A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)

I've been meaning to have light reads for weeks because I felt too old with my recent choices of reading. As I always say, good books come to us just right at the moment when we needed it. It was a Sunday afternoon, I was waiting for my friends as we're going out for lunch, …

True Levelers

I started reading Ben Carson's book "Think Big" tonight. A quote on the very first chapter captured my attention. It speaks truth... "It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. …

Books Find Their Way To Us

I have always believed that books come to us in ways we least expect. We don't find them, they find their way to us. I have many stories about this. Today was yet another to be told. I went to BookSale after a few errands from the bank. I wasn't planning to buy anything. The …

Wounded Healers

Another one of my many books which content is worth more than its price. I got this from BookSale for Php 50 only. Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese I wanted to finish the book first before blogging about it. But I can't help it. Every sentence means so much I want to quote the …

Push Onward

"I've been lucky enough now in my life to meet all sorts of extraordinary and accomplished people --- world leaders, inventors, musicians, astronauts, athletes, professors, enterpreneurs, artists and writers, pioneering doctors and researchers. Some of them are women. Some are black or of color. Some were born poor or have lived lives that to many …

All the Michael Crichton Books I’ve Read

[This post will be regularly updated based on my reading pace and the availability of Crichton books on my shelf.] Sci-Fi fans, wave your hands!!! The moment I first heard of Michael Crichton is still vivid in my memory. No it wasn't through Jurassic Park (I haven't read that or seen the movie yet. I …

Books Every Aspiring Medical Student Should Read

Whenever you hear the words "Medical Student" and "Books" in one sentence, you immediately think of inches-thick textbooks with anatomical drawings and heavy cardboard covers. Well that is not always the case. I am fond of books since I was a kid. When I realized I wanted to become a doctor, I began reading books …

BECOMING by Michelle Obama (Reading with the Audio Book)

I've been putting off my to-be-read for 2 weeks now because of online exams. But tonight I decided to go to back where I left off. I randomly thought of searching for an audio book on Google Podcasts for Michelle Obama's book Becoming. Voila! There's one read by the author herself. And so I immersed …

Middle C

Last Saturday, a new book was delivered to my doorstep. It was a late birthday gift from my sweetheart. A book I've been wanting to have for so long and now it's finally here. It is the book written by America's former first lady, Michelle Obama. It's sort of an autobiography. How Michelle became The …

Quarantine Reads + World Book Day 2020

This year's World Book Day (April 23) happened to be the same day as my 40th day into quarantine because of the COVID-19 pandemic. I shared on my Instagram account all the books I've read since Day 1 of Quarantine and thought I might as well publish it here. I've read a total of eight …