acciohedwig:

I’m gushing over this edition of Pride and Prejudice I found at my local thrift store. I am in love with it. adfhksdj

Oh! Oh! Oh! We have the exact same book at home! Also bought from a thrift store (not sure if Booksale or Bookay-Ukay)!

I know that feeling; it’s like catching a rare/shiny/legendary Pokémon. Jackpot. ;D

(via prettybooks)

Source: robinhook

A Hike Through Dickens

newyorker:

Reading projects of this old-fashioned sort are the equivalent of a long pilgrimage on foot. The pace and the proddings of modern life, forever segmenting one’s existence into smaller and busier intervals, counsel against them. On the other hand, those patient, reproachful, grandpaternal voices continue to mutter on your bookshelf. And they say, Start walking.


Brad Leithauser on big reading projects, and his journey through all of Charles Dickens’s fiction: http://nyr.kr/RHepuK

Nice article. Makes me want to read David Copperfield.

30-Day Favorites Challenge

4. Favorite book

Extreme Pokémon: The Guide for the Ultimate Fan by Mike Teitelbaum

This is my favorite book because:

  1. It’s about Pokémon
  2. This is the first book I bought when I was in high school (from my own allowance), from the book sale section in Vetaf’s Store in Balanga, Bataan. Actually, that’s where I also bought some of my Pokémon books (movie tie-ins of Mewtwo Strikes Back, Pokémon the Movie 2000, and Spell of the Unown), and that’s the place that showed me the wonders of book sales. 

An Attempt at the 50 Books Challenge 2012

I hope I can read at least 25. No. 20. Here’s what I’ve read so far this year:

  1. Sheldon and Mrs. Levine, An Excruciating Correspondence - Sam Bobrick and Julie Stein
  2. The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
  3. The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
  4. The Titan’s Curse - Rick Riordan
  5. The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan
  6. The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
  7. The Adventures of Captain Underpants - Dav Pilkey
  8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - J. K. Rowling
  9. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J. K. Rowling
  10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J. K. Rowling
  11. The Purple Smurfs - Peyo
  12. The Smurfette - Peyo
  13. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J. K. Rowling
  14. An Education - Lynn Barber
  15. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J. K. Rowling
  16. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J. K. Rowling
  17. Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1 - Gene Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko
  18. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling
  19. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules - Jeff Kinney
  20. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw - Jeff Kinney  (8/14: Yes! 20-book mark reached!)
  21. Stargirl - Jerry Spinelli
  22. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
  23. Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 2 -  Gene Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko
  24. A Charlie Brown Christmas - Charles M. Schulz
  25. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman (10/19: Yeah baby! Halfway through the challenge! Personal target reached)
  26. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown - Charles M. Schulz
  27. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
  28. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
  29. Miracle on 34th Street - Valentine Davies
  30. The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter

Currently Reading: ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Series

            

Just because I don’t have Internet or TV in the apartment yet. :P I’m now at the 4th installment.

Hey, if you want to be acquainted with Greek mythology without reading Edith Hamilton’s book or the original Greek lit, this series is good enough for you to know who’s who in the said mythology.