I recently signed up for Thomas Nelson’s BookSneeze program, providing bloggers the opportunity to receive complimentary copies of books for review. Brian Tome’s Free Book is an interesting book that talks about a believer’s freedom in Christ. While he said early in the book, in a rather harsh tone that “we don’t need another...
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One of my goals for 2010 is to read more books. Sure I already read a lot but I don’t really know how many books I’ve read last year. So beginning January, I will document all the books I’ve read. I want to include a variety of books and genre in my repertoire. I...
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1. Day Watch (Watch, Book 2) by Sergei Lukyanenko. Day Watch is Book 2 of the Watch series by Lukyanenko. While one of his books, the Last Watch, was hailed as the “Russian Harry Potter,” I beg to disagree. I’ve read Nightwatch and it rocks!! I’m reserving Day Watch for January. Let’s see if...
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My College degree is Political Science. We needed lots of reading materials. Since I didn’t have the money to buy the textbooks, I had to go to the library and borrow the books I need. At times, I could not get the books because there were hundreds of Political Science students in the University....
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I went to the 30th Manila International Book Fair on September 18, 2009. Since I wasn’t really familiar with the SMX Convention Center, I got lost and walked for about 10 minutes before arriving at the venue. When I entered the Book Fair, the guard took my OMFLit free ticket and I was like…...
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This month of September, I decided to put some kind of focus to the books reviewed here at Penstalker.com. For the month of September, we will focus not on Science Fiction or Fantasy, instead we’ll feature books on marketing. There are a number of major book sales this month. For the whole month, National...
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The Manila International Book Fair will be held this month! September 16-20, 2009 to be exact at the Exhibit 1-4 of the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia! I need to save at least P2,500 for this Book Fair!! Woot! I quickly searched for the schedule of the Book Fair and I’m glad...
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After my Master’s Class at PUP last Saturday, I dropped by the Booksale branch in SM Sta. Mesa. After being there fore about an hour and a half, I picked up five books for only PhP 256. Yup, I got all these books for just under $6. Woot! Here are the titles and why...
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unChristian is a much needed book by this generation. The full title of the book is: unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity… and Why It Matters. Admittedly, Christianity is losing ground in a number of countries, most notably the United States and in most European countries. In the United States, Christianity,...
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On July 29, I went to Nashville, Tennessee for a work-related meeting. The trip lasted for two weeks. I attended a meeting and did a lot of eating! Naturally, I gained a few pounds because of my meeting-eating trip. Thankfully, I didn’t forget to feed my mind. I brought with me Malcolm Gladwell’s two...
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