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Friday Reading

Friday Reads: The Best Travel Writing 2011

August 17, 2012August 18, 2012 FilLeave a comment

I bought The Best Travel Writing 2011 for a discount, and now I’m savoring each story bit by bit. It’s interesting that I’ve been reading this while I’m riding the jeepney or the bus — during those short, bumpy, dusty journeys, in other words. Travel literature is a relatively new genre for me; I considered… Continue reading Friday Reads: The Best Travel Writing 2011

Friday Reading

Friday Reading: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

May 25, 2012 FilLeave a comment

I’m actually reading some books and articles on literary theory at the moment, but I don’t want to get into that. 🙂 I want to talk about this book — The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Seventeen-year-old Hazel is a cancer patient. She falls in love with a survivor, Augustus Waters. It’s a… Continue reading Friday Reading: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

About the Blogger

Fil is in her early 30s. She is a new mom, a high school teacher, a lover of literature, and a traveler during long school breaks. She’s an Iska, an Archer, and a Ravenclaw.

Fil is a proud Filipino.

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