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"It’s not about having the right books, or the right number of followers, or maybe even the right amount of money. It’s about the right to choose what you want to read, and the right to be free to enjoy what you choose." -KB Meniado

Bookbed was born in 2010, in the hope of finding a solution to my perpetual problem of “where do I get money to buy more books.” I was just out of a job then (my contract ended), my savings account a joke, so I was worried about how I was going to sustain my book buying habit, which was one of the few things I’ve built my happiness around. I know, I hear you—parents. Mine are always so generous…

Five New Things We Had During Bookworms Unite PH 2017

Since I think that it’s a little too late to post a full recap, I figured why not do a listicle (list + article, geddit??) to highlight the events that happened during this year’s Bookworms Unite PH.

Before we get down to business, let me just say that this year’s event was really the biggest one we had so far in terms of preparations and program. We stayed at Tweedle Book Cafe for the whole day…

When Bookbed‘s KB (who I met online a couple of months ago when they asked me to talk about MoarBooks) approached me about doing a guest post on the reading section of their site, I immediately knew what I wanted to discuss. I knew that it would be a series–a conversation, rather than a speech, or lecture–and that it would be about how we view different types of stories. Personally, I find that…