It’s REALLY happening, Twilight fans. The movie is really in the works! The lead character of the series, Bella Swan, has been cast. Actress Kristen Stewart is Bella. Stewart has starred in a lot of movies. Among them are Panic Room, Into the Land of Women, Zathura, Fierce People, Into the Wild. Her filmography looks […] Read more…
Archive of ‘Good Reads’ category
MUTTS goes Twilight
The comic strip Mutts went Twilight for a week. 😉 The strip showed a bat named Edward and a bird named Bella falling in love with each other. Of course, it was delivered in that funny trademark Mutts humor. I loved what they did! Check out their archive. The Twilight-inspired strips appeared from Oct. 22 […] Read more…
3 Movies, 2 Books, and 1 Magazine
This has been quite a restful week for a lot of us here in the Philippines. There was no work on Oct. 29 for the Sangguniang Kabataan elections, Oct. 30 was a regular working day, Oct. 31 was just half a working day (where I worked anyway), Nov. 1 was All Saints’ Day (no work) […] Read more…
Sharing the love of books with a non-reader
I love books — coffee table books, pocket books, text books, books with large fonts, book with small fonts, books, books, books. My husband likes books too — graphic novels and comic books. He’s an artist, hence his fascination with different drawing styles and characters brought to life by illustrators. He likes seeing in pictures […] Read more…
A Tribute to the Twilight series
“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us.” — Franz Kafka I am a bookworm. I love reading. And that is why I heartfully agree with Kafka. If a book doesn’t move me or give me pain in any way, I don’t like it. It’s not always […] Read more…
The Painted Veil
The book’s cover caught my eye. It was poignant, it was sweet, it was obviously set in the Far East. It was already very interesting. Turning the book over, I came to understand that “The Painted Veil” is a story set in the 1920s. It is about a young English couple — Walter, a bacteriologist, […] Read more…
The Amateur Marriage (My Take)
There are a lot of books that talk about married life. Some paint pictures of marriage that are all roses and candy — good times, honeymoons that last for years, perfect portraits of happy couples. Other stories paint pictures of locks and keys — the secrets, the mysteries within a marriage. Then there are books […] Read more…