BHE (53): Book Finds in the Philippines

Before I left for the Philippines, I told myself that I won’t indulge in any book-buying spree. A couple of days before my flight, one of my dearest high school friends left a message in the group chat that I created, saying that they would take me to this thrift store called Bookayukay. I knew […]

Poetry Friday: Janet Wong Double Feature

The 31st election to the Senate of the Philippines just recently ended. It was held last Monday, April 13th, the same day I was scheduled to fly back to San Diego. Considered a holiday, I made it to the airport in about half an hour. For that, I was grateful! I never got a chance […]

Photo Journal: 안녕하세요, 한국! (Hello, Korea!)

Guess who’s back at Gathering Books? =) I just got back in San Diego on Monday, April 13th, from my two-week stay in the Philippines. It was too short for a vacation but too long to be away from my desktop and writing for Gathering Books. But now I’m back! Yay! For my comeback post, […]

BHE (50): Delicious Book Finds Featuring Margaret Atwood, Mo Willems, and Dave McKean Among Others

Still under stress, I decided to splurge not on food this time but on books! (Probably the smarter thing to do, eh?) I went out with a couple of friends two nights ago. We stopped by Book Off before having dinner. We only had about half an hour to browse books (too short!!!!) so I […]

“Before there was a Mysterious Benedict Society, there was simply a boy named Nicholas…”

When we had our Crazy Over Cybils theme a couple of months ago, I told Myra I intended to post a review of Trenton Lee Stewart’s The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict. She advised me to delay the post and save it for our Oddballs and Misfits theme (currently being featured on our site). What […]