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25 Books on my 25th Year

Posted on September 19, 2009. Filed under: 2009, books, Emo Mode, To-do List | Tags: , , |

Last May, I posted in Facebook and Multiply a list of books I want to have before my 25th birthday on November. Four months later, here are the updates on my wishlist: 1. Forever Odd by Dean Koontz – acquired c/o Geltotz 2. Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz – acquired 3. A Series of Unfortunate [...]

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I spent Php 2,000.00 on books today.

Posted on September 17, 2009. Filed under: 2009, books |

Thank God this only happens once a year. My new books: Mga Gerilya sa Powell Street (Benjamin Pimentel) Armageddon (Tim LaHaye / Jerry Jenkins) Glorious Appearing (Tim LaHaye / Jerry Jenkins) Battle Royale (Koushun Takami) A Wrinkle in Time (Madeline L’Engle) Into His Presence (Charles Stanley) The Purpose Driven Life (Rick Warren) – this I [...]

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President Aquino’s Legacy Lives On

Posted on August 6, 2009. Filed under: books, Reviews | Tags: , , , , |

On the morning of August 1, 2009, the Philippines mourned the loss of one of its most honored presidents, who passed away after a year-long battle with colon cancer. As President of the Republic of the Philippines for six years, Maria Corazon “Cory” Cojuangco Aquino presided over the difficult transition from dictatorship to democracy of [...]

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The Austere Academy

Posted on January 16, 2009. Filed under: books | Tags: , |

I’m in chapter 6 now, and it’s taking me longer to finish this book than the previous titles in the series. Maybe it’s because Count Olaf is becoming more sinister, or other sub-villains are getting nastier, or the foreshadowing of disaster is getting heavier. And I’m having this premonition that by the end of this [...]

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*Bookcat mode*

Posted on January 7, 2009. Filed under: books | Tags: , , , , |

Finished reading Child 44 in 5 days, A Series of Unfortunate Events – The Bad Beginning (Book 1) in 2. That makes two books on the first week of the year. If I keep this up I’d be done with my list by June. Eeep. I’m now on the 3rd chapter of ASUE – The [...]

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