Secret Gourmand
Maginhawa: Bookay-Ukay Book Thrift and Dorissimo Pastries Dessert
Bookay-ukay in Maginhawa, unlike major book warehouse sales, is a cramped space of stacked and shelved 'book finds'. But unlike those grand book sales, Bookay-ukay is a staple book thrift shop, one that bibliophiles need not gear up for, travel long and hard for, mark on the calendars for... a constant. (HAHA!) It was in their new location in…
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Events
Book Thrifting at the Books For Less Warehouse Sale
A true blue reader can spend hours whiling away Saturday afternoons cuddled up in a corner, book in hand. A bibliophile never fails to stop by any bookstore to scan the backs and insides of a book, hoping for a good purchase. A book aficionado gets carried away to every words, and with every scenes in the story. Above all, a real book worm will …
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Interview
Interview With Kesh Tanglao - (Un)breakable (Gezellig #2)
The Real Score - Author Interview Kesh Tanglao Hi again, Kesh! I told you before how much I loved your previous book, and I am sure I am not the only one at that. Given the very warm reception to The Real Score, the first of the Gezellig series, was there any pressure making (Un) breakable? Yes, there was! I’d want the ones who loved The Real Score t…
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Books
(Un)breakable (Gezellig #2) | Book Review and Excerpt Reveal + Giveaway
(Un)breakable (Gezellig #2) by Kesh Tanglao Book Information Lorin Perez’s life is finally back on track after almost losing it six years ago. She knows meeting and dating sizzling hot professional rugby player Spence Clarke is a huge part of her healing process. But with her father starting a new family, she decides to follow her best friend Caitlin t…
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Interview
Interview With Bernadette Villanueva Neri - Ang Ikaklit Sa Aming Hardin
The Ikaklit In Our Garden - Author Interview Congratulations on this book! It is truly inspiring how you chose to make a story out of this type of relationship and make a children's book out of it. How and When did you decide to discuss a story of a family with parents that are of the same sex orientation? I Abdokasiya tibong writer as the author of …
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Interview
Interview With CJ de Silva - Ang Ikaklit Sa Aming Hardin
Ang Ikaklit Sa Aming Hardin - Illustrator Interview First of all, I am in awe of the illustrations. It’s beautiful. Tell us more about your vision. Thank you. I’m really glad you liked the illustrations. I sincerely hope I did justice to Bernadette’s beautiful children’s story. When I read Det’s short story when I was in college, I was really …
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Books
Ang Ikaklit sa Aming Hardin Blog Tour | Book Review
Ang Ikaklit Sa Aming Hardin (Ikaklit in our Garden) by Bernadette Villanueva Neri Aklat-pambatang tumatalakay sa mga di-kumbensiyunal at di-tradisyunal na pamilya ang Ang Ikaklit sa Aming Hardin (2012). Partikular nitong tinutuunan ang mga hámong hinaharap ng isang batang may dalawang nanay. Ang Ikaklit sa Aming Hardin is a children's book that t…
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Books
I Wish They Taught Money In High School
M oney makes the world go round, they say. Philosophically, this can be debated over. But as far as living goes, money is essential as it is a necessity. By that reasoning, Authors Sharon Que and Clarissa Serina-De la Paz raised a wonderment we can't help ponder on- why isn't money taught in High School? I wish they taught money in High Sc…
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Interview
Interview With Kesh Tanglao - The Real Score
The Real Score - Author Interview First of all, congratulations on your book! It’s a light and fun read (with drops of tear-jerking moments here and there) and I’m sure a lot of tweens, teens and young-at-hearts are giggling while reading as they imagine themselves in the story! In your profile, it said you’re a self-confessed fan girl. Do you have a peg…
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Interview
Interview With Anne Plaza - In Over Her Head
In Over Her Head - Author Interview The story in general is very relatable because it’s basically about the heart ache that accompanies love. Tell us, why/how did you decide to write and wrap the story around this particular aspect of love? Thanks for the kind words! Writing a relatable story is one of my main goals and I’m glad I was successful in elicit…
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Giveaway
The Real Score | Excerpt Reveal and Giveaway
EXCERPT REVEAL ***** “ I s there any chance you’d want to stay?” I gripped the handle of the door. “Stay?” I said softly without turning. I heard some shuffling of footsteps and then I felt him standing behind me. He playfully poked me on the shoulder to face him, and I did, finally letting go of the handle. “Stay,” he urged again. “Y…
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Giveaway
In Over Her Head | Excerpt Reveal and Giveaway
EXCERPT REVEAL ***** I shrug, not trusting myself to speak. Suddenly the entire scenario feels like something out of a cheesy movie: tiny, blinking lights peppering the ink-black sky, the night breeze sending a fresh wave of goose bumps on my skin, and Jerome’s presence making my senses go haywire. “Sorry, I don’t have a jacket with me, so I h…
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Books
The Real Score Blog Tour | Book Review
The Real Score by Kesh Tanglao Book Information Caitlin's friendship with Marcus, the de facto frontman of the world's biggest boy band Gezellig, has long been an object of scrutiny by almost everyone--their friends and families, the media, and his fans--ever since they "went public" a couple of years back. Who wouldn't be intere…
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