I tagged myself to ABookNation‘s post with the same title so you better check it out as well. #1: How many books are too many in a series? After reading Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, I have started thinking that thirteen would only be acceptable if the author was Snicket, or if the…
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Parallelisms: Harry Potter and Credence
I’m pretty sure I am not the first one to write about it but I want my own version for content purposes. Upon you reading this, I will have finished reading the screenplay of Fantastic Beasts: the Crimes of Grindelwald and will have mulled over the movie several weeks after its release. I hereby present…
ON SHELF: J.K. Rowling’s The Crimes of Grindelwald, the original screenplay
When you are surrounded by beasts and they aren’t nearly as fantastic, grab this book and apparate.
MIBF2018 Book Haul
Going to Manila International Book Festival 2018 and getting to be part of what’s behind the scenes definitely have restored my faith in buying great books! I’ve got to admit after downloading a couple of ebook-readers, paying for a book that would turn out to be a disappointment did not look appealing to me. After…
Let #VibalMIBF2018 be your hashtag
That’s right folks, it’s the time of year again. On September 12-16, book-lovers, bookworms, book-hoarders are going to come alive and go to SMX Mall of Asia to participate in the highly anticipated Manila International Book Fair! VIBAL Group has prepared a number of activities that will certainly entertain people and make them fall in love…
Ad populum
In Atlas Shrugged, you either get high-caliber people… or idiots.
Quick Review: The Waste Lands by Stephen King
The Waste Lands by Stephen King My rating: 3 of 5 stars I have issues reading this book: 1) Violence against women (Suze’s rape scene) 2) Violence against children (Jake’s bruises) 3) Violence against animals (Oy’s demise) You’d think I enjoyed violence against men but what can I do when the 3 out of 4…
“Every one has wishes which he would not like to tell to others, which he does not want to admit even to himself.” Sigmund Freud, Dream Psychology
“…that in certain cases community of symbol is greater than community of speech.” Sigmund Freud, Dream Psychology
Burning the Handbook of Mortals?
As a published author, I am proud of every star, review (positive or negative), and every dollar my novel and articles earn. This recent case about a book making it to the New York Time’s Best Seller’s list has just intensified this pride. Instead of dousing my desire to write because any nameless writer can…
The Viter-Ybasco University 