Book Logging/Purchases from the annual book sales on Aug-Sep2010:
August 2010
National BookStore Cut-Price BookSale (SM Dasma):
- Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves (HB) - Php369
- Luna by Julie Anne Peters (TPP) - Php150
BookSale (SM Dasma):
- Kaplan's Outsmart Math (TPP) - Php145
September 2010
Manila International Book Fair (SMX, 17Sep, Day One):
Anvil Publishing:*
- Congressman Kalog by Larry Alcala (PB) - Php95
- Ilustrado by Michael Syjuco (TPB) - Php290
- A Time For Dragons: An Anthology of Philippine Draconic Fiction
. . Editor: Vincent Michael Simbulan, Illustrated by: Andrew Drilon (PB) - Php295
- Bones of Contention: The Andres Bonifacion Lectures
. . by Ambeth R. Ocampo (PB) - Php200
- Cory: An Intimate Portrait II - Selected Tributes and Eulogies
. . Editor: Margie Penson Juico (PB) - Php395
- Top Ten Travels: Tokyo by Scott Lee Chua - Php120
*w/an additonal 20% off on all items
National BookStore:*
- Wizards: The Quest for the Wizard from Merlin to Harry Potter
. . by John Matthews (HB) - Php125
*freebie (a ladybug button, fr a single receipt of Php300
. . [w/c my purchases was added w/a friend])
Instituto Cervantes Manila:*
- If A Filipino Writer Reads Don Quijote: Three Lectures
. . by Alfred Yuson, Vicente G. Groyon and F. Sionil Jose (TBP) - Php250
*freebie: Instituto Cervantes Notepad and pencil
Goethe-Institut Philippinen
freebie book from a raffle quiz: Facts About Germany
and Goethe-Institut Philippinen rubber keychain (a trade-in w/my friend)
Merriam and Webster Bookstore:*
- Pagkaing Pilipino: 250 Recipes.... (PB) - Php195
*w/20% discount and two freebies: booklets on Chinese Fortune Horoscope
. . . . and Fortune Calendar
Pilot Booth
purchased a retractable pilot ballpen and refill
dinsmar enterprises(?)
wristpad/keyboard notepad - Php100 (given to friend as trade for the Goethe keychain)
SMX Lobby: SM "Green" Bag: Blue Glow - Php35
National BookStore (Gotesco Grand Central, 3-Day Sale):
- The Three Musketeers: Twenty Years After (book 2 of The 3 Musketeers Trilogy)
. . by Alexandre Dumas (Oxford Classics) (PB) - Php99
- The Bhagavad Gita (Oxford Classics) (PB) - Php99
- A Rogue of My Own by Johanna Lindsey (PB) - Php252*
*less 20%
Manila International Book Fair (SMX, 18Sep, Day Two):
National BookStore:*
- History of the United States Naval Operations in the World War II: Vol XIII
. . The Liberation of the Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas
. . . 1944-1945 by Samuel Eliot Morison (HB) - Php100
*freebie: BiC Blue Ballpen
Schutzen:
2 Slim Spiral Notebooks SkyBlue (1 for a friend) - Php100 x 2
Jesuit Communications Foundation, Inc.:
- In and Around Intramuros: An Interactive Guide by Rene B. Javellana (TPB) - Php99
Tradewinds Books:*
- Philippine Daily Inquirer Presents: Intramuros
. . edited by Nick Joaquin [1988] (PB) - Php250
*freebie: 4 postcards fr/by silahis center
The Ayala Museum:
- Photobook on the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines/Manila during World War II
(TPB) - Php200
EhJe's Peanut Butter
- 80gram Creamy Peanut Butter - Php100 (3-for-100 promo) YUM! :9
National BookStore (SM Dasma):*
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (TPB) - Php199
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K.Rowling (HB) - Php849
. . . [gift for a friend]
*freebie: 2-color miniature claypaint art set project (a car)
Book Logging/Purchases from the annual book sales on Oct2010:
Book Sale (SM Dasma):*
- Return To The Labyrinth vol.1 (manga) - Php145(?)
- A Collection of Gay Stories by an author (TPB) - Php75(?)
- A sequel of For My Lady's Heart by Laura Kinsale (PB) - Php160(?)
*The receipt and the books are left back in our house in Cavite.... ^^"
Total Cost: I don't want to know! T_T
Friends going with you at these jaunts: Priceless! *^_^*