January 2012
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548. In my mind I am eloquent; I can climb...
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Anna: I was walking to see you.
Thomas: I've come to your house each of the last six days. For some reason I needed to see you again.
Anna: That explains it.
Thomas: It?
Anna: That explains why, each of the last six days, you weren't at your house.
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increasinglyuninteresting asked: Are you a nerdfighter sir, or are you just a John Green fan?
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“The most introspective of hearts tends to be the most sentimental. We cling to...”
– Shannon L. Alder
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“Books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a...”
– John Green, The Fault in our Stars
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How I choose my most favorite books, among many.
Followers, friends and my girlfriend alike often wonder how I decide to choose my favorite books. Please, it’s like choosing the only apple from a basket of apples.
First and foremost, I’ve often reiterated that answering the question, “What is your favorite book?” is a critical life or death situation for me. I guess I do have plenty of criteria to consider in choosing...
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“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal,...”
– John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
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“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things...”
– Julian Barnes, Flaubert’s Parrot
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“After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than...”
– Jasper Fforde
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December 2011
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rae-ban asked: Hey kuya Leo! I like your previous theme, your new theme is still cool. I want you to post the top 5 best book you've read this 2011. thanks! :-)
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548. All living cells inside me start to melt...
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“You do not conceive a novel as easily as you conceive a child, nor even half as...”
– Zelda Popkin
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Today in the Potter World, December 28.
1934: Maggie Smith, the actress who portrays Professor Minerva McGonagall, is born.
1997: Ron Weasley returns to his friends Harry Potter and Hermione Granger using the Deluminator left to him by Albus Dumbledore. He saves Harry’s life by pulling him from a frozen pond and destroys the locket Horcrux with Godric Gryffindor’s Sword.
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It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if...
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“A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the...”
– Aldous Huxley
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Today in the Potter World, December 24.
1996: The Weasleys, Harry Potter, Remus Lupin, and Nymphadora Tonks listen to Celestina Warbeckthrough the Wizarding Wireless Network. Harry talks with Lupin about Fenrir Greyback and with Arthur Weasley about Draco Malfoy and the Vanishing Cabinet.
1997: Harry Potter visits his parents’ grave for the first time. Harry and Hermione are attacked at Godric’s Hollow by Nagini and narrowly...
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2012 Reading List
An incomplete dreamy list of books I’ll greedily read next year, half of it I own, while I still have to hunt for the remaining treasures. My to-read/to-finish books started to form a miniature mountain inside my room, it serves as a constant reminder of how sluggish bookworm I turned into this 2011 and I’m quite ashamed of that, I don’t say it often but it hurts my ego whenever...
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“There’s nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the...”
– The Perks of Being A Wallflower
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A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
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“I wish girls didn’t put so much pressure on themselves.
I wish girls...”
– Unknown
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5th entry of my New Year's Resolutions List.
I am going to give away these three books [straight from my bookshelf, shipping fee will be covered by yours truly] to three random Tumblr Followers:
At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
This is all for the benefit of my ego, and to you my dear followers for your constant support and questionable admiration for this blog....
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“The best you can hope for in a relationship is to find someone whose flaws are...”
– Scott Adams, God’s Debris: A Thought Experiment
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