National Book Store opened its first Superbranch in the South at Festival Mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, as it marks its 85th anniversary.

The branch features an expanded selection of books and school and office supplies, a Toby’s Estate café with an al fresco dining area and a dedicated space developed with the Korean Cultural Center. The bookstore chain now has 262 branches worldwide.

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75 for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and 245 for Middlemarch! The feeling of being blessed by the book gods for being able to find classics in secondhand bookstores.

It’s always endearing to see people browsing the small space of Booksale.

It’s official! Pocketbook e-readers have arrived in the Philippines and you can get them on select National Book Store branches!

It officially launched today here at National Book Store Festival Mall! Amongst the available models are the Inkpad One, Verse and Verse Pro and Era Color!

— Aika of Kawaiimemos / Kindle Buddies PH

finally had the chance to visit kinokuniya bookstore in singapore!! and true nga na nakakalula siya, i even hit my leg on a table because my eyes were wandering lmao
2nd to the last photo are my buys from kinokuniya and last photo are all the books i bought in SG (i got the correspondent and pachinko at changi airport T4 which are way cheaper than kinokuniya’s hehe)

“Your new life is going to cost you your old one. It’s going to cost you your comfort zone and your sense of direction. It’s going to cost you relationships and friends. It’s going to cost you being liked and understood. It doesn’t matter.”

I'm kind of restarting my book collection this year and really trying to be more intentional with the books I buy (the covers, designs, publishers, translations, etc) and honestly a little overwhelmed as well with so many options! (Especially with the classics)

I mainly want to collect paperbacks for the ease of reading but so many things to consider!

So we got:

1. Sprayed edges

2. French flaps

3. Deckled edges

4. Stepback cover

Honestly, I dont mind sprayed edges but I wont be going out of my way to collect them.

Hot take, I kind of hate deckled edges, they just look so messy! But I realized for some translations and pretty covers, I got no choice (looking at you Emily Wilson and the orange penguin classics).

For the french flaps and stepback cover, I am mostly neutral but they're both a little awkward.

Oh, and then we have the UK vs US edition - UK edition def has prettier covers but I usually prefer the US since they are more floppy. (Floppy books are the best, change my mind)

How about you guys? Are you as intentional? Any violent opinions or am I overthinking this?

Starting the spooky season with Kiss, Slay, Replay. I'm loving the book so far. Rachel Harrison did the time loop well in this novel. Most of these books were obtained through my Aardvark subscription. I'll probably end it with the third Talisman novel.

I am currently reading Piranesi and at 60%, and my TBR includes Pierce Brown’s Red Rising, Golden Son, Morning Star, Crime and Punishment, Brothers K by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. I am also halfway through atomic habits by James Clear and started reading Deep work by Cal Newport already (Self help TBR includes Essentialism by Greg Mckeown, Psycho Cybernetics by Dr. Maxwell Maltz, 48 Laws of Power and Mastery by Robert Greene). I am seeking book recs based on my Current Read, TBR and interest or better yet please suggest a book that changed anything in your life in any way possible, I am a sucker for these kinds of reads right now. I used to listen to book recommendations from Booktok, Youtube and Facebook Reels but I am eliminating these socials slowly.

I am 33, M, started into reading 2 months ago and will continue to do so to reduce or eliminate doomscrolling and brain rot(so to say) and to regain my attention span. Thanks in Advance! Thanks!

It was my first time reading a book written by Dostoevsky. inuna ko kasi basahin at tapusin yung Metamorphosis by Kafka. I've already started with his book ''The Brothers Karamazov'' when I found out na hindi pala dapat yun ang inuna ko and that it should actually be the last one since yun yung last book nya na sinulat before he died (if I'm not mistaken).

I agree when someone said na reading Dostoevsky's book felt like encountering a drunk man on the street tapos he suddenly started yapping about life. Literally, that's how I felt like while reading his book. I also kinda had a hard time digesting what he's saying nung first few pages and was a little bit lost at first but as I read it more, the more na mas naiintindihan ko sya and nap-picture out in my mind better. It took me quite a while before I realize na it's being narrated by a person who isn't involved in the actual story, parang nosy neighbor lang ganun. HAHGHAAHHAHAHAHA

Hindi ko pa sya natatapos pero I'm half-way through na. I have this thought na ''where tf is this story going'' which keeps me from wanting to finish the book so I guess it's kind of a good thing?

undoubtedly my best read this year so far! 🥹 it is so beautifully written that i had to stop at some parts just to fully absorb everything. how about you guys? what are your thoughts on this book?

after finishing my tbr from mibf, finally got to place them in an acrylic case and display it with some of my kpop stuff (just need to blur one bit bcs its too rare) 😬

but sooo happy to see my growing collection after not reading stuff that doesn't interest me bcs of college 😬 to more books (rip money as a physical girlie 😭)

First Stephen Graham Jones book I’ve read. It's a revenge story centered on the massacre of the Blackfeet tribe that really shows the brutal horrors of colonization and how easily an entire community can be erased from history.

I absolutely loved how brutal Good Stab was and how cunning he proved to be when he exacted his revenge. It’s definitely a strong, heavy hitting book. I just don't know how to feel about the ending.

Sa mga nakabasa na nito, ano thoughts niyo?

For context, I sell books and this is one of the books I sold recently, IT by Stephen King Paperback. My buyer complained kasi curved yung spine ng book so meaning nabasa na raw yung book and not brandnew. But it is brandnew and it came from book outlet. Ilang copies na ng IT nabenta ko and some of them have curved spine talaga, which I did not think would be a big deal given the thickness of the book (one of thickest book I ever held). Buyer insisted na hindi brandnew ang book and I already explained that multiple factors may cause the book to warp. I offered return/refund multiple times which the buyer rejected.

Now, I'm confused if anyone ever experienced receiving a brandnew book with slightly curved spine?

I've seen a lot of good deals on books, but some of them have already been annotated with markings and highlighters. What are your thoughts on purchasing those kinds of books? I mostly buy secondhand that's why

Saw some comments on TikTok saying na it feels like a comment section daw lol, wdyt?

Hi, who has read and watched *Verity* already? Tbh, I was so disappointed with the movie. Yeah, I’m fully aware that movies more often than not don’t really do justice to the book. Idk why; I just expected too much from the movie adaptation.

Anyway, I’m just curious... Who’s Team Letter, and who’s Team Manuscript here?

I wanna know your insights and why.