Showing posts with label Lisa Suguitan Melnick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lisa Suguitan Melnick. Show all posts

Sunday, August 14, 2016

#30 Collantes Street by Lisa Suguitan Melnick

#30 Collante Street
A Divinely Driven Journey to the Philippines
by Lisa Suguitan Melnick

Find out more about this book and author:
Carayan Press
Goodreads
Website
Blog

Published: 2015
Publisher: Carayan Press
Genre: Poetry, Short Stories, Philippines
Paperback: 95 pages
Rating: 5

Simple, eloquent vignettes in #30 Collantes Street lend fresh eyes to the splendor of Philippine nature and rhythmic pace of the life to first-time visitors and maybe even more so to Filipinas/os born and raised in the Philippines. Then, there’s that last sweltering day on the beasty Manila streets, where the author discovers what she truly is made of.


My two-bits:

Having visited the Philippines twice in my life as a child, familiar scenes and imagery touched me while reading this.

Some funny and amusing moments captured while traveling.

Loved the references to delicious favorite food treats.

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* review copy courtesy of M.G. whom I met at this year's BEA :-)

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Stacking the Shelves - 8.6.16

Stacking the Shelves
hosted by Tynga's Reviews (details)

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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For Review: audio

Persuasion and Poems
by Jane Austen
narrated by Alison Larkin
-Classic, Romance
courtesy of narrator -Thanks!
Amazon | Goodreads

Borrowing:

#30 Collante Street
by Lisa Suguitan Melnick
-Poetry, Philippines
courtesy of M.G. from BEA meeting
Carayan Press | Goodreads


Audiobook: from library

All Is Not Forgotten
by Wendy Walker
narrated by: Dylan Baker
-Mystery, Thriller
Amazon | Goodreads


UNBOXING: for the BookSparks Summer Reading Challenge August picks (details here)


Includes:
-Clear to Lift by Anne A. Wilson
-A House for Happy Mothers by Amula Malladi
-Perfectly Good Crime by Dete Meserve
-Swear on this Life by Renee Carlino
-The Lucidity Project by Abbey Campbell Cook
-Sunglasses
-Popcorn holder
-Cotton Candy, Lollipop
-Stickers: circus theme
-Elephant plushie


OTHER things book-related:

Olympic Book Tag
see mine (here)
TAG - you are IT!


AND binge watching: on Netflix

Stranger Things (2016)
tv series, season one
Creators: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer
Starring: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard
-Drama, Horror, Mystery | imdb | my rating: 5

When a young boy disappears, his mother, a police chief, and his friends must confront terrifying forces in order to get him back.

=====> Love the whole 80s vibe and soundtrack.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
tv series, season one
Starring: Rachel Bloom, Vincent Rodriguez III
-Comedy, Musical | imdb | my rating: 5

A young woman abandons a choice job at a law firm and her life in New York in an attempt to find love in the unlikely locale of West Covina, California.

=====> Lots of giggles with this one. Love the musical element to this bit of rom-com - hilarious catchy tunes.

Click Your Heart (2016)
tv series, season one
Starring: Kwon Min Ah (Min A), Baek Ju Ho
-Comedy, Romance, Teen, Kdrama | DramaFever | my rating: 4

Starring AOA's Min Ah as an endearing outcast who turns the heads of Da Won, Ro Woon, Cha Ni and Ju Ho, this interactive multiple choice series unites AOA and Neoz trainees in a sweet string of high school romances.

=====> Cute high school romance comedy with the dilemma of having more than one admirer.


Currently flipping through:

Interference
by Nick Rhodes
-Art, Photography
Amazon | Goodreads

=====> Getting hyped up to see Duran Duran (Nick Rhodes) in concert again next month with Nick's art book.

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* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently
 
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