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I saw the film before I read the book. Cable TV was new in the mid-1990s and one of the first movies I enjoyed was The House of the Spirits. To say that I was mesmerized would be an understatement. I fell head over heels in love with the story and the years of search [...]
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It was Carol who first told me about Bestsellers, a division of National Bookstore, at Robinson’s Galleria. We didn’t have the opportunity to visit it until two days ago.
We were spending overnight at a hotel (Sam’s request for her birthday since the unpredictable weather made it difficult to risk going out of town) and, after [...]
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When you’re feeling a lot of strain (like when you’re in a rage?), what do you do to relax and to keep you mind off the ugly things? In my case, I read, I watch a movie, go out… or write.
Although my deadline for Tuesday’s (today’s) column wasn’t until Monday (yesterday) at 12.00 noon, [...]
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A cliche goes: “Show me who your friends are and I’ll tell you what you are.” Another cliche: “You are what you eat.” Can a person really be defined based on his habits and associations? If so, then it is also true that we are what we read.
I always thought that what we read reflects [...]
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is coming out on July 18th.
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It’s going to be a busy weekend. But I feel energized. Actually, I feel great. For the first time in so many months, I’m writing the way I always wanted to. I finally acknowledged what had been staring at me in the face for a long time. Not following the political news — not paying [...]
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Home-schooled 11-year-old Gabrielle Henderson must be holding a world record of sorts by finishing 600 books in one year. Very impressive. And I thought I did pretty well coping with my law books after a crash speed reading course the summer before I entered the College of Law.
I wonder though how much time the girl [...]
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If anyone should ask me what my favorite book is, my answer wouldn’t be Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings or Rowling’s Harry Potter series. It won’t even be anything by James Clavell, Amy Tan or F. Sionil Jose, my favorite authors. My choice would be Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince. Why? Because it [...]
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When J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books first became popular a couple of years ago, many ultra religious groups campaigned for their boycott calling the books evil as they support witchcraft. I thought that kind of thinking was over. I thought that, after reading and seeing what Harry Potter is truly all about, people now [...]
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