Yesterday, the spotlight is on the novella, Old Enemies Make The Best Lovers as part of the Backlist Revival Project. Now we have its author, the lovely Kate Sebastian, answering some questions. What made you join the #buqosteamyreads workshop? How did you find the whole process? I originally joined the first #RomanceClass, but at the time my classmates were all writing...
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Backlist Revival Project: Old Enemies Make the Best Lovers: Review + Interview
10:30 PM
I joined the Backlist Revival Project, where we aim to put the spotlight on Filipino-authored books released before 2015. Today, we're featuring Kate Sebastian’s Old Enemies Make the Best Lovers. Summary: Christy Martinez may have been a nerd and the number one victim for the mean girls in her high school, but she’s since grown up, gone to college, and carved out a...
I am not fond of flowers as gifts. I even remember telling someone before that if he will give me flowers, it better be planted in a pot, because there's no way I'm gonna carry around a bouquet. Maybe it was my dislike for these (more-often-than-not) expensive bundles that also made me read Chi Yu Rodriguez's The Bye Bye Bouquet. Summary:Every month for...
It's a stressful time at work lately and you know what they say, "Stressed is desserts spelled backwards." So when I saw The Cakery while running errands at Megamall last Saturday, I didn't think twice and immediately approached their stand. Sweetness is my weakness I was tempted by their colorful display, especially the cakes in cups. Since I still have to more things to...
The fourth quarter of 2015 became too busy that reading took a backseat for me. It was only last April that I got to breathe again and go back to my "normal" life. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is my excuse for not being able to read Learning To Fall as soon as it was released. So yesterday morning, I finished a middle-grade...
So last week was pretty challenging for me. I was grumpy and I made myself feel better by eating my feelings and (book) retail therapy. I bought six books written by Filipino authors, and so far, I've only finished reading one: Blasts From Two Pasts by Kristel S. Villar. Summary; Fate's been playing tricks on Cara Nicolas lately. She agrees to go on...
Yesterday, I was browsing Saab Magalona's Twitter feed when I saw this: It made me laugh because I kind of do this. I actually clean my friends list periodically, especially on Facebook. I maintain just around 500 friends there. Since most of those are acquaintances and not really real-life friends for keeps, I don't have qualms in deleting them. Sure, I can always...
#Floates FTW! Video by Liana Bautista for Will Read for Feels That, my friends, was what convinced me to read the Playlist series. Did you hear the collective awwww from the audience? Summary: It's harder to get over someone who was never really yours. They say rock stars get all the girls. But Miki knows that's not always true. He, for one, though...
I am good at moving on from unpleasant things, but give me something good and you can expect me to dwell on it. It comes as no surprise then that I still have #AprilFeelsDay hangover. I haven't read the Playlist series prior to attending #AprilFeelsDay, so hindi ako naka-relate when there was a lot of sighs and awws while Jef Flores and Rachel Coates did the...
You and me, We're a pair that seemed unlikely. But parallelisms and our proclivity to speak geeky, Are the reasons why we've become chummy. You listen to my stories and feelings, Even when sometimes, they're lame. You always encourage me to spread my wings, I wish I could convince you to do the same. I pray that this year, You'll be more fearless....
