The Filipino Group discussion

Hi guys! We have this similar thread in my other Goodreads group and I think it would be fun to list down your finds in one thread. I'm interested to know where people buy their books and what's available in those stores.

I'll start with my splurges for this month. I got the following from Fully Booked:



Not all at the same time though. I picked them up one at a time and Fully Booked is the only bookstore which has these books. Recently, I went to the POB (previously owned books) section of National Bookstore Cubao and picked up the following:



All for P200 only! :)

There's also a POB section in NBS Cubao?! I thought it was only on the North Ave. branch.

North Ave? Do you mean the Quezon Ave branch?

The POB section is Cubao is a lot bigger than the one in Quezon Ave.

Oh shoot. Yeah. Quezon Ave. See I really easily get lost in the QC Circle. lol

The POB section in Cubao is the entire fourth floor. You could spend hours in there.

Would I enjoy spending hours there though? You know that only the YA section is the only section I go to if I am in a bookstore. hehe

They have a lot of YA books in there.

Oh cool. I would definitely go there soon.

Anyways these are my latest splurge:



And the hardcover edition of

The first three Anthony Horowitz books are available in the Cubao POB section for P30 each. :) My friend gave it to me last March.

Here's a picture of the books my friends gave me for my birthday and these were all from the POB section: http://pics.livejournal.com/chachic/p...

WHAAAAATTTTT!!!!!!!!!???? Alex Rider 1, 2 and 3 for only 30 pesos????

The world is a huge bitch!

Ohhhh! I love NBS Cubao POB! If there ain't no good books at BookSale I always head there...

I reckon that's where I got


by Stephen King for only 100 Hardcover First Edition...

Yeheey! ^_^

Aaron, yep that's why you should check it out! They don't always price their books that cheap. Other times the books cost around 100 for paperbacks and 250 for hardcovers.

Jason, nice find! A first edition!

Chachic wrote: "Aaron, yep that's why you should check it out! They don't always price their books that cheap. Other times the books cost around 100 for paperbacks and 250 for hardcovers.

Jason, nice find! A firs..."

Agree! Kung minsan talaga pana-panahon...

NBS Cubao is the one of the places that gives me headache... Just the half of the floor takes me like two hours to scour for some good finds...

Ohhh... NBS Cubao...

NBS cubao, is that the one at the back of Gateway?

Ariel wrote: "NBS cubao, is that the one at the back of Gateway?"


Rightee-oh!

Yes, you really have to devote hours when you want to browse that entire section.

but beware, NBS Cubao closes at 8pm! hehe.

CHACHIC: You're so lucky with your finds. I was just there last week and didn't find anything! But I got these:

From Fully Booked


From Booksale

Celina, those are great finds in Booksale! What branch of Booksale did you go to?

Bluemoon, did you get yours from Chapters?

Hahaha no, I just know that that's your favorite bookstore there in Canada!

I have a feeling you also know what my favorite bookstore here in the Philippines is. Right?

Chachic., That's pretty easy. It's not like we got tons of choices here.

Chachic wrote: "Celina, those are great finds in Booksale! What branch of Booksale did you go to?

Bluemoon, did you get yours from Chapters?"

Thanks Chachic, I got them at Booksale at SM Southmall. So far, that is my favorite branch here at the south.

Celina, no wonder it's your favorite. You've gotten some pretty good books there.

Bluemoon, I would have to agree! Even though we always complain about availability over here, things have really gotten better ever since Fully Booked arrived on the scene. It's funny because my most recent blog post is about availability of books here: http://chachic.wordpress.com/2010/06/...

Alright!

Here are my latest splurge!

A Hardcover of



A Hardcover of


And now I can finally read this book...


A Hardcover First American Edition of




and Trade Paperbacks of...





and

magkano bili mo?

Where'd you get them, Jason?

Love in the Time of Cholera? Wow..brand new?

Wow Jzhun. Dami mong pera!
Yesterday, I bought The Chocolate War (you rated this with 5 stars) at P15. BS North EDSA. Nakita kong hawak ng young girl at binabasa ang blurbs. Nakita ko na ito sa FB The Fort last month at P495 and I almost bought it because I had read your teasers while reading it or while you were still planning to read it. But since it is not 1001, I dropped it. Pero kahapon, I was repeating a mantra na sana bitawan nya, sana bitawan nya. ha ha ha. Binitawan nga!

jzhunagev wrote: "Alright!

Here are my latest splurge!

A Hardcover of



A Hardcover of


And now I can finally read this book...


A Ha..."

Harcover of Love at the time of cholera! I like that one, mine is just a paperback copy.

Here's my latest finds but not really splurge

1. Bay of Tigers, an African Odyssey by Pedro Rosa Mendes;
2. Yao, A life in two worlds by Yao Ming with Ric Bucher @ 99 (buy 1 take 1)
3. Ordinary Resurrections by Jonathan Kozol; and
4. Bel Canto by Ann Pachett @ 99 (buy 1 take 1)
5. Republic by Plato @ 99
6. Kafka on the Shore by Murakami @ 180
7. The Bluest Eyes by Toni Morison @ P45

Yesterday I was at Glorietta and I found out that Bridges Bookstore was close already (as in done)!

Bluemoon wrote: "ooooo...you guys are buying books like CRAZY!!!!"

Guilty! Though, i have less time to read now coz classes starts Tuesday. But whenever I have this urge to grab that book, i always reasoned that someday, I will have that time to read all those books and I actually have this vision of my own public library (God's willing) open to less fortunate kids who cant afford to buy books. So my buying now is sort of an investment for that dream. : )

kafka for 180 pesos? where?

Ranee wrote: "kafka for 180 pesos? where?"

Sa Pampanga raw. Bihira yon no? Bargain na Murakami. Normally pag may Murakami ka, di mo ibebenta o ipapahiram (except kay Ranee ha ha). Parang magiging treasured possession mo yon. Ha ha ha

I bought my "A Wild Sheep Chase" in NBS at Php50(brand new). Ang lakas ko nga daw sa kanila sabi nung mga sales ladies dun. hehehe!

Ace wrote: "I bought my "A Wild Sheep Chase" in NBS at Php50(brand new). Ang lakas ko nga daw sa kanila sabi nung mga sales ladies dun. hehehe!"

iyan ba yung sa divisoria?

Ranee wrote: "Ace wrote: "I bought my "A Wild Sheep Chase" in NBS at Php50(brand new). Ang lakas ko nga daw sa kanila sabi nung mga sales ladies dun. hehehe!"

iyan ba yung sa divisoria?"

iba yata. sa NBS tutuban ako bumibili

ay sorry naman. tutuban pala.

Ranee wrote: "ay sorry naman. tutuban pala."

masarap mamili diyan kasi lahat ng lumang libro na mahirap hanapin nandiyan, kasi walang bumibili hehehe

K.D. wrote: "Ranee wrote: "kafka for 180 pesos? where?"

Sa Pampanga raw. Bihira yon no? Bargain na Murakami. Normally pag may Murakami ka, di mo ibebenta o ipapahiram (except kay Ranee ha ha). Parang magiging ..."

Sa NBS SM Pampanga nga Renee. I saw it sa napakagulong display ng mga books! Nagulat nga din ako. Medyo tattered na kasi and may water damage yung bandang dulong pages, pocket book size. I think P300 ++ yung original price. Since its my first time to read Murakami..it will do.

Ace wrote: "Ranee wrote: "ay sorry naman. tutuban pala."

masarap mamili diyan kasi lahat ng lumang libro na mahirap hanapin nandiyan, kasi walang bumibili hehehe"

Wala sigurong addicts sa libro sa may bandang yan sa Maynila. Kung dito yan sa QC, ubos agad yan! Hay, may hihiramin na naman ako sa yo, Ace.

K.D. wrote: "Ace wrote: "Ranee wrote: "ay sorry naman. tutuban pala."

masarap mamili diyan kasi lahat ng lumang libro na mahirap hanapin nandiyan, kasi walang bumibili hehehe"

Wala sigurong addicts sa libro s..."

Sure, kuya doni, ano yun? para madala ko na sa tuesday sa meet-up

Bluemoon wrote: Nice dream! Let me know and maybe I can donate a few books...^_^

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Sure. Thanks for the offer. I hope I can do it sooner.

@Kuya Doni: I highly recommend The Chocolate War! I guess this one of 'em books that makes you wanna grab the closest people around you and shove it on their face and say "You gotta read this!" I dare say Cormier really set the bar how we look at YA right now. It may not be included in the 1001 Books but it definitely paved the way for the YA Genre the respect it has right now.

As one critic noted Cormier was the one who put literature in the YA Literature category.

I read on a thread somewhere that you're past those books with exciting plot and all, I say this one has a fast-paced writing, the twists will make you aghast, and ending will devastate you. You'll suddenly think about yourself and the world around you if what the novel told is truth or not.
But for me what made me give it 5 stars is its challenging theme that starts with this equally challenging question:

Do you dare disturb the universe?

Bluemoon wrote: "I got two books this week.

the first one is Darkfever and the other is...

oh wait!

just one. I forgot I wanted two books, but only got one. Since my readers block is progressing i..."

We have the same dilemma today, I'm reading "Written In Bone" by Simon Beckett and I don't know why I can't imagine what I'm reading and after reading a chapter, I really can't tell what happened in that chapter.

@Ace and Bluemoon: I guess the both of you might have a reader's burn out syndrome. Well then my advice is to steer clear of reading. I always felt that from time to time. What I do is I just watch films on dvd so that I'll miss reading. And that's the antidote to that I think, you must feel that you "miss" reading...

K.D. wrote:
Wala sigurong addicts sa libro sa may bandang Maynila..."

I disagree, kuya. I'm from Sta. Cruz Manila. :)

However,I mostly purchase my books at SM north & Trinoma especially if the book I'm looking for is only available at fully booked or Powerbooks. :P

For this week:




I bought them all at booksale in SM San Lazaro. :)

Well i got mine from an officemate, she's selling it at P50 per book:

1. Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austen
2. Veronika decides to die-Paulo Coelho
3. The Historian-Elizabeth Kostova
4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time-Mark Haddon
5. The Diary of a Young Girl-Anne Frank