It’s been months since my last review. I went into a fiction reading hiatus by choice. This weekend, I found myself taking a long look at my bookshelf. I felt bad seeing how little I’ve read of the books I’ve been buying so I decided to pick a random book and resolved to finish it during the long weekend. (Kung Hei Fat Choi!)
Stargirl is one of those books I’ve put off reading for quite a while. And it doesn’t take a genius to figure out why once you’ve seen the cover.
My paperback copy of Stargirl bought from Booksale
I can’t remember exactly why I bought this. All I know is that I got this and its sequel at Booksale and during those days I was on a YA (young adult) book-buying binge.
Continue reading “Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli – Book Review”
Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged book review, Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl, Young Adult |
Has anyone managed to fill their room with enough books to deserve this title? I know I haven’t but my bookshelf is already bursting with books that I’m afraid it might give in one of these days. To bibliophibians out there: pics or it didn’t happen!
(Comic source)
Posted in MiscellaNews | Tagged bibliophibian, bookshelf, comic, words |
The idea came to me while talking to my sister about how she unwillingly got sorted into Hufflepuff at Pottermore but the qualities described in the welcome message matches her personality perfectly. Then the discussion somehow went to our dream schools. Hers is UST while mine is Ateneo. And so… lightbulb!
(click to see larger version)
I’m sure I’m not the first Filipino to have realized this but I think the welcome messages JKR wrote for Pottermore brought something new to this “strange phenomenon”. You can read the welcome messages for all the houses here.
What do you think? Pwede di ba? Can be! =)
Posted in MiscellaNews | Tagged Ateneo, De La Salle University, Hogwarts, J.K. Rowling, Philippines, Pottermore, University of the Philippines, UST |
Let me begin by saying that I am a lay Catholic. Like most Filipino Catholics, I grew up knowing just what the religion class in my Catholic elementary school taught. I have not taken up a course in theology and I have never belonged to any parish church organization. I have been reading quite a few religion books recently but I still wouldn’t elevate myself far above the average Sunday Mass churchgoer when it comes to Catholic know-how.
Having said that, the 128-page short book on Catholicism from Oxford’s “A Very Short Introduction” series proved very enlightening for this curious lay Filipino Catholic.
I was very skeptical about this book. After realizing the immense scale of Catholic knowledge and history, I wondered how could any book (let alone a short one) do justice to the subject.
A clarification: The book is on Roman Catholicism as opposed to Eastern Catholicism. (Some Eastern Catholic priests are married, did you know?) But for simplicity’s sake, it uses the term Catholic to refer to the Roman Catholic religion and its adherents.
Continue reading “Catholicism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford) – Book Review”
Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged Catholic, Filipino, history, Oxford, religion |
After getting my wand, we move on to the much-awaited Sorting Hat at Pottermore.
I’m sure every Harry Potter fan trembled in excitement and nervousness upon seeing that screen. This is it. We’re finally getting sorted “officially” into our true Hogwarts house. No more of those online quizzes we’ve been answering for years. This is the real deal!
If you’re not in Pottermore yet but waiting to enter and you want it to be a surprise, stop reading this article now.
But if you’re already inside or if you’re just curious about what Pottermore is and don’t mind getting a bit spoiled, you may continue reading.
Continue reading “Pottermore – The Sorting Hat”
Posted in MiscellaNews | Tagged Harry Potter, Hogwarts, J.K. Rowling, personality, Pottermore, quiz, The Sorting Hat |
Recent Comments