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As promised on my previous post, here are my personal picks for horror reads this Halloween season ✨ Filipino edition ✨ While I was perusing our shelves looking for local books of the horror genre, I honestly felt a bit sad because I was hoping there would be a lot more than I remembered. I'll … Continue reading Pages of Horror: Filipino Books Edition
"What is a shadow? It is the self without a face or a name, all outline and no feature, the self on the verge of being erased. It is the incidental child of matter and light. Look how it spreads itself on the ground, weary but weightless, unable to leave a trace." “At this … Continue reading Pages Feature: “Dark Hours” by Conchitina Cruz
"...fiction has the unique power of revealing something true." Amber—thirtysomething and barefoot—shows up at the door of the Norfolk cottage that the Smarts are renting for the summer. She talks her way in. She tells nothing but lies. She stays for dinner. Eve Smart, the author of a best-selling series of biographical reconstructions, thinks Amber … Continue reading Pages Feature: “The Accidental” by Ali Smith
“It was so gorgeous it almost felt like sadness.” This book tells the tale of a young woman who moves to Tokyo after the death of her mother, hoping to get over her grief and start a career as a graphic artist. She finds herself spending too much time staring out her window, though … … Continue reading Pages Feature: “The Lake” by Banana Yoshimoto
“Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can't fake a thought.”Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things You will be scared. But you won’t know why… I’m thinking of ending things. Once this thought arrives, it stays. It sticks. It … Continue reading Pages Feature: “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” by Iain Reid + Thoughts on the Netflix Adaptation
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