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Seraph011 wrote:Just finished reading Bioshock Rapture. Ganda naman, it really gives a huge amount of back story to the game...mas gusto ko tuloy laruin uli both BS 1 and 2 kasi alam ko na yung mga naging kwento ng bawat character...and to see how Rapture was molded and why it got twisted, galing! :2thumbs:

Next up..either the Uncharted book or Abarat... :agree:
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Seraph011 wrote:Just finished reading Bioshock Rapture. Ganda naman, it really gives a huge amount of back story to the game...mas gusto ko tuloy laruin uli both BS 1 and 2 kasi alam ko na yung mga naging kwento ng bawat character...and to see how Rapture was molded and why it got twisted, galing! :2thumbs:

Next up..either the Uncharted book or Abarat... :agree:

3rd book na di ba? Akala ko nakalimutan na ni Clive Barker 'to. :sweat:
I like how the full-color editions include the artwork. May paperback kasi na wala yung art. Sana meron na nito locally.... :pray:
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Yup! Haha..binabasa mo din to? Akala ko ako lang nagbabasa nito dati... :sweat:

Anyway, ako din nagandahan dun sa illustrations kaya nung nakita ko na may illustrated edition ng books, binili ko! Hinihintay ko nga yung para sa 3rd book eh, yung available lang kasi for now yung regular na Hardcover at paperback... :sweat:

Magugulat ka sa prologue pa lang ng 3rd book kasi sobrang major character agad yung na introduce! :2thumbs: :2thumbs:
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Seraph011 wrote:Yup! Haha..binabasa mo din to? Akala ko ako lang nagbabasa nito dati... :sweat:

Anyway, ako din nagandahan dun sa illustrations kaya nung nakita ko na may illustrated edition ng books, binili ko! Hinihintay ko nga yung para sa 3rd book eh, yung available lang kasi for now yung regular na Hardcover at paperback... :sweat:

Magugulat ka sa prologue pa lang ng 3rd book kasi sobrang major character agad yung na introduce! :2thumbs: :2thumbs:

Hehe. :D
Here's my online bookshelf, baka may iba pa tayong same na favorite authors~
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Maganda kasi yung story and art ng Abarat :agree: Nakakainip lang maghintay ng new volumes. Literally years ang release! :banghead:

Hm... I need to go visit/ransack a bookstore now. :rofl:
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Haha..babasahin ko ma lang din yung Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z! Mahirap na, baka magkatotoo yung The Walking Dead...maigi na yung prepared! :2thumbs:

And shempre mga Pugad Baboy...kaya lang I think I'm missing the last 3 books na lumabas, ang hirap kasi minsan wala sa National Bookstore eh!

Most of my books naman are fantasy genre, escape ko kasi from reality yung books ko. And minsan pag may interesting na books based on games, binabasa ko na din kasi maganda yung na-add niya na back story sa game eh.

Hinihintay ko na lang din yung Inheritance by Paolini, ang tagal din bago lumabas nun!

Yung Abarat was in the same boat...alala ko nga dati nalungkot ako kasi andami nag sabi na baka hindi na ituloy ni Clive Barker yung series...buti na lang nalabas din niya! Ang maganda pa sa illustrations niya is siya talaga gumagawa kaya you see the characters as he wanted them to look. :grin:


BTW, kakatuwa naman yung online bookshelf...gusto ko din gumawa! :2thumbs:
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Seraph011 wrote:Haha..babasahin ko ma lang din yung Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z! Mahirap na, baka magkatotoo yung The Walking Dead...maigi na yung prepared! ::

And shempre mga Pugad Baboy...kaya lang I think I'm missing the last 3 books na lumabas, ang hirap kasi minsan wala sa National Bookstore eh!

Most of my books naman are fantasy genre, escape ko kasi from reality yung books ko. And minsan pag may interesting na books based on games, binabasa ko na din kasi maganda yung na-add niya na back story sa game eh.

Hinihintay ko na lang din yung Inheritance by Paolini, ang tagal din bago lumabas nun!

Yung Abarat was in the same boat...alala ko nga dati nalungkot ako kasi andami nag sabi na baka hindi na ituloy ni Clive Barker yung series...buti na lang nalabas din niya! Ang maganda pa sa illustrations niya is siya talaga gumagawa kaya you see the characters as he wanted them to look. :grin:


BTW, kakatuwa naman yung online bookshelf...gusto ko din gumawa! ::


Hehe :bigmouth: May movie in the works na daw yung WWZ, staring Brad Pitt~
I don't know why I'm so into zombies. :rofl: Nung nakita ko sya sa bookstore I knew I had to have the books! Naghagilap talaga ako sa nbs and fullybooked. (Maganda rin yung movie na Shaun of the Dead. Mejo OT pero it's a rom-com-zombie movie And si Simon Pegg yung bida! <3)

Minsa lang kailangan maghagilap sa National Bookstore, when you ask the staff they don't know rin. Hays. Pero lahat ng Pugad baboy books ko galing sa NBS. :D

Yup, welcome distraction ang books, sobra! :D Although wala akong books RE: games.

Ehehe, I haven't read the other Inheritance books kasi hinihintay ko rin yung last part. Para hindi bitin! (IIRC nung binili ko yung 1st volume, sabi nya dati trilogy lang tapos ngayon quartet na! :rofl:)

Labor of love siguro ni CB yung Abarat, kahit may hiatus natuloy pa rin. :D

If gagawa ka ng Shelfari account add me para masaya! :2thumbs:
Mas madali rin i-keep tracks yung books mo~
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Oo nga... yung ibang books kasi ni CB, talagang heavy. Yung ibang nabasa ko like some of the Books of Blood really veer towards the horror/dark genre na. Pinaka light na ata niya yung Abarat pero so far,ito din pinaka gusto ko! :2thumbs:

haha..tama ka din about sa NBS. Madalas nga ganun din experience ko sa Fully Booked eh. The only one store ng FB na medyo nagustuhan ko kaya I really frequent it is yung sa Greenhills (well aside from the fact na madalas din ako dun..). Yung sa Eastwood din ok, pero wala masyadong staff dun kaya talagang treasure hunt lang kung may mahanap ka kasi wala ka naman mapagtanungan... :sweat:

I'll try din to make my account, shempre I'll add you up! Para din mas madali mag double check which books I have. Naalala ko dati nung hindi ko pa kumpleto yung Magic the Gathering novels, hindi ko maalala which ones I already have sa sobrang dami, I ended up having doubles tuloy. :sweat:

Yung Book 3 ng Abarat, ambilis basahin! Ganda ng pace niya so far...maski simpleng conversations lang dun sa committe ng Abarat maaliw ka kasi sobrang detailed nung mga description ng bawat member na maiimagine mo talaga nangyayari eh. :rofl:
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Sya yung creator ni pinhead di ba? *A* yung guy with the... pins on his head. :rofl: Nag-try din ako magbasa nung ibang books nya, distubring talaga. Hello, sleepless nights.
Same here, favorite ko rin yung Abarat sa books nya. have you tried yung The Thief of Always? It's a kiddy book pero maganda rin.

Hindi ko masyadong nagustuhan yung horror nya, unlike stephen king. lahat talaga ng books nya hinanahap ko, kahit sa booksale for the really old titles. king of horror nga sya! :bigmouth:

hehe. treasure hunt! sa fully booked naman mas ok, yung staff talaga nila minsan alam naman yung hinahanap ko and they really look for titles when i ask them to. and when you ask them to reserve books for you they let you know asap kung available.

thanks~ :D problem ko rin yan before, without shelfari may books akong nabibili then i find out later na meron na pala ako nun :sweat: it helps rin when you have a list (mine is more of a small notebook with a list of books i want to buy soon,haha!)

hm... where di you get a copy of abarat 3 pala? sa national or fullybooked? sweldo na sa friday e :rofl:
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haha..parehong pareho ah! Ako simula nung andami ko na doble na books, I kept a note sa iphone ko ng mga list ng books na hinahanap ko or yung darating pa lang. Nakaka excite tuloy pag palapit ng palapit yung release ng isang book na sobrang tagal mo na hinintay!

Yung Thief of Always nakabili na ko pero di ko pa nababasa...sobra backlog ko sa books ngayon! Kung mga 75 books lang meron... :sweat: :sweat:

Oh and yup, si CB nga ang father ni pinhead...yun ata ang pinaka unang sumikat niya na character eh. If makahanap ka, try mo din yung Mister B. Gone niya...that was the last book I read na medyo bago before I read the Abarat series.
-Yung book 3 pala nabili ko from Amazon.

Laman ka din ba ng booksale? Alala ko dati, I spent about 2 hours dun kakahanap lang ng mga pocketbooks, sobrang mura kasi! Nung isang beses ata I got about 5 Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt) books for less than 300, yung 2 pa dun were the hard cover ones kaya sulit. Yun ang talagang treasure hunt... :bigmouth:
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:hug: haha, bibliophile soulmates tayo! :rofl:
akala ko ako lang yung may (in this case literal) notes for all future book buys! :bigmouth:
ik, r? like yung sa harry potter dati, nagpapa-reserve pa ako ng copy sa nbs!!

Marami rin akong backlog sa books, 300+ pa ata. :sweat: ngayon na lang ako naghinay-hinay sa pagbili, tipid mode~
bawal pa galawin yung bookshelves ko, may sarili akong ayos na magulo pa rin daw sabi ni nanay, haha!

Ah. Mukhang maganda yung mister b. goode, hanap ako ng copy nyan :agree: hm. i guess abang-mode na lang ako sa nbs or fullubooked for abarat 3, nag-order na kasi ako ng book from amazon last week e (nerd do well by simon pegg :bigmouth:)

Oo, grabe. Nauupo talaga ako sa floor ng booksale, I don't care if I get stepped on basta i get to rummage through the book piles :rofl: Dati ayaw kong pumunta sa mga second-hand bookstores pero ok rin pala, maraming great buys. meron rin 15-20 pesos for a book, pag-uwi ko 2 plastic bags yung book-haul ko! minan kulang pa ang 1 day sa loob ng booksale e,haha! masaya maghanap ng hardcover books diba? super tipid, unlike pag brand new na almost a thousand!
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May nagbabasa ng A Song of Ice and Fire series dito? Kabibili ko lang ng mga ito dahil sa Game of Thrones. Ngayon na lang ulit nagbabasa-basa.
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ako, nabasa ko na yungA Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings,A Storm of Swords. meron na ako copy nang A Feast for Crows pero tinatamad pa ako basahin yung A Dance with Dragons naman hinintay ko pa yung paperback masyadong bulky para sa kin yung hardcover eh :sweat: :grin:

Anyway if firstime mo magbabasa nang series na ito, wag ka lang masiyado ma o-overwhelm sa dami nang characters, eventually mag fofocus rin ang istorya niyan sa illang chracters. Saka wag mo muna papanoorin yung HBO tv series nito, IMHO 10x na mas maganda tong novel kesa sa tv series hehehe.
anyway tiyagain mo lang basahin, pag nakarating ka na sa A Storm of Swords dun ka na sobrang mag eenjoy. sarap sana mag kwento kung ano mangyayari pero spoilers eh. basta astig ton series na to. :2thumbs: :win: :win:

Idol ko dito si Tyrion Lannister, saka si Daenerys Targaryen at si Jon snow na rin.si Ned Stark sana kaso... heheh spoiler na.
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Actually naubus ko na mapanood yung sa hbo series. Nainip ako maghintay ng season 2 kaya naisipan kong bilhin yung boxed set ng mga unang books. :sweat:
Ang daming kulang at mas ok talaga basahin siya. Nasa Book 1 pa lang ako, mga chapter 45 yata. Astig talaga ang story at pagkasulat. :2thumbs:
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ahh napanood mo pala yung series :sweat:
astig naman yung series eh kaso tama ka maraming kulang sa series. sa libro kasi mas detalyado. sa series parang ang bilis nang pangyayari.
dapat proceed ka na sa second book or tapusin mo na dapat yung book 1 at book 2 bago lumabas yung season 2 sa series. mas maganda pag nabasa mo na tapos saka mo papanoorin.
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ako nabasa ko na yung last apprentice book 1-7,percy jackson series,at sinisimulan ko pa lang yung i am number four :cheer:
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quixotic_frujee wrote::hug: haha, bibliophile soulmates tayo! :rofl:
akala ko ako lang yung may (in this case literal) notes for all future book buys! :bigmouth:
ik, r? like yung sa harry potter dati, nagpapa-reserve pa ako ng copy sa nbs!!

Marami rin akong backlog sa books, 300+ pa ata. :sweat: ngayon na lang ako naghinay-hinay sa pagbili, tipid mode~
bawal pa galawin yung bookshelves ko, may sarili akong ayos na magulo pa rin daw sabi ni nanay, haha!

Ah. Mukhang maganda yung mister b. goode, hanap ako ng copy nyan :agree: hm. i guess abang-mode na lang ako sa nbs or fullubooked for abarat 3, nag-order na kasi ako ng book from amazon last week e (nerd do well by simon pegg :bigmouth:)

Oo, grabe. Nauupo talaga ako sa floor ng booksale, I don't care if I get stepped on basta i get to rummage through the book piles :rofl: Dati ayaw kong pumunta sa mga second-hand bookstores pero ok rin pala, maraming great buys. meron rin 15-20 pesos for a book, pag-uwi ko 2 plastic bags yung book-haul ko! minan kulang pa ang 1 day sa loob ng booksale e,haha! masaya maghanap ng hardcover books diba? super tipid, unlike pag brand new na almost a thousand!

Oo nga...bibilousoulmates nga! :hug:

Malamang nga nag abot na siguro tayo sa booksale,hindi lang natin alam... :grin:

Kaka reminisce tuloy naalala ko hindi pa ko complete dun sa Septimus Heap series! Maganda din yun kasi may pagka Harry Potter ang dating pero its perfect for light reading! :agree:

Yung booksale naman,basta makakita ako sa loob ng mall, minimum ko na yung 45 mins sa loob kakahanap ng mga natatagong unappreciated books! Usually pag swerte pa, hard cover books pa talaga yung makukuha mo for a really really cheap price tapos halos brand new pa! :agree:
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BTW, baka magustuhan niyo din...I found this series to be really really well written, and the story to be really good! Plus factor pa na its about the meiji era of Japan if memory serves me / im not mistaken..

Lean Hearn - Tales of the Otori series. :2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs:

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Nabasa ko na yang across the nightingale floor. :2thumbs: :2thumbs:
yung second book; Grass for His Pillow hinde ko pa nabibili nag order ako nang copy sa Fully Booked MOA pero hinde ko pa kinukuha., :sweat:

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Quantumsage wrote:ahh napanood mo pala yung series :sweat:
astig naman yung series eh kaso tama ka maraming kulang sa series. sa libro kasi mas detalyado. sa series parang ang bilis nang pangyayari.
Oo, ok na ok yung hbo series, lalo na yung casting ok din (maliban siguro kay rickon at payne). Matatapos ko naman siguro yung book 2 bago lumabas yung 2nd season, wag lang masobrahan sa paggagames. :lol:
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Kuroba wrote:May nagbabasa ng A Song of Ice and Fire series dito? Kabibili ko lang ng mga ito dahil sa Game of Thrones. Ngayon na lang ulit nagbabasa-basa.
Hm. I've heard of it and I've seen glimpses of the tv series on hbo although hindi ko pa sya nababasa. sorry. :ashamed:


alex042795 wrote:ako nabasa ko na yung last apprentice book 1-7,percy jackson series,at sinisimulan ko pa lang yung i am number four ::
Ooh. Hindi ko pa nababasa yung percy jackson books ko, backlog e :sweat: will you read the spin-off series as well? yung camp half-blood yata? :D



Seraph011 wrote: Oo nga...bibilousoulmates nga! ::

Malamang nga nag abot na siguro tayo sa booksale,hindi lang natin alam... ::

Kaka reminisce tuloy naalala ko hindi pa ko complete dun sa Septimus Heap series! Maganda din yun kasi may pagka Harry Potter ang dating pero its perfect for light reading! ::

Yung booksale naman,basta makakita ako sa loob ng mall, minimum ko na yung 45 mins sa loob kakahanap ng mga natatagong unappreciated books! Usually pag swerte pa, hard cover books pa talaga yung makukuha mo for a really really cheap price tapos halos brand new pa! ::
Haha, if ever nangyari na yan maybe hindi tayo nagpapansinan dahil busy sa book-rummaging, haha! :rofl:

Hm, parang maganda nga yung septimus heap. ang cool nung covers :D

hooray for booksale~ :cheer:
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