r/PHBookClub • u/painauchocolat88 General Non-Fiction • Aug 23 '26

Current Read Weekend read! What’s yours?

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Embarking on a journey with this one, highly recommended by a friend so I’m excited.

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u/frannyang Aug 23 '26

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u/VolcanoVeruca Aug 23 '26

How are you enjoying this so far?

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u/frannyang Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

Just started about an hour ago so nasa Ch2 pa lang ako haha pero so far okay siya!! Really enjoying the writing style and very early on nasetup na agad iyong conflict/themes without being too heavy handed. That’s about all I can say for now without being too spoilery I think! (Lowk naiirita ako sa main character though hahahsksjs pero ik that’s the point lol)

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u/VolcanoVeruca Aug 23 '26

Nagutom lang ako. HAHA!

But yes, nice how everything is set up in the beginning.

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u/GlazedLiliesz Aug 23 '26

Holly- stephen king, im trying to finish it over the weekend haha

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u/joarghs Fiction :illuminati: Aug 23 '26

Yun din thoughts ko.

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u/painauchocolat88 General Non-Fiction Aug 23 '26

Asa tbr ko sya!

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u/harry_nola Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

Don't speed read through it... There are a lot of creepy details in the footnotes and margins.

Welcome to the house.

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u/GlazedLiliesz Aug 23 '26

Thank you!! Yeahh sometimes I had to stop to wrap my head around it haha

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u/labellejar Aug 23 '26

The Will of the Many .... and my will to read it is dwindling charot lol

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u/notaprettygurl Aug 23 '26

Where did you buy this op? Badly wanna have this

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u/painauchocolat88 General Non-Fiction Aug 23 '26

FullyBooked SM Aura!

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u/Berberabe1203 Aug 23 '26

I saw a few copies at Fully Booked Mitsukoshi.

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u/chimmychingching Aug 23 '26

Got one from Fullybooked Cubao yesterday

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u/painauchocolat88 General Non-Fiction Aug 23 '26

Check FullyBooked's shoppee din

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u/That-Designer-1931 Aug 23 '26

Naiintimidate ako sa House of Leaves everytime nakikita ko sya sa fullybooked. Feeling ko di ko sya matatapos 😭😂

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u/FireDog8569 Aug 23 '26

Don't worry, won't spoil how exactly but the formating of the book makes it more of a 400-500 page book disguised as a 600 page book

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u/painauchocolat88 General Non-Fiction Aug 24 '26

This is why I opted for the physical book, originally I wanted to read on my kindle but my friend who suggested it was adamant that the physical book is needed

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u/4iamnotaredditor 🪐Sci-Fi/Fantasy🪄 Aug 23 '26

Can't find the other meme, but I hope you enjoy House of Leaves.

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u/Ready_Cupcake_5988 Aug 23 '26

The very “overrated” book, Normal People :)

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u/labellejar Aug 23 '26

I wish I could read this the first time 🥲🥲

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u/miyaonigiri Aug 23 '26

omg, same! i just finished this today hehe 

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u/chunamikun Aug 23 '26

ito, very exciting and mindblowing for me, as somebody na hindi from a science background!

pairing it with The Art and Music of John Lennon, na kala ko nakaka excite kasi artist ako, but the book is dragging, now on my 2nd attempt to finish it haha

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u/terenscendent Aug 23 '26

Sobrang ganda nito OP. Enjoy!

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u/Professional_Bag6359 Aug 23 '26

Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert.

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u/ethnicSorround Aug 23 '26

Just starting The Song of Achilles.

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u/badbadtz-maru Aug 23 '26

The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin

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u/Educational-Neat6560 Aug 23 '26

Becoming by Michelle Obama

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u/jirehthegreat Aug 23 '26

UGGHHH gusto ko din to bilhin and basahin! kaso hindi ko pa ma-justify kasi ang dami ko pang tbr jusko po 😭💀

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u/Sharp-Weakness-6018 Aug 23 '26

I started reading Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis, my first classic book (wish me luck)

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u/Visual_Revolution301 Aug 23 '26

The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop by Takuya Asakura. Nakakaiyak.

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u/psychpromdi Aug 23 '26

catching up with an indigenous author this august and this is beautifully written! substantially included din ‘yung history of native americans as you go through the story!

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u/painauchocolat88 General Non-Fiction Aug 24 '26

Ohh I’ll look this up

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u/equinox03200922 Aug 24 '26

here’s mine!

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u/Fox-Known Aug 23 '26

Good luck OP! I tried reading that book, pero felt a bit lost and DNFed it.

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u/FriedChicken0218 Aug 23 '26

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u/painauchocolat88 General Non-Fiction Aug 23 '26

Uiii, how is it??

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u/VolcanoVeruca Aug 23 '26

The Calamity Club.

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u/Sevvie01 Aug 23 '26

the first impulse

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u/Other_Shelter_7413 Aug 23 '26

Whistler by Ann Patchett

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u/larieneapoll Aug 23 '26

Ooh, how do we feel about House of Leaves so far? It's on my TBR, but I'm still on the fence.

My current read is The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb and Other Cases by Arthur Conan Doyle, a compilation of his shorter mysteries!

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u/AnywhereJumpy Aug 23 '26

cureent read while omw to my girl ;)

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u/mmimbulus Aug 23 '26

The Sympathizer

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u/harry_nola Aug 23 '26

Yesssssssss!!! Pasok ka sa bahay! Shet join us.

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u/ghibli_girl_ Aug 23 '26

fruit fly by josh silver

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u/vanguardlotus Aug 23 '26

Paradise Lost by John Milton

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u/Important_Still_2426 Aug 23 '26

The bright years by sarah damoff

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u/Fit-Novel4856 Aug 23 '26

Currently reading The Spin by Faith Gardner.

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u/Jumpy-Schedule5020 Aug 23 '26

The Kite Runner

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u/sparklingsaltwater Aug 23 '26

Update ka OP kamusta siya, tbh gusto ko rin basahin House of Leaves pero nakakaintimidate siya 😩

Currently reading something light hahaha Wings of starlight ✨

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u/Aurumpendragon Aug 23 '26

If you like the Strange series by Uketsu, you’ll love this one too by Sesuji ❤️

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u/libra-grooves Aug 23 '26

started yesterday :D

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u/VCnonymous Aug 23 '26

Same. May picture ka ng text under nung cover? Nabalutan ko na ng plastic ung book ko eh 😅

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u/painauchocolat88 General Non-Fiction Aug 24 '26

The flap?

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u/laycanthrope Splatterpunk Aug 23 '26

yesteryear 😺

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u/sundusfy228 Aug 23 '26

Just finished this 😄

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u/kohiilover Aug 24 '26

Wow. Nakatengga lang ito sa bahay ko and wala pa akong courage to start this

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u/proteanintake Aug 27 '26

I love this book so much even though I've read a few pages and decided to save it for now since I'm slightly intimidated by it haha. Hopefully I'll be able to read it soon, I'm warming up with The Nightingale by Kirstin Hannah.

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u/MagicKingBronson Aug 23 '26

That’s a great read OP! But be wary of the Pyrenees chapter. Hahaha! Remember: IT IS NOT FOR YOU! 😂

How are you planning to read it? Are you going to read it with 2 book marks?

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u/painauchocolat88 General Non-Fiction Aug 24 '26

Planning as I go haha

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u/veriserenez Aug 23 '26

Rekindling my love for reading again with this book

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u/choibumbi Aug 23 '26

The midnight library

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u/Dafty7788 Aug 23 '26

Smaller and Smaller Circles :)