The Reading Spree

Flipping pages and finding common denominators

Books

  • Travel involves following a lot of rules. Get used to it.

    Know the rules – and the gray areas.

  • What If…?

    It’s a scorching Sunday afternoon in Manila, with the temperature predicted to hit 35°C. Best to stay indoors until at least 5PM, folks! I suggest watching this short film by The Bakery while waiting for things to cool down a bit. The Last Bookshop shows us a scenario that (sadly) has a good chance of…

  • Here come the undead!

    The Undead

    Some people have plenty of unfinished business.

  • Noted!

    While compiling this week’s edition of Snippets, I came across an article on The Huffington Post about marginalia. Jocelyn Kelley’s opening line contained a question: Do you openly embrace writing in books, or do you frown upon it? I do agree with her on her main points: a reader’s notes on the sides of book pages…

  • Snippets #8.

    A month after my last link list, Snippets is (finally) back! Yeah. It’s a long list. Had to dig deep into my RSS feed, social media feeds and Pocket list to find the ones I found interesting and share-worthy. Then I had to review everything and trim the list down, which called for a few more…