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What will you read in October?
TweetThis post will serve as my introductory post for The Short Story Initiative and my personal list of what I hope to read for October. Feel free to share yours. Well, to be honest, I have never been...
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Earthset (from A Bottle of Storm Clouds) by Eliza Victoria
TweetHave you experienced buying a book for what you thought it is but it pleasantly turned into something else? A Bottle of Storm Clouds by Eliza Victoria is like that with me. I thought it is a short...
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When a man loves a woman but would not—could not—marry her…
Tweet(spoiler alert)The title of this blog post is not the title of the short story I am going to share in a moment, but it is among the first few thoughts born after reading “Sunset” by Filipino...
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Children, their books, and our childhood reading experience
TweetImage CreditsIn the Philippines, October is a celebration of many wonderful things--Breast Cancer Awareness Month, School Health Month, even National Statistics Month. But here, at Simple...
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Book Cover Delights - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Cebu Book Club where I’m a member is reading Jules Verne’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” for October. I am now on the sixth chapter and so far it has all been exciting. At first, I was a...
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Poetry Project – Images (of life) by E. Gadiana Cabras
TweetPoems have a funny way of creeping into my life, no matter how much I express my discomfort when I’m around them. Just the other day, I was piling my books properly and I stumbled upon an old book...
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Literary Gems - Southern Harvest by Renato E. Madrid
TweetI first heard of the short story collection, Southern Harvest, and its author Renato E. Madrid through my former college instructor and much admired writer-musician Lorenzo Ninal in a couple of...
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Excitement over a canonization of a teenager
TweetImage SourceIn six days, on Oct. 21, the Philippines, a dominantly Christian and deeply religious country, will witness the canonization of its second saint, Blessed Pedro Calungsod. With each...
View ArticlePoetry Project - The Monster of Old (1936) by Canuto C. Lim
TweetDeath is spooky, don’t you think? Here’s a old, nevertheless thought-provoking, Cebuano poem by Canuto C. Lim (translated in English by Simeon Dumdum Jr.), which is dedicated for poet Floripinas...
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Readings in Philippine Literature - My Father’s Tragedy by Carlos Bulosan
TweetCarlos Bulosan (Image Source)My Father’s Tragedy by Carlos Bulosan (1914-1956), a Filipino writer fighting for the American dream of the Filipinos on American soil while wrestling with...
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Literary Gems - A charming little girl, an Indian boy, and lots of toys!
TweetI originally started a sentence for this post, hoping it will grow into a paragraph and into a longer blog post. But you know, I could not think of a better way to present these three adorable old...
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Short stories that show how too much love will kill you
TweetToo much love will kill you...so goes the song by the Queen and performed popularly at a local stage by singer Jovit Baldivino who was declared champion in the first season of a national talent...
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The Literary Blog Hop - The universe and the sea in one international package
TweetI am joining the Literary Blog Hop for the first time. The timing is perfect because October is the month I started book blogging, which means that since I officially started personal blogging in...
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When the stage is so green that straight guys cringe: A retrospect on Berde
TweetLet it be known that when a stage play features two men kissing and frolicking with each other in a room, then the production crew gets dappled reactions from audience who has varying degrees of...
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Literary Gems - A Sound of Thunder & Other Stories by Ray Bradbury
TweetHave you experienced being taunted by the presence of a certain author (meaning you kept bumping into his or her name for a while) then suddenly, in a regular bookstore visit, you bumped into him...
View ArticleCemetery, a poem by Marra PL. Lanot
TweetAs All Souls’ and All Saints’ Days are drawing near, here is a poem to reflect on:Cemetery By Marra PL. LanotAnd what remains are slabsOf unchronicled thoughts of those Left behind, the living who...
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The enchanting sights and sounds of the Talaandig tribe
TweetThe men’s hands were almost as graceful as the woman who turned around on the dance floor, gyrating with arms mid-way to the sky and hands drawing circles in the wind. And the men were not even...
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The Short Story Initiative - October Heap!
TweetThank you to all who joined the Short Story Initiative in October! Honestly, after an overwhelming response during the first month (September) of this event, I was a little apprehensive as to how...
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Literary Gems - Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke
TweetIt is not a secret that I read good historical fiction whenever I am not reading short stories (or Philippine works, for that matter), especially the kind that is fringed heavily with good clean...
View ArticleFinally, a review policy...
I’ve had a review policy before but for some reason I took it out. For me, at the time, it had symbolized that I was ready to venture into book blogging seriously, which, upon reflection, I was not...
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