July 8, 2021 The Tao of Pooh online bookstore in the philippines

A Childlike Wisdom: The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

Personal Rating: The Tao of Pooh is an introduction to Taoism for Westerners explained through the characters of Winnie-the-Pooh.  It all started when the author Benjamin Hoff observed that the English language writings about Taoist philosophy often miss the point. According to him, they are more concerned with “bickering over minute particulars” than telling the […]

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July 6, 2021 Turtles All The Way Down online bookstore in the philippines

Self-Identity, Mental Health, and Lasting Friendships: Turtles All The Way Down by John Green

Personal Rating: Note: This review might contain some vague spoilers. “The words used to describe it – despair, fear, anxiety, obsession – do so little to communicate it. Maybe we invented metaphor as a response to pain. Maybe we needed to give shape to the opaque, deep-down pain that evades both sense and senses.” At some […]

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June 30, 2021 Different Facets of Love Perks of being a wallflower buy online bookstore in the philippines

Different facets of love: Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli

Personal Rating Any stories representing diverse characters and portraying different types of love alongside romance with relationships other than significant others are remarkable. Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli delivers both.  In this contemporary romance-comedy work of fiction for 14+ young adults, diverse primary and secondary characters celebrate love in all its forms as a family, friend, […]

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June 16, 2021 The Midnight Library by Matt Haig buy online books in the philippines

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig: The Safe Space

Personal Ratings: Trigger warnings for mental health disorders, self-harm, substance abuse, suicide, terminal cancer, death of a loved one, and everything in between are in order in Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library.  This adult science-fiction, a fantasy-esque novel that is wrapped up with philosophy, parallel universe, and quantum physics, and won the 2020 Goodreads Choice Award and Good Morning […]

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June 8, 2021 I KNEW A WOMAN buy online books in the philippines

Poetic Accounts on Women’s Health: I Knew A Woman

Personal Rating I may have an alternative way of learning about things in life. Like some of us, I wasn’t that much enticed with textbooks from school. I instead learn history through historical fiction books, science through sci-fi novels, and problem-solving through mystery books. In human biology, particularly female biology, I remembered being overwhelmed with […]

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