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Currently reading 'Gifted Hands' by Ben Carson.

Oo naman, I still do... hehehe... mahirap mawala ang love-affair na to..

of course i still read books but not as often as before when i was in HS and college....

this week, i finished reading All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot

Creative Writing is my bachelor's degree, so, as expected, here's my list.


Current Reads

1. Three: Other Voices, Other Rooms, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote
2. The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield
3. The Queen’s Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire by Wayne Koestenbaum
4. Bad Haircut by Tom Perrotta

Gay/Lesbian-themed Novels

1. Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran*
2. Three Junes by Julia Glass
3. The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst*
4. A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White
5. My Father and Myself by J.R. Ackerley*
6. Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
7. Living Upstairs by Joseph Hansen
8. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

Humor

1. Lake Wobegon: Summer 1956 by Garrison Keillor
2. The Taming of the Screw by Dave Barry
3. Bad Habits by Dave Barry*

Romance

1. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
2. Love Invents Us by Amy Bloom
3. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
4. They Whisper by Robert Olen Butler
5. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte*
6. Elegy for Iris by John Bailey
7. Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger*
8. We Think The World of You by JR Ackerley
9. M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang*
10. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers*
11. Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser
12. Cast in Doubt by Lynne Tillman

Coming-of-Age

1. Black Boy by Richard Wright
2. American Childhood by Annie Dillard*
3. China Boy by Gus Lee

Family Portraits

1. House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
2. Obasan by Joy Kogawa*
3. The Rehearsal by Sarah Willis
4. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by Julia Alvarez
5. We are still Married by Garrison Keillor
6. The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx*
7. Goodbye to the Buttermilk Sky by Julia Oliver
8. Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr
8. Mr. Potter by Jamaica Kincaid*

Adventures

1. West with the Night by Beryl Markham
2. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
3. In America by Susan Sontag

Creative Non-Fiction

1. My Brother by Jamaica Kincaid*
2. The Portrait of a Marriage by Nigel Nicolson
3. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin*
4. Life Under the Leaky Roof by David Owen*
5. Something to Declare by Julia Alvarez*

Short Story Collections

1. Tiger in the Grass by Harriet Doerr*
2. Follies by Anne Beattie
3. The Things They Carried by Tim O’brien
4. A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler*
5. Women Loving by Jhoanna Lynn Cruz*
6. Revenge of the Lawn by Richard Brautigan
7. Living Up the Street by Gary Soto*
8. Dance of the Happy Shades by Alice Munro

Poetry Collections

1. A Night Without Armor by Jewel
2. Black Wings & Blind Angels by Sapphire
3. Sunflower by Tita Lacambra-Ayala*
4. From the Skin In by Mary Connell

Other Writings

1. Women and Bisexuality by Sue George
2. Immortal Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy by Judith C. Brown
3. The Practical Stylist by Sheridan Baker
4. Getting Real: An Introduction to the Practice of Poetry by Gemino Abad*
5. Ladlad 2: An Anthology of Philippine Gay Writing edited by J. Neil Garcia and Danton Remoto
6. Conversation with Truman Capote by Lawrence Grobel*
7. Sex, Art and American Culture by Camille Paglia*
8. Nearly Roadkill: An Infobahn Erotic Adventure by Kate Borstein and Caitlin Sullivan

(*) favorite books

I still read - A LOT

I've always felt that I can be left alone in an island as long as that island is full of books.

I have more readings in the internet than books.

Quote from: loloy on October 26, 2010, 09:28:36 AM
Creative Writing is my bachelor's degree, so, as expected, here's my list.


Current Reads

1. Three: Other Voices, Other Rooms, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote
2. The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield
3. The Queen’s Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire by Wayne Koestenbaum
4. Bad Haircut by Tom Perrotta

Gay/Lesbian-themed Novels

1. Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran*
2. Three Junes by Julia Glass
3. The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst*
4. A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White
5. My Father and Myself by J.R. Ackerley*
6. Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
7. Living Upstairs by Joseph Hansen
8. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

Humor

1. Lake Wobegon: Summer 1956 by Garrison Keillor
2. The Taming of the Screw by Dave Barry
3. Bad Habits by Dave Barry*

Romance

1. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
2. Love Invents Us by Amy Bloom
3. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
4. They Whisper by Robert Olen Butler
5. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte*
6. Elegy for Iris by John Bailey
7. Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger*
8. We Think The World of You by JR Ackerley
9. M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang*
10. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers*
11. Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser
12. Cast in Doubt by Lynne Tillman

Coming-of-Age

1. Black Boy by Richard Wright
2. American Childhood by Annie Dillard*
3. China Boy by Gus Lee

Family Portraits

1. House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
2. Obasan by Joy Kogawa*
3. The Rehearsal by Sarah Willis
4. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by Julia Alvarez
5. We are still Married by Garrison Keillor
6. The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx*
7. Goodbye to the Buttermilk Sky by Julia Oliver
8. Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr
8. Mr. Potter by Jamaica Kincaid*

Adventures

1. West with the Night by Beryl Markham
2. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
3. In America by Susan Sontag

Creative Non-Fiction

1. My Brother by Jamaica Kincaid*
2. The Portrait of a Marriage by Nigel Nicolson
3. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin*
4. Life Under the Leaky Roof by David Owen*
5. Something to Declare by Julia Alvarez*

Short Story Collections

1. Tiger in the Grass by Harriet Doerr*
2. Follies by Anne Beattie
3. The Things They Carried by Tim O’brien
4. A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler*
5. Women Loving by Jhoanna Lynn Cruz*
6. Revenge of the Lawn by Richard Brautigan
7. Living Up the Street by Gary Soto*
8. Dance of the Happy Shades by Alice Munro

Poetry Collections

1. A Night Without Armor by Jewel
2. Black Wings & Blind Angels by Sapphire
3. Sunflower by Tita Lacambra-Ayala*
4. From the Skin In by Mary Connell

Other Writings

1. Women and Bisexuality by Sue George
2. Immortal Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy by Judith C. Brown
3. The Practical Stylist by Sheridan Baker
4. Getting Real: An Introduction to the Practice of Poetry by Gemino Abad*
5. Ladlad 2: An Anthology of Philippine Gay Writing edited by J. Neil Garcia and Danton Remoto
6. Conversation with Truman Capote by Lawrence Grobel*
7. Sex, Art and American Culture by Camille Paglia*
8. Nearly Roadkill: An Infobahn Erotic Adventure by Kate Borstein and Caitlin Sullivan

(*) favorite books

You have a great collection of read books, Loy. How was 'Tiger In The Grass'?

In my free time I've been reading J. Randall Curtis' "Managing Death in the Intesive Care Unit".

Its a good read , and it applies to my station right now.

Quote from: carebear on October 26, 2010, 07:57:29 PM
I still read - A LOT

I've always felt that I can be left alone in an island as long as that island is full of books.

carebear,

i agree with you --to an extent. so long as there is one other person in that island besides the books. lol

Quote from: loloy on October 26, 2010, 09:28:36 AM
Creative Writing is my bachelor's degree, so, as expected, here's my list.


Current Reads

1. Three: Other Voices, Other Rooms, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote
2. The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield
3. The Queen’s Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire by Wayne Koestenbaum
4. Bad Haircut by Tom Perrotta

Gay/Lesbian-themed Novels

1. Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran*
2. Three Junes by Julia Glass
3. The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst*
4. A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White
5. My Father and Myself by J.R. Ackerley*
6. Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
7. Living Upstairs by Joseph Hansen
8. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

Humor

1. Lake Wobegon: Summer 1956 by Garrison Keillor
2. The Taming of the Screw by Dave Barry
3. Bad Habits by Dave Barry*

Romance

1. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
2. Love Invents Us by Amy Bloom
3. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
4. They Whisper by Robert Olen Butler
5. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte*
6. Elegy for Iris by John Bailey
7. Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger*
8. We Think The World of You by JR Ackerley
9. M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang*
10. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers*
11. Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser
12. Cast in Doubt by Lynne Tillman

Coming-of-Age

1. Black Boy by Richard Wright
2. American Childhood by Annie Dillard*
3. China Boy by Gus Lee

Family Portraits

1. House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
2. Obasan by Joy Kogawa*
3. The Rehearsal by Sarah Willis
4. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by Julia Alvarez
5. We are still Married by Garrison Keillor
6. The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx*
7. Goodbye to the Buttermilk Sky by Julia Oliver
8. Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr
8. Mr. Potter by Jamaica Kincaid*

Adventures

1. West with the Night by Beryl Markham
2. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
3. In America by Susan Sontag

Creative Non-Fiction

1. My Brother by Jamaica Kincaid*
2. The Portrait of a Marriage by Nigel Nicolson
3. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin*
4. Life Under the Leaky Roof by David Owen*
5. Something to Declare by Julia Alvarez*

Short Story Collections

1. Tiger in the Grass by Harriet Doerr*
2. Follies by Anne Beattie
3. The Things They Carried by Tim O’brien
4. A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler*
5. Women Loving by Jhoanna Lynn Cruz*
6. Revenge of the Lawn by Richard Brautigan
7. Living Up the Street by Gary Soto*
8. Dance of the Happy Shades by Alice Munro

Poetry Collections

1. A Night Without Armor by Jewel
2. Black Wings & Blind Angels by Sapphire
3. Sunflower by Tita Lacambra-Ayala*
4. From the Skin In by Mary Connell

Other Writings

1. Women and Bisexuality by Sue George
2. Immortal Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy by Judith C. Brown
3. The Practical Stylist by Sheridan Baker
4. Getting Real: An Introduction to the Practice of Poetry by Gemino Abad*
5. Ladlad 2: An Anthology of Philippine Gay Writing edited by J. Neil Garcia and Danton Remoto
6. Conversation with Truman Capote by Lawrence Grobel*
7. Sex, Art and American Culture by Camille Paglia*
8. Nearly Roadkill: An Infobahn Erotic Adventure by Kate Borstein and Caitlin Sullivan

(*) favorite books

At the moment am reading a funny, so perceptive, so real  book titled "This charming man" from Marian Keyes. Had just started,got a chance during breaktime at work.

give us a synopsis , bambi. 

Current read:

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 19, 2011, 04:46:20 PM
Current read:

BWAHAHAHAHAHHAH! AYLABEEEEET!!! lavooo hubs! you made my day!

Quote from: ms da binsi on January 20, 2011, 05:55:09 AM
BWAHAHAHAHAHHAH! AYLABEEEEET!!! lavooo hubs! you made my day!

He he, mas nindot ni basahon kaysa Summa Theologica... 

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 20, 2011, 08:15:24 AM
He he, mas nindot ni basahon kaysa Summa Theologica... 

Naka basa na diay ka sa Summa Theologica, Nong?

QuoteDo You Still Read Books?

Right now: Step-Up to Medicine.

Tho I was recently given a vintage copy of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. I need to read that soon. lol.

Paborito nako nga hero ni si Winnie-the-Pooh. Naa pa ni siyay kontra nga mas bangis pa kaysa alien...


Stuffed Animal Fighting- Frog vs Winnie The Pooh] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDKvahS7tMw#]Stuffed Animal Fighting- Frog vs Winnie The Pooh[/url]
                                                                                                    Stuffed Animal Fighting- Frog vs Winnie The Pooh

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 20, 2011, 08:26:52 AM
Paborito nako nga hero ni si Winnie-the-Pooh. Naa pa ni siyay kontra nga mas bangis pa kaysa alien...


Stuffed Animal Fighting- Frog vs Winnie The Pooh] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDKvahS7tMw#]Stuffed Animal Fighting- Frog vs Winnie The Pooh[/url]
                                                                                                    Stuffed Animal Fighting- Frog vs Winnie The Pooh

di maabri ang link!!!!!!

Quote from: ms da binsi on January 21, 2011, 02:13:08 PM
di maabri ang link!!!!!!

Oops, sorry. Ngano kaha ni nga sakto man to nako pagka-post. Hmm...  

Anyway, I hope OK na ni....


Stuffed Animal Fighting- Frog vs Winnie The Pooh

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 21, 2011, 02:33:46 PM
Oops, sorry. Ngano kaha ni nga sakto man to nako pagka-post. Hmm...  

Anyway, I hope OK na ni....


Stuffed Animal Fighting- Frog vs Winnie The Pooh

OMG! froggy resembles of the frog i know!!!

Quote from: ms da binsi on January 22, 2011, 04:25:11 AM
OMG! froggy resembles of the frog i know!!!

He he, naa diay kay kaila nga stuffy, er, stuffed frog, Ms. MDB? 

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 22, 2011, 08:43:21 AM
He he, naa diay kay kaila nga stuffy, er, stuffed frog, Ms. MDB? 

huh-hmm, yes kaajo so stuffed as in nag awas awas na gani ang stuffing! hahahahhha!

Quote from: ms da binsi on January 22, 2011, 01:46:22 PM
huh-hmm, yes kaajo so stuffed as in nag awas awas na gani ang stuffing! hahahahhha!

Nag awas awas? Sobra pa diay sa over kon maohon... 

matod pa sa amigo kong taga Catanduanes, lebro?  maniwala ka dyan, gawa lang yan ng tao. mao nga wa lang ko mobasa ug lebro sumama nalang ko sa kanilang naglalaro ng Tong-it.

Quote from: Vistabel on February 01, 2011, 09:25:39 PM
matod pa sa amigo kong taga Catanduanes, lebro?  maniwala ka dyan, gawa lang yan ng tao. mao nga wa lang ko mobasa ug lebro sumama nalang ko sa kanilang naglalaro ng Tong-it.

Sakto jud ka, Bay Vist. Nagbag-o na bitaw ko ron. Wa na koy basa-basa kay wa man jud ko madato sa daghan nakong nabasahan sa bata pa ko... 

Quote from: Lorenzo on January 06, 2011, 08:21:17 AM
carebear,

i agree with you --to an extent. so long as there is one other person in that island besides the books. lol

haha to hell with real people, I only care for characters in books. hahaha

Quote from: carebear on February 08, 2011, 04:43:10 PM
haha to hell with real people, I only care for characters in books. hahaha

hahaha! ah, so the love of fiction has captured you eh?

Careful, careful, else you might find yourself as Gulliver in one of his travels 

ps. have any more calamay from jagna?