Currently Reading: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

 I didn't leave home for the past five days. Most of my kababayans know why. However, I feel like I just need to do something normal for a while just to distract myself. If I am going to keep mindful of the negativity going on in my city, Nothing is going to happen to me.

Another thing, I would like to inform my frequent visitors that I will be preparing something for you in the form of a giveaway. It's something really special so you can stay alert for it here.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

"A masterwork of twentieth-century literature"

"The terrifyingly prophetic novel of a post-literature future"

Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house?  The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy society to preserve and read books.

The classic dystopian novel of a post-literature future, Fahrenheit 451 stands alongside Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World as a prophetic account of Western civilization's enslavement by the media, drugs and conformity.

Bradbury's powerful and poetic prose combines with uncanny insight into the potential of technology to create a novel which, decades on from first publication, still has the power to dazzle and shock.-Good Reads

Literary Awards

Hugo Awards for Best Novel (1954)

Prometheus Hall of Fame Awardn (1984)

National Book Award for Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (2000)

 The interior defense dines under the sabotage.

Currently Reading: Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I'm on a hold right now from reading because I have a ton of writing tasks that are too technical and just getting the facts straight is tricky alone. Another thing is that Momsy is on travel and she brought the digicam and tablet with her which puts my reading on hold too and that leaves me with more beauty products review without any suitable photos to use just yet.

Behind the scenes, I am babysitting our one-year old Fiona. She whines every thirty seconds. But I still let her rest on my lap and cover her with a blanket when she feels cold.

So, I shall wait for my ebook library to arrive then and write as fast as I can on those technical reports and writing tasks. But for next month my reading group in Goodreads have chosen Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita for the discussion. Momsy is reading Tolstoy right now. Does this mean I should go for an actual ebook reader instead of just a tablet?

Ok, ok, ok, currently reading (but put to a halt) Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. (I can't believe I still have not posted my review on Tom Rachman's The Imperfectionists...)

G.G. Marquez is an old-favorite of mine, I got to collect and read many of his novels except Strange Pilgrims. Everybody else knows that I like to read his works, but every time someone goes out of town and passes by the bigger bookstores, I am always unlucky. Now that I have the ebook, it went traveling without me. But I can still wait...

In the meantime, here is a compilation of all the splendid book covers for your inspiration. I've always had his books in Random House editions, but there are other book covers that are even more impressive.

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What I Am Currently Reading On Where

I have been dreaming about an ebook reader for some time now. I've done research and even compared prices. I think you can recall it here in one of my posts from way back. But when the mind wanders and the heart wishes, there are ways for just thoughts to materialize in actuality.

Last month, I unexpectedly received a big blessing from my grandfather which was already enough to buy a decent ebook reader. It served as an advanced birthday gift. I added just a little and it was enough to buy a good device- a tablet that can function well as an ebook reader. Now I think this is one birthday gift that still gives me the chills. It is one of the more extravagant presents I have received, (I would not even spend that much on myself). But I got my wish, and a better unit too.

So now, I am using the tablet as an ebook reader. As for the rest of the family, tablet means Candy Crush. And I just want to share what I am currently reading...

I found this book in one of my suki shops online and I thought I could first try out some resources online just in case so I could save money instead of buying books and having to pay for the shipping fee. Luckily, there is an epub version online.

I am enjoying this! It has a lot of rich experiences and insights- but I am not going to spoil it all, I have a book review next for this alright? But it has positive reviews online already. I will share my thoughts on this and a background on Tom Rachman when it's ready! 

Have a great weekend guys! =D

Currently Reading and Additional To Read on My Shelf

Now that I have time, or rather, now that I really made time- I am updating my blog and also sharing with you some of my reads that I have acquired, and the rest just arrived in time for Holy Week reading! It's time for some reading and slowing down, before the full blast takes place when we all go back to work.

So what am I currently reading? I already updated my currently reading shelf in my Good Reads account, and have rightfully shared my review about the light YA reading which I have completed recently, Vintage Veronica by Erica Perl. I was lucky enough to find a hardbound copy of Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol when I went to visit my Mom's friend at her house. Who would have thought I could score a free copy of the book?

Robert Langdon returns.

I'm not new to Dan Brown's settings and writing style. He is fond of mysteries involving secret societies and symbols, and he does provide so many facts and weaves situations that make good suspense stories, chasing against time and solving murders and kidnappings. But let me not spoil it for you.

Here is what Good Reads has to share about The Lost Symbol, don't worry I did not read the reviews. I'm careful not to.

Famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon answers an unexpected summons to appear at the US Capitol Building. His planned lecture is interrupted when a disturbing object-artfully encoded with five symbols-is discovered in the building. Langdon recognizes in the find of an ancient invitation into a lost world of esoteric, potentially dangerous wisdom. When his mentor Peter Solomon- a longstanding Mason and beloved philanthropist- is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that the only way to save Solomon is to accept the mystical invitation and plunge headlong into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and one inconceivable truth all under the watchful eye of Dan Brown's most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels and temples of Washington DC, The Lost Symbol is an intelligent, lightning paced story with surprises at every turn- Brown's most exciting novel yet. (goodreads.com)

Currently Reading:

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

There are also other books to read that are gems, and I am also trying my hand at YA reads, a little chick lit and some personal favorite authors. The next post will be about my latest haul from my suki shop again. Stay tuned! 

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Have a great Monday everyone!