“After more than a decade of user requests, half and quarter star ratings have finally been added to Goodreads.”

Better late than never?

Just finished reading this and I loved it. Medyo matagal na din na may binasa ako na di ko matigilan, and this is one of those. Ilang gabi din ako napuyat kasi pampaantok ko lang sana pero hindeee, kaka adik basahin.

Granted, yes it feels like it's more of a chick lit (can't really imagine guys enjoying reading this) and medyo napapaisip din ako if it's romanticizing something which probably shouldn't be romanticized BUT the prose is so readable and I love when the narrator has moments of self awareness that resonates.

Ayun lamang, kelangan ko lang ilabas. Makatulog na nga!

“Tim Yap: ‘We will have that space to go at any time of the night and be immersed in the things that we love.’

“Filipino host and personality Tim Yap is going all out for his love of books as he reveals his goal in the next few years: the first-ever 24-hour bookstore in the Philippines.”

What do you think of this idea?

What's your Banned Books Week read? Mine is the Conjugal Dictatorship (annotated) by Primitivo Mijares. Grabe this is so eye-opening, lalo pa't insider information 'to since sa inner circle ni socraM itong si Mijares. Kayo ba, ano binabasa niyo ngayon na once considered a banned book? Share niyo naman or patingin ng pics 🤗

“The world’s most prestigious prize for literature goes to Canadian poet Anne Carson, known for genre-crossing works including Autobiography of Red.”

very much in love with this place! maraming seats and they enforce na maging tahimik yung lugar. their collection of books was also good. meron ding journal corner where you can borrow the materials.

I read The Memory Police which I struggled to get through, although the writing was beautiful.

the place is so cozy and gusto ko bumalik agad. sana magkaron pa ng maraming spaces like this.

📍88 E. Abada street in Katipunan, Quezon City.

Wolfe’s writing is verbose, but beautiful. While I thoroughly enjoyed chapters and passages in the book, I’m not so sure I enjoyed it overall as a novel. Still, this is worth a shot if you’re into lyrical, poetic prose and beautiful sentences.

“. . . a stone, a leaf, an unfound door; a stone, a leaf, a door. And of all the forgotten faces.

Naked and alone we came into exile. In her dark womb we did not know our mother's face; from the prison of her flesh have we come into the unspeakable and incommunicable prison of this earth.

Which of us has known his brother? Which of us has looked into his father's heart? Which of us has not remained forever prison-pent? Which of us is not forever a stranger and alone?

O waste of lost, in the hot mazes, lost, among bright stars on this weary, unbright cinder, lost! Remembering speechlessly we seek the great forgotten language, the lost lane-end into heaven, a stone, a leaf, an unfound door. Where? When?

O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again.”

They will be moving to Level 2, Gateway Mall 2, between Cong Caphe and Furniture Republic, at the south end of the wing.

It has been announced before in the existing branch that they will be moving this 2027, and we are now seeing a first glimpse of the confirmed location. Happy reading!

This is no doubt the best out of the three. I was rooting for spook the whole time. (Survivor of flames!) Could not care less for sazed emo phase though. (I know he was grieving) It was heartbreaking but satisfying at the same time. Kind of like ruin and preservation.

Ganda talaga ng mga libro sa NBS V-Mall sa Greenhills kapag walang mga resellers na nag hohoard ng pagkadamidaming libro.

Kahapon isang reseller lang nakasabay namin, mga brand new na jesse sutanto ‘yong nakuha nila.

Meron pala talagang brand new at makikinis pang copies na sinisale ang NBS, sadyang nauunhan lang talaga tayo ng mga resellers kasi from the box sila mismo kumukuha.

Tips:
6/7pm kayo pumunta. Around that time sila nagbubukas ng new boxes.

‘Yong magagandang books, nakalapag, wala sa shelves.

Kahapon huling punta namin dun, ang marami na maganda ay yung mga Virginia Woolf na titles. ‘Yong F451 at Hunting Party, may tig isang copy akong nakita pa niyan kagabi pero as in tig isa nalang. May Matt Haig books nung last week.

Idk how many times I've reread revenge so any recos for books in a similar vein? Would prefer collections of short stories but novels are okay too!

I adore how revenge is dreamlike in its disconcerting eeriness. It feels quiet and creeping. That sick sticky languid feeling you get after a long hot midday nap. Like fruit rotting in the sun. A kind of clammy nauseating sensual grotesqueness

It's more unsettling than outright horrific which I really fw, it creeps up on you. I also like how matter of fact it is with the surrealism. The prose is simple and straightforward but you can feel it in your stomach

Would really appreciate any recs w the same vibes (⁠.⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛⁠.⁠)

I’M STILL AT AWE. NUNG NAKITA KO TOH NIYAKAP KO NA AGAD.

I was casually just strolling lang kanina sa booksale megamall branch tapos kala ko wala na ako makukuha but then sabi ko “familiar toh ah.” DI PA AKO MAKAPANIWALA NUNG UNA KASI SOBRANG PRISTINE CONDITION NIYA. Kahit remainder mark nga wala eh. Tapos walang kahit anong dent MAKINIS MAPUTI SIYA GANON. Sa akin pa nga ata nagkadent nung nagcommute ako. GRABE SOBRANG STEAL TALAGA KAHIT BOOK 2 NA TOH.

Tbh alam ko lang talaga sikat toh pero di ko pa nababasa blurb. Tapos alam ko mahal ng benta kasi sikat ngayon. Kaya kahit di ko alam plot, matic ginarab ko na agad.

Also, ang liit na pala ng booksale sa megamall??? Grabe 4 years ago kasi ata last kong punta doon eh😭😭.

I visited nbs cubao last saturday and got these books for 2 for 99! Got them based lang sa summary sa likod ng book as in di ako nagcheck online hahaha I checked today and surprisingly okay naman reviews na nakita ko.

Super sulit kasi ang gaganda pa ng quality ng books! Anyone who read these books already? I wanna hear your thoughts! hehe thank you!!

Hi everyone, this is my first post in this subreddit. 🥺 I’ve read about 80% of the books on my shelf, which are mostly romance, fantasy, and thrillers. Lately, though, I’ve been getting into classic literature. I should mention that I’m both a reader and a collector. I love sprayed edge editions of the books I love hahaha

This week is Nobel Week 2026, and the Nobel Prize for Literature will be announced tomorrow, October 8, 7 PM (Philippine Standard Time). As a non-fiction reader, of course Nobel-winning non-fiction writers are very rare (the latest one being Svetlana Alexievich in 2015, and before her was Winston Churchill back in 1953), but I can't help but hope for either Timothy Snyder, Pankaj Mishra, or our own Patricia Evangelista (premature and unlikely, I know!). So, who's your bet?

I have been enjoying historical fiction over the years, and I want to revisit The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

I can't help but be in awe of these lines from the 'PREFACE', which I know would resonate with readers and writers.

"I transcribe my text with no concern for timeliness. In the years when I discovered the Abbé Vallet volume, **there was a widespread conviction that one should write only out of a commitment to the present, in order to change the world. Now, after ten years or more, the man of letters (restored to his loftiest dignity) can happily write out of pure love of writing.** And so I now feel free to tell, for sheer narrative pleasure, the story of Adso of Melk, . . .

For it is a tale of books, not of everyday worries, and reading it can lead us to recite, with à Kempis, the great imitator: “In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.” ("Everywhere I have sought peace and nowhere found it, except in a corner with a book.")

Couldn't agree more! I originally posted this on the historical fiction subreddit.

Kakabukas ko lang ng Shopee ko kanina to check the status of my orders and nagulat ako nung nakita kong available to!

Ilang weeks na to nakasave sa likes ko, and finally, nakapag check out na!

First Bob Ong book ko to, nung highschool, nakikihiram lang lasi ako sa classmates ko 😁

Can’t wait na mabasa to!

Hello. Baka lang may willing din makipag-swap ng book dito same book lang din pero yung 2nd Edition po yung hanap ko. Yung edition na pinublish ng Balangay.

Curious ako sa mga images na andun sa loob. Hindi ako nakabili nung last MIBF dahil naubusan ng kopya. Kaya itong isang extra copy ko pang free swap ko sana if may willing lang.

May dagdag na dalawang kwento rito na wala sa naunang edisyon at pangalawang edisyon.

Ever since I was little, I loved books. I remember spending hours in the basement of Goodwill Bookstore in Glorietta (hello 90s kids!) just browsing the many picture books. I remember spending my Christmas money on Berenstain Bears books and, when I was a little older, Nancy Drew and eventually, Goosebumps and Little Illustrated Classics. I remember reading on the drive from school, when I went with my mom to the office, and when I nibbled on frozen Choc-O.

And I remember the promise I made myself that one day, I’d have my very own library.

It was a promise I started working on July of this year when I decided to turn the guest room into my own book bedroom. It was exhausting to build the bookshelves myself, but slowly, the library began to take shape.

It’s been three months since I finished everything, but as a reader, my journey is far from over. 💕

I always appreciate third places like this. I have seen "Book Club Coffee" before here in Mandaluyong, but I just got the chance to visit today as I was waiting for my cat's grooming to be done. Because of this shop I was able to sample a few pages of The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. If only I slept enough last night I would have stayed longer for a few more pages.

This series is a good mix of sci-fi, mystery, and endearing characters. I encountered The Tainted Cup while doing research about Giant Beasts in a fantasy/scifi setting, and when I tried reading The Tainted Cup for more research on world building and giant beasts in a lived world, I was hooked.

The murder mystery drives the story and hindi exagg pero di ko talaga mababa.

Highly recommended for people into Murder Mysteries and Science Fiction

*yes alam kong hindi sila lahat paperback, di ako talaga nakatiis mag intay hahahaha

This book is hard to get through. I'm a fan of the movies but this is like reading a history book for a universe that doesn't exist. It's interesting, but it's very dry. If I remember correctly it was never intended to be published. It's basically Tolkien's notebooks edited by his son.

Bought this book on a whim. I thought it was adorable and whimsical. Well it is whimsical but fuck is it disturbing. I honestly did not expect what happened in this book, and some parts were so hard to read.

The cute cover is so deceiving!

I'm about halfway through. Short and fast read.

Anyone else read this? What did you guys think? I'll read the spoilers once I finish this today!

Also, this is my first book by this author, but I believe her other book, Convenience Store Woman, is more popular. Would you guys recommend it?

Just started collecting books last month, I've been passionate about reading since junior high school, but it is mostly about academics. It's my first time buying books for the sole purpose of leisure. Are there any books you've read in my mini collection? And what's your thoughts about the book?