pulled a few from my shelf for august’s women in translation month:
the pachinko parlour – elisa shua dusapin
vladivostok circus – elisa shua dusapin
kitchen – banana yoshimoto
the vegetarian – han kang
the trio – johanna hedman
reservoir bitches – dahlia de la cerda
the woman destroyed – simone de beauvoir
drive your plow over the bones of the dead – olga tokarczuk
winter in sokcho – elisa shua dusapin
convenience store woman – sayaka murata
i know it’s halfway through the month but i hope there’s something here you’d want to spend time with ♡
have you read any of these?
i only started reading and collecting local books this march. while sorting through them this weekend, i thought i'd share what i currently have (including favorites and june tbrs). i curated the entire list myself except for a few titles from up press.
current favorites:
• dear distance
• how to grieve
• happy endings
• a personal history of sea creatures
reads i recommend:
• of love and other lemons
• ang kompedio ng mga imposibleng bagay
• irrational fits
• a chain is a house to sleep in
• not in the mood for love
• gano'n talaga
june tbr:
• the quiet ones
• nail down the sky
• son of a dead 80's bold star
slowly reading:
• everything is first person
• a field guide to the roads of manila and other stories
not all of these have been read yet, also going through them slowly since most are short stories and essays anyways
have you read any of these?
any recommendations?
[filipino books filipino authors philippine literature short stories essay collection book recommendations book haul bookstagram]
camera roll favorites + quotes from my recent reads ♡
books mentioned:
• things in nature merely grow - yiyun li
• dear distance - luis joaquin katigbak
• farther away - jonathan franzen
• a chain is a house to sleep in - deirdre camba
• audition - katie kitamura
i hope your reading year is as lovely as mine so far ✨
[book recommendation literary fiction poetry philippine literature short stories essay collection]
there are silences that i wish i could record but cannot. the slow silent spin of planets; the swift and massive flight of neutrinos from the beginning of everything; the mystery-whispers of dark matter; the endless afternoon of prehistory; the silence of a train of thought that irrevocably changes something you've believed in all your life.
there are silences i still hope to collect in the years to come.
and here, here is the silence of the words i have been looking for and never found.
— luis joaquin katigbak, dear distance
photos from last weekend at
sa lilim: 8 summers of fragrance
by @saansaanph
thank you for the invite @meggehhhh ♡
of love and other lemons by katrina stuart santiago
i keep thinking about how it's been drilled into me since young that writing is a craft. however, i've come to understand now as an adult what that truly means.
as a child and teen, i thought i understood the weight of words because i loved reading and writing. now my respect for them feels different because i know how difficult it is to write certain things clearly, especially the ones people usually leave unnamed.
this book writes about love, sisterhood, womanhood, and the parts of living we learn before we even know how to speak about them. it made me think about how much of being a woman is lived first, long before it makes sense.
i’m pretty sure i’ll reread and recommend this for a long time.
📷: @stedelijkmuseum amsterdam
[philippine literature filipino authors literary nonfiction essay collection women writers books on womanhood feminist reads book review]
you’re looking like an angel on the walls of versailles🪽
...nothing to see here except this has been on repeat all week and i remembered these photos from versailles lol
(last photo: me asking a kind stranger how to go to montmartre because my data stopped working)
book + zine giveaway ♡ [closed]
apparently it’s world book day, so i took it as a good excuse to give away two local titles i’d love for more people to discover. (also i won a gift certificate recently so i thought using part of it for this would be nice.)
i’ll be sending these to one winner:
how to grieve, a short story collection
a personal history of sea creatures, a zine with two palanca award-winning essays
both are by jade mark capiñanes and from everything’s fine.
to join, you must be following my account and:
- like this post
- comment your favorite recent read
open worldwide & shipping is on me.
ends on may 1st, ph time.
the winner will be announced the same week.
this giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with instagram. by entering, participants confirm that they are 18 years old or older.
i think there is something so special about appreciating what is close to you.
from genuinely enjoying local books to visiting local museums this year, i’ve been realizing that i do not need to go far to feel like myself.
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![i only started reading and collecting local books this march. while sorting through them this weekend, i thought i'd share what i currently have (including favorites and june tbrs). i curated the entire list myself except for a few titles from up press.current favorites:• dear distance• how to grieve• happy endings• a personal history of sea creaturesreads i recommend:• of love and other lemons• ang kompedio ng mga imposibleng bagay• irrational fits• a chain is a house to sleep in• not in the mood for love• gano'n talagajune tbr:• the quiet ones• nail down the sky• son of a dead 80's bold starslowly reading:• everything is first person• a field guide to the roads of manila and other storiesnot all of these have been read yet, also going through them slowly since most are short stories and essays anywayshave you read any of these?any recommendations?[filipino books filipino authors philippine literature short stories essay collection book recommendations book haul bookstagram]](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6727601313695534213239_0_0931a8e656dcd05176e90105049836b6.jpg?o=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&h=5b296d72d7c54e7aee1b9c3bf0bf7477)
![camera roll favorites + quotes from my recent reads books mentioned:• things in nature merely grow - yiyun li• dear distance - luis joaquin katigbak• farther away - jonathan franzen• a chain is a house to sleep in - deirdre camba• audition - katie kitamurai hope your reading year is as lovely as mine so far [book recommendation literary fiction poetry philippine literature short stories essay collection]](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6727473353623263262560_0_bd3bba29c984383a6ddc10b427548fd1.jpg?o=aHR0cHM6Ly9zY29udGVudC1pYWQ2LTEuY2RuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS92L3Q1MS44Mjc4Ny0xNS82OTY1NTc1NTlfMTc5NjUxMjUwODQwNzI4NjZfMTEwNDk4Nzk5ODg1NTgwNTI1NF9uLmpwZz9zdHA9YzAuMzYwLjIxNjAuMjE2MGFfZHN0LWpwZ19lMzVfczY0MHg2NDBfc2gyLjA4X3R0NiZfbmNfaHQ9c2NvbnRlbnQtaWFkNi0xLmNkbmluc3RhZ3JhbS5jb20mX25jX2NhdD0xMDImX25jX29jPVE2Y1oyZ0g2bzhSTDdCTVIyUk1CZXpXRHF0QlZFdDZfOWFleGJvOHdXbUJFaUs1X21WZzRhcmhSTmFsRjBEZ1ZhdTIyZEhaZi1idUt5d0hQY2FIRmdrUG5NTHZWJl9uY19vaGM9WVVFS2tfdnNYd0VRN2tOdndHSGQzSFgmX25jX2dpZD10dFRXWWhiRDFuTE5oaktBR1J6di13JmVkbT1BUFU4OUZBQkFBQUEmY2NiPTctNSZvaD0wMF9BZjY5Wno1dngxM0JSQVZoQVdRXzZQM0tsN3VBbFlHakJVR0pfS3hGSlNtNWRRJm9lPTZBMTE2QjI5Jl9uY19zaWQ9YmMwYzJj&h=e879d4a5169a12d2c3df6efc1953e31a)
![of love and other lemons by katrina stuart santiagoi keep thinking about how it's been drilled into me since young that writing is a craft. however, i've come to understand now as an adult what that truly means.as a child and teen, i thought i understood the weight of words because i loved reading and writing. now my respect for them feels different because i know how difficult it is to write certain things clearly, especially the ones people usually leave unnamed.this book writes about love, sisterhood, womanhood, and the parts of living we learn before we even know how to speak about them. it made me think about how much of being a woman is lived first, long before it makes sense.i’m pretty sure i’ll reread and recommend this for a long time. : @stedelijkmuseum amsterdam[philippine literature filipino authors literary nonfiction essay collection women writers books on womanhood feminist reads book review]](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6739346228632734245442_0_0eb996d67703d21ec3e8f2717cea950d.jpg?o=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&h=f2b38f2c08a895b2730a7ca18515dcfe)
![book + zine giveaway [closed]apparently it’s world book day, so i took it as a good excuse to give away two local titles i’d love for more people to discover. (also i won a gift certificate recently so i thought using part of it for this would be nice.)i’ll be sending these to one winner:how to grieve, a short story collectiona personal history of sea creatures, a zine with two palanca award-winning essaysboth are by jade mark capiñanes and from everything’s fine.to join, you must be following my account and:- like this post- comment your favorite recent readopen worldwide & shipping is on me.ends on may 1st, ph time.the winner will be announced the same week.this giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with instagram. by entering, participants confirm that they are 18 years old or older.](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6739505442516816182534_0_24ff273dc239e6f3cfa1dc5952fcba88.jpg?o=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&h=96fda954551c04103c5c59e28250115e)
