Literally Blogging

   Oh Love…the Great Intangible! We people love to talk about it, debate about it, fight for it, sing about it and definitely yearn for it. It is consumes most of our thoughts and guides every breathing moment of our lives. Yet, at the heart of it, love is actually not complex but truly simple in its nature. It is because love is just going out and giving ourselves selves for others. Dahl richly illustrates this in a tale about Mr. Hopper, man in his golden years who has fallen in LOOOVE with his neighbor Mrs. Silver, a widow who lives with …read more

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Hey Hey Hey!
We are back to color this week and I promise you that it will be uber vibrant courtesy of Roald Dahl and his partner Quentin Blake. Dahl is my bestest and most favoritest author in the whole world (too much Willy Wonka Candy). I found out about him because this girl I liked in High School. It is funny because I ended falling in Love with Dahl and his quirky cast of characters in the end. I pretty much forgotten the girl but my affair with Dahl lives on….eerie but true.
So let’s begin a quote from …read more

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As we rest and retire for the weekend, let us pause and think about whether or not we will return to work on Monday. To facilitate this inner dialogue, let Shakespeare’s Hamlet guide us with its famous lines….
To be, or not to be, —that is the question:—
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? —To die, —to sleep,—
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, —’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be …read more

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Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami
   Last March 20, 1995, the Aum Buddhist Cult released the fatal sarin gas in several trains of the Tokyo Subway. The gas silently seeped in the cars and was able to injure a thousand of its passengers by rendering them blinding and causing damage to their lungs. Immediately after, a media frenzy occurs and the drama of its victims and Aum unfolds. Murakami stems in the scene six months after to give some perspective after the dust has settled by interviewing the experiences of its victims. In general, the …read more

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   In the Philippines, bookends are a definite rarity unless you call those flat steel things as “bookends”. Aside from that, it is a pity we only sell the cheey superhero bookends here in the Philippines.This is the reason why I went ga-ga over the bookends in Barnes and Nobles six years ago and had the willpower to go over a thousand miles back home with the gargoyles below in my backpack. Aren’t they cute? I consider them one of the things I would probably run back home to get if ever my house is ever set ablaze.
 
  
I know …read more

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As promised, we are back in j-pop colors and it seems that these covers are all about the eyes….

                     
 
 Next Post: Underground Murakami
 
 

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Life is too short to read bad books, watch awful movies, and listen to utterly dreadful music. As a result, a bunch of Aussies started to rid the world of these evils. As fitting homage to Gerardus Mercator, the creator of the atlas, MercatorNet aims to convert and reinvent it through media by promoting and applauding entertainment with morals and ethics. This is because we, humans, deserve only top notch media and nothing less. Want to know more? Click the link below. Enjoy!
http://www.mercatornet.com

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As we enter the weekend, let’s pause for a moment to comtemplate on the color White:

 
 
 And Maybe Some Grey……

 This Book Gallery was brought to you by….
  in Black and White.
  Literally Blogging might be back to color by the next post but I will definitely write about my experience with Murakami in the next one. Ciao!
 
 

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         Yeah, I am really into the minimalist thing now .
   I am really loving white covers now and expect more in the future. Besides, who doesn’t love white? It is in everything that is good in the world such as Apple Technology, Google, Wikipedia, Bunnies, Eggs and the Pope.
    Moving on, I want to celebrate J.D Salinger today. Beside having the same birthday (Jan 1). I remember Salinger’s works fondly because it was one of the first books I read with a real voice. His character Holden Caufield from his popular Catcher in the Rye novel really took me down a different path …read more

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The Reading Geek in me could not contain himself when he saw the banner for the Read or Die Book Convention 2007. This is simply because book conventions are rather far and between in the Philippines. I was especially joyful (oh joy!) when I read about book swapping in their website (oh double joy!). If you are interested, read the information from their website below:
Welcome to RodCon 2007!
RodCon 2007 is a two-day literary convention organized by Read or Die Inc. in partnership with Powerbooks. The convention seeks to bring together readers, writers, publishers, government and school organizations and book dealers …read more

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