Monthly Archives: November 2011

Book review: Bebang Siy’s “It’s A Mens World”

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Ronald

If you’re a regular teleserye watcher like I am, you’ll know that Philippine pop culture doesn’t have a lot of leeway when it comes to portraying your average Filipina. If you’re not the naive and yet extremely sexual ingenue from … Continue reading →

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Parting Shot#3: It’s Not Easy Being Green

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Ronald

I’m not a big fan of Christopher Paolini or “The Inheritance Series”, but I do have to admit that I’ve always liked the covers of his books. And when they’re stacked all imposing like they were at the National Book … Continue reading →

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Your week in books#25

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Ronald

CATFIGHT! There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth over the internet in the past few days as Twihards took offense at on-again/off-again Catholic Anne Rice declared that Lestat and Louis from “The Vampire Chronicles” would feel sorry for Stephenie … Continue reading →

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Book review: Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl’s “Beautiful Darkness”

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Ronald

Here’s my review of “Beautiful Darkness” that came out last year, pretty much copy-pasted from the website of the paper I write for. A lot of stuff got cut because of space concerns. Back in 2009, the writing team of … Continue reading →

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Giveaway winners!

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Ronald

Since the long weekend is over and everybody will be returning to the drudgery of work or school, I thought it would lighten the load for everyone if I announced the winners for the two giveaways I held last month. … Continue reading →

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