Neil Gaiman has blogged about the recent Waterstones event, where he, along with other writers such as Margaret Atwood, J.K. Rowling and Nick Hornby, wrote short stories in an index card. The cards were then auctioned and the proceeds will go to English PEN and Dyslexia Action ( Read more... )

Mga friends! Help naman! Sumali ako sa pa-contest ni Ate Shoshana, kung saan sumulat ako tungkol sa paborito kong librong likha ng isa sa aking paboritong manunulat. Hindi ako nanalo, pero naisipan ni Ate S. na pumili ng pangalawang winner. At kasama ako dun ( Read more... )

On browsing
Sometimes it’s hard not to get distracted when you’re browsing the internet. One thing leads to another until you’ve totally forgotten what it is you’re supposed to be doing.

Really cool sites that I stumbled upon while browsing.

On YA fiction
Sometimes the best discoveries and most interesting reads do not come from the bestseller’s ( Read more... )

"The Golden Compass" is now showing. By brother Nunik and I will watch it later. It'll be nice to watch it with him because he's read the books too, so we can discuss it more ( Read more... )

Saturday afternoon I was minding my own business when somebody from the Pottershare groups said something about Grindelwald being Harry Potter's grandson. I figured it must be some fanfic discussion and let it at that. Then someone put up a link to
this article and that was that.

( Click at your own risk )

Comics section
Having not read the comics section of the Inquirer for a little more than a week now, I was pleasantly surprised to see Ben and Baby Blues! At least that makes the comic section worth going back to, next to Kikomachine and Pugad Baboy.

The Dark is Rising
My brother Miks and I watched the The Dark is Rising last night. He hasn't ( Read more... )

I got a copy of "The Dark is Rising" yesterday, and managed to finish reading it before 10 PM. I had finished the first book, "Over Sea, Under Stone" the night before, and I thought I'll read the next before I watch the movie ( Read more... )

Finally saw Stardust. Stef had said not to expect much, and since it had been a year since I last read the book, I managed to watch it without much comparisons. I can safely say that I enjoyed it, and loved Robert de Niro's role. Charlie Cox isn't bad looking, especially after his hair had grown. The guy who played your Dunstan Thorn is also good ( Read more... )

Ever wonder what happens to characters you read in a book if they're not in the scene you're reading? Like say, character A is talking to his friend character B. B says he has to go to the bookstore and the story progresses on A's point of view? What happens to B on his way to the store? Did he meet anyone along the way? Did he get what he needed? ( Read more... )

I haven't seen my cousins in while, so I thought a visit was long overdue. So I went over to their house as my parents cancelled the last minute ( Read more... )