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Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Selected and Edited by Joyce Carol Oates
Weirder Than You Think (A Book Review of Tales of H. P. Lovecraft edited by Joyce Carol Oates) Without a doubt Howard Philips Lovecraft, or more commonly known as H. P. Lovecraft, is one of the...
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‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
The Town Knew Darkness (A Book Review of Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot) Far more complex than his debut Carrie, Stephen King ups the ante in his sophomore hit ‘Salem’s Lot, published in 1975. Raising...
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The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
The Strain That Started It All (A Book Review of Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain) Where others credit classic writers like Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, I forever owe my first real taste of...
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Discovering the Land Inside the Wardrobe this November
I’m quite ashamed to admit that at my age — having read popular fantasy series like J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books, Raymond Fiest’s The Riftwar Saga and...
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Jumping the George R. R. Martin Bandwagon
Yes, it’s official! I’m jumping the George R. R. Martin bandwagon! Since HBO aired the first season of the TV series Game of Thrones to wide acclaim, people have just been raving mad about how good it...
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
The Land Beyond the Wardrobe (A Book Review of C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) One is never too old to appreciate a good story; this can never be truer when I opened the pages of …...
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Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis
Journey Back to Narnia (A Book Review of C. S. Lewis’s Prince Caspian) The holidays are now over for the Pevensie siblings; a year has passed since their magnificent adventure in the magical land of...
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis
On the High Seas and at the Edge of Narnia (A Book Review of C. S. Lewis’s The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) Edmund and Lucy, the young ones in the Pevensie siblings are in for a rotten luck. While …...
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The Horse and his Boy by C. S. Lewis
Flight to the Free Land of Narnia (A Book Review of C. S. Lewis’s The Horse and his Boy) What makes C. S. Lewis’s The Horse and his Boy special among the books in The Chronicles of Narnia is it’s …...
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The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
Over and Under Narnia (A Book Review of C. S. Lewis’s The Silver Chair) The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis is considered the penultimate book in The Chronicles of Narnia, and I have no contention why...
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The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis
The Creation of Narnia (A Book Review of The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis) For readers who have started their journey in the magical land of Narnia by means of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe...
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The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis
So Long, Narnia (A Book Review of The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis) Right from its opening sentence C. S. Lewis’s concluding book in The Chronicles of Narnia series homes in that matters are off to an...
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The Book That Launched a Thousand Journeys
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with one small step.” The famous Chinese proverb above perfectly describes my voyage as reader for I can’t be where I am now if it wasn’t for that one book, that...
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Then I Come to the End
And so four months and three days have come to pass when I have concluded my reading of the singular adventures of Sherlock Holmes and his loyal friend and chronicler Dr John H. Watson in the world of...
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New Blog Feature: Read the Book, See the Film
This year has been a delightful one in so far as bookish peeps are concerned in terms of books which have been breathed with new life through film adaptations. I don’t know on which side of the fence...
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Flick Jabber: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Charlie is an introvert high school freshman, anxious of the start of school year and coming to terms with memories of his past. The film follows his story of self-discovery, his friendship with a...
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November 2012: Ghoulish Reads
The Themed Reading Scheme is a monthly reading endeavor tackling books on every respect and aspect in a free-and-easy setting where to-be read choices must have one similar or unifying idea, concept,...
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Pinoy Reads Pinoy Books Christmas Party 2015 and the Surprise Book Discussion
To say that this year’s Pinoy Reads Pinoy Books Christmas Party is memorable is but the tip of the iceberg. This party saw us at our wildest, loudest, and most especially happiest. As always after a...
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Panayam with Mervin Malonzo
Initially, the discussion for Tabi Po by Mervin Malonzo by Pinoy Reads Pinoy Books' boook of the month for November was supposed to take place this December. There were some unseen snags in the...
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Panayam with Marcelo Santos III
For the start of the New Year, our book club, Pinoy Reads Pinoy Books, always read something light and easy. That is why for January, we choose to read and discuss the bestselling Para sa Hopeless...
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