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img src For posterity's sake, I'd like to post here what used to be my Blogger profile write-up: I've learned that in my life there are only a few things I need to keep constant: my love for my family and my love for reading. The rest can come and go as they please. Now if you look at my current profile there on the right, you'll realize what has changed. What is constant: I am a reader, I am a mother. Things that have changed: I used to be an educator in the classroom; now I'm an occasional educator when I do teacher training. I used to work in educational publishing, which did not impede at all into my book blogging activities. Now, I work in a digital publishing company that publishes and co-publishes trade books and some academic content. So, yes, I know this will affect this blog somewhat.  But for the kind of work I am going to do, I'm willing to take that chance.  And what is the kind of work I am going to...

Better late than never. Filipino Friday is a meme that originated within the Filipino Book Bloggers site and is being  borrowed by the ReaderCon site in order to encourage participation among Filipino readers everywhere. The ReaderCon Filipino Friday will run for the 5 Fridays leading up to the big event on Sept. 14. This week's topic is an introduction. Here's the prompt from the site: Tell us what kind of reader you are. What are your favorite genres and books? Who are your favorite authors? Do you have a comfort read? And what's the best book you've read this year so far? You can also include links of where other readers can find you online. I like to think I'm an eclectic reader. Though I had favorite genres at certain points in my life (bestsellers in early high school, sf&f in late high school to college, classics in later college years, YA when I started working) I think I've gotten to a point where I'm willing to sample an...

Yes! Yes, it is. Yes, we're finally going to do it. Filipino Readers Make it Social! The First Filipino ReaderCon is finally going to happen on Sept. 14, from 1-6 PM at SMX Mall of Asia. We are going to be one of the special events during the Manila International Book Fair , which actually starts on that day. About 19 months ago, I declared what I believed about Filipino readers . Then, nearly a year ago, in a post about the local Future of the Book conference , I mentioned how some local publishers didn't seem to be aware of the level of activity of the reading public. But the germ of the ReaderCon idea finally took form during the first Manila International Literary Festival last year, when Tarie and I were imagining what our ideal conference would be, since we felt that literary festivals and book conferences could do with more reader involvement. And that was when we said that we should have a readers' convention. The time seems ripe for it, after ...