Literally Blogging

F. Sionil Jose is one of the great Filipino writers and has created The 5 Novel Series entitled Rosales Saga. The Rosales is basically Historical Fiction of the Samson family starting from the start of the 20th century and spans until the 1970’s. My love for covers and white has resurfaced again and I have posted below the iconic covers of Jose’s Rosales Saga. I actually haven’t read all of them but Sionil’s work is the typical Filipino uber-drama that involves alot of angst. If you are visiting ROD Con 2007(see post above), I think he will be there.
 
                   
                         

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     You can chastise me but I don’t buy books on their synopsis but by looking at their covers. Yes, I usually judge books by their covers. Fortunately, my insticts have been right so far… Below are some books covers I adore and would love post on my wall.

1984 by George Orwell (Simply Great!)

 Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes (I do have a poster of this at home)
 
 
Dracula by Bram Stroker (I love the Red eyes)
As you can see, I am a sucker for white. I would have probably not bought these books if the cover was different. I will check out my …read more

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 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
   Did you know that the temperature to burn books into dust is 451 Degrees Fahrenheit? This is the theme of Ray Bradbury’s masterpiece that involves a dystopia(reverse of utopia) where books are burnt because the government sees them as a tool to disunite society. As you can see, it is a really engaging plot to begin with and I actually bought the book from an online recommendation a few years ago. However, what I want to write about is its conclusion, Bradbury gives readers hope by creating a small society that memorizes books to preserves its ideas before it is burnt. My brain …read more

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Pour Your Heart into It : How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time by Howard Schultz, Chairman and CEO of Starbucks
  Success is sweetest when it’s shared and this is what “Pour Your Heart Into It” thrives to achieve by offering digestable nuggets of wisdom amidst the engaging history of Starbucks. CEO Schultz passionately recounts the early days of this quaint coffee bean shop and sincerely tells all the growing pains that come along with it such as innovating without selling out to the heart of his brand. The book is a really light read and I loved it because I couldn’t help …read more

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  The greatest story evertold is the Nativity or the Birth of Jesus Christ. Where can you find a story with a prequel since the dawn of humanity and an upcoming sequel at the end of time? Plus, the Nativity has spawned thousands of other stories found in the lives of saints. The story is itself is pure genious. This story has angels, a pure virgin giving birth, a God-man, a glorious star, an evil king, three wise men, shepherds, and sheep to boot!. With a cast this great, you can help but sense that this drama will be great …read more

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  I know that the spirit of Christmas is all about giving to others. However, I feel that we have forgotten that this is season is all about receiving good things (gifts) as well. Below are two books I wish to find under my Christmas tree. Generous souls are free to ship these books to me.

The Cinema of George Lucas (Hardcover)
by Marcus Hearn, Ron Howard

   Who doesn’t love Georgie? He is the father of pop cinema. His influence has made being a geek/nerd actually cool to point that we often refer to his movies in our everyday language. My …read more

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 Mea Culpa! I am really super duper gazillion times sorry for deleting the posts of the other authors. My punk side took over and it wanted the blog to be mine and mine only!Ha Ha Ha! After I went on a delete frenzy, my conscience returned and I realized what a big boo-boo I did. I hope that my great literally-blogging ancestors have the heart to forgive me . I truly appreciate the road you have paved for this site and I hope to return the favour by continuing the tradition of posting buzz worthy posts. See yah around…
 

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Roughcut) by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
More Information: www.freakanomics.com
      With my head always stuck in the clouds, I have always been a fan of fiction. It was brought about my fear of treading into the territory of real world books and especially the realm of numbers. In addition, it didn’t help that my college text book branded with the disability of innumeracy or being mathematically challenged because I was a marketing communication student. However, one day I lost my way in the bookstore and found my self in the …read more

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Greetings Readers!
I am Vincent from the humble islands called the Philippines. I will be taking over Literally Blogging from now on, so take it or leave it My vision for Literally Blogging is to write short reviews on non-fiction and fiction books, pay homage to certain authors, interview writers, have posts on famous quotations and genres, and try to make you guys learn something in the end while goofing off. I hope I meet your standards of what a Literature blog should be and could be. I am guessing this can be done as long I receive a …read more

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Okay, a question for readers and writers, and writers who are readers, and most of all readers who want to be writers:
What book or books do you wish you had written? If you could travel back in time and steal the manuscript out of someone’s outgoing mail and send to an agent with your name on it, what would it be?
I’ll start this off with two books that I love on their own merits but also secretly resent the authors a little for being the ones who wrote them.
The first is Watership Down, by Richard Adams. It was …read more

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