The Filipino Group discussion

Hello everyone and Happy New Year!

2019 is done and now we face another year that is sure to be filled with amazing reads and good conversations.

Here are the moderators for 2020:

January - Angus: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Best of 2010s)
February - Abdul
March - Rhena
April - Ronnie
May - Maria
June - Aaron
July - Maridon
August - Dyan (joint discussion with econ book club?)
September - Elaine
October - Monique (Debut Novel)
November - Ingrid (Filipiniana)
December - Rollie

Happy reading!

Hello, I’m Angus and I’m your moderator for January 2020. We’ll be discussing A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan. Our F2F will be on January 18, 2PM, at a resto/cafe in Podium. More details will be announced soon.

-If you need an electronic copy of the book, PM me your email address.
-In line with our “Best of the 2010s” theme, please fill out this form. The form will ask you to enter 10 to 15 of your fave books published from 2010 to 2019. Kindly verify the original publication year of the books that you will be entering.

Thanks and happy reading!

Hello! Since February is Black History Month somewhere, I chose the category South African Non-fiction. We'll be reading Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah.

My understanding is that listening to the audiobook is more enjoyable than reading the book. The author himself narrates, and the pronunciation and accents add to the experience. If you can get your hands on the audiobook, that would be optimal.

F2F will be held on February 22 in the afternoon at a place that is still to be determined.

Enkosi!

Good evening, TFG!

F2F98 is on Feb. 22, Saturday, 2pm, at Sunnies Cafe, Second floor, Bridgeway, SM Megamall. Whether or not you finished Born a Crime, please attend!

(Sunnies is strict and has given a waiting time of up to 2:30pm.)

Hello, TFG! I am Aaron and I am your moderator for the F2F discussion for March. Because we are celebrating the International Women's Day on the 8th of March, our discussion will be on 2018 Booker Prize-winning novel, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo.

Message me for the digital copy of the book. I can also provide a link for the audiobook if anyone's interested in that.

F2F discussion details to be posted soon.

Thanks! Happy reading!

Hi everyone. I’m your moderator for April. With your indulgence, I’ve selected another non-fiction book whose genre can be summed up as classics / literary analysis / memoir / travelogue (ha!). It was last year when I read An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic and found it unique, fascinating and moving. I’m hoping you will enjoy it, too.

As always, you can send me an email if you want a digital copy. Don’t worry if you’ve never read Homer’s Odyssey. Summaries found online will suffice. Who knows? You may want to pick up Homer’s epic poem thereafter.

Happy reading!

Hello! Here since... 2011? 2013? Not sure anymore it’s been so long but, probably like everybody else I’m back because - Covid 19.

Life has been busy so I’ve been transformed from reading everything I can get my hands on to being really selective and now a fan of sci-fi short stories in recent years. Short, and with immediate gratification. :)

Hi there again!

Hi Grace! Well now’s a good time as any to catch up on reading, right? Welcome back! Let us know what you’re reading! :)

Hello everyone. Hope you're all doing great. Just wondering: Is this still continued amidst the pandemic? Via Zoom or WebEx? What's book of the month for May? :)

Hi Ted :)

This month's book is Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik. I forgot to update this thread, sorry!

We'll be using viber for the online discussion next Saturday, May 30th 2pm. Slide me a dm if you are interested to join, I can add you there. :)

Stay safe!

^F2F date moved from May 23 (this sat) to May 30 (next sat). (view spoiler)[work obligations tying me down this week, sorry! (hide spoiler)]

I would love to join but I have a work at that time 😔 I hope you could have a nonvoice/video discussion like before.

Krizia Anna wrote: "I would love to join but I have a work at that time 😔 I hope you could have a nonvoice/video discussion like before."

Hello! We'll still use the the TFG Viber Community for discussion. Send any of us mods a message if you'd like to join! :)

Hi! I’m Meliza and I’ll be the moderator for this month of June.

This month, I chose Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove. Backman is Swedish, by the way. It’s tagged as Humor by Goodreads but I'm not really sure if it should be. It's sort of a drama/comedy novel but I haven't finished reading it yet.

I hope you can join us in our discussion, which is probably going to be online, on June 27 (tentative date). You can send me a message if you want a digital copy. That's all. Enjoy reading!

Hi! June F2F will be on June 27, Saturday, 2:00 pm. We’ll be using Google Meet. If anyone's interested, just send me a message for the details. During the discussion, you are free to turn on/off your microphone or camera. There’s still a chat/messaging option if you prefer that.

Hi! Updating the group with the September virtual F2F book discussion, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak.

Discussion date will be on September 26 (Saturday). For those who are interested to join, send me a message so I can forward a digital copy. I'll post another update for the discussion details.

Keep healthy, friends! Hope to see you all in an actual F2F after 2020 ends. :)

Hello, folks!

Our October book will be the author's second award-winning novel.

Please join us! Date of virtual F2F discussion TBA. Will update this post once date is set. Meantime, enjoy and stay safe!

Oh, and if you need a digital format of the book, PM is the key :D

Hello, TFG! I'm Ingrid, your moderator for the F2F discussion for November. Our book will be , in keeping with the Filipiniana theme.

The book is available through Fully Booked and other online book sellers. (view spoiler)[ PM is key for the digital copy of the book. (hide spoiler)]

F2F online discussion details to be posted soon. I hope you can join us!

Happy reading! Stay safe and healthy!

Interesting choice!! Hope i can join my first online f2f

Hello! When will the November discussion be and how will it occur?

Padiecakes wrote: "Hello! When will the November discussion be and how will it occur?"

Hi, Padiecakes! It'll be held via GoogleMeet this Saturday, at 3:30 p.m. :D See you!

The Google Meet link is: https://meet.google.com/azo-ftmy-tst

Rey wrote: "Interesting choice!! Hope i can join my first online f2f"

It is! And you can! Please join us even if you haven't finished the book. :D

Merry Christmas, TFG!

As voted upon in the Viber group chat, there will be a Year-End Wrap-Up Meeting tomorrow, December 27. The agenda includes 2021 F2F moderators, best reads of the year, favorite 2020 discovery, books/authors we haven't discussed yet, etc.

The Google Meet link can be found here: https://meet.google.com/zfs-ugzq-jbx

The meeting will start at 1 PM. See you~!

Hello, everyone! I hope this holiday break gave you ample time to read!

In our meeting yesterday, we discussed our favorite reads, TFG and otherwise.

2020 BEST READS

AARON
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo (TFG)
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

RHENA
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo (TFG)
Lord of the Rings by JRR. Tolkien

BENNARD
Nineteen Ways of Looking At Wang Wei by Eliot Weinberger

ANGUS
A Burning by Megha Majumdar (TFG)
The Vegetarian by Han Kang

TED
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (TFG)
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

ABDUL
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (TFG)
The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam

DYAN
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo (TFG)
The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk
The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman

GRAZIE
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (TFG)
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

MELIZA
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (TFG)
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

MARIA
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (TFG)
An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn (TFG)
Damsel by Elana K. Arnold
Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchinson

MAWI
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo (TFG)
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (TFG)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

INGRID
A Man Called Ove by Fredik Backman (TFG)
Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (TFG)
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

RONNIE
A Burning by Megha Majumdar (TFG)

How about you? What were your faves this year?

Happy holidays and happier reading~!