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The Tin Drum – Günter Grass
The Tin Drum - Günter Grass Who bought it: Me. What is it: According to the blurb, it’s the finest German novel after the second World War. And I found it amusing to have a character willfully control...
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Back To The Classics Challenge 2012
I’m taking a break from the weekly book write-up to formally announce my intention to join the Back to the Classics Challenge 2012. I never joined book challenges before, but after reviewing my 2012...
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Quarterly Rhapsody: Reading Plans
I love plans. Rather, I love plans but I am not crazy about executing them. But really, it depends on the plan that is being planned. There are different types of it, like a fire escape plan. It’s...
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Books To Read: August 2012
I was only able to read a measly number of books last month: 2, and one of them was a reread. I will no longer make any excuse about failing to meet my July reading plan. Since last month’s plan was...
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My problem with the Internet
This is my first legitimate post for The Sunday Salon since I used to post something every Monday. Allow me to say something about it. I didn’t have an Internet connection at the old place that I lived...
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Three Nobel Laureates and Three Musketeers
Here are the books that I got after three days of book shopping: August 13, National Book Store – Greenbelt 1 and Powerbooks – Greenbelt 3 The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (Php 181.00, 70% off)...
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Quarterly Rhapsody: Translated Books
I almost forgot my quarterly feature, which is a post where I ramble about book-related stuff. Previous topics that I discussed in Quarterly Rhapsody, if you are interested, are: why I blog about...
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Books To Read: December 2012
I’ll be doing this feature differently for this month because 1.) there isn’t much on this month’s pile and 2.) I will be changing the way I do my reading plans for 2013, if the Mayans miscalculated....
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6 Months, 3 Books, 1 Drum – The Tin Drum by Günter Grass
The Tin Drum is the first book in the Danzig Trilogy. It tells us the story of Oskar Matzerath with reminiscences from his birth up to his 30th birthday. A person who hast the power to break glass...
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