug 29, 2011I DECIDED TO START THIS JOURNAL SERIES TO FEATURE SOME OF MY FAVOURITE BOOKS AND WRITERS. This is to augment of what I have written in my other blogsite dedicated to my passion for books – Book Aklat Libro! I am honoured to have SAMANTHA S...

A Cup of Coffee + A Book With A Happy Ending by upto6only on Aug 14, 2011I already fell in love with the story even if just by reading the synopsis of it. Every page is worth finishing and a lot of learning.  Finally, i was able to finish reading this book after i bought last week   Should have finished it in a day had...

Before Ever after by upto6only on Aug 4, 2011I don’t normally post on any books that i’m reading or would want to read, but this one is a must especially the author is a Filipina.  I have read a lot of raves about the book and the author, Samantha Sotto.  Having read the synopsis...

The Lost Language by Bookmarked! on Mar 8, 2011Back in December, the Filipino book bloggers met up with Marianne Villanueva, who is one of the most delightful authors I’ve ever had the chance to meet. I got a signed copy of her book,  The Lost Language: Stories (and in nice paper, too!) an...

Love Your Frenemies by Mina V. Esguerra by Chachic's Book Nook on Feb 22, 2011Wow, Mina writes fast! I knew she was planning to set Love Your Frenemies out in the wild soon but I didn’t expect it to come out this week. The main character in this book is the antagonist in one of her other books, My Imaginary Ex. I admire...

the lost language by marianne villanueva by Artseblis Reads on Jan 31, 2011It’s like I was reading a diary. But it wasn’t truly voyeurism, because sometimes it felt like reading something from my own diary. I didn’t understand many of the mythological references, though. Isn’t our psyche already unfathomable that to...

maligayang pagdating sa sitio catacutan by tony perez by Artseblis Reads on Jan 30, 2011“Hanggat hindi nawawala ang pang-aapi sa mundo, hindi rin mawawala ang mga multo.” Six ghost stories set in Cubao, Metro Manila’s go-to place for the weird and uncommon. My kind of place. Not my completely my kind of book.

under lock and key by lookslikerein by Artseblis Reads on Oct 14, 2010Every last Saturday of the month, they would meet in the park and drop another memory into a little box... Read this book if you like Young Adult fiction about loss and acceptance of that loss; books about friendship and growing up; to support works...