Sharing in here as well yung haul ko from this year’s MIBF! wala akong specific target buys for this year, I only wanted my copies of Isabela and Lucia Dreaming signed. So that’s what I did on Saturday tapos dumaan ako sa New Day and Bookmark—and by god I found gems! Dami nilang backlist and out of print titles ranging from 20-100. So of course I bought a bunch of them.
Yung anthology from Bookmark cost 100 tas very interesting ng works sa loob! So excited to crack open that one.
Pag dating din sa university presses, diretso ako sa sale pile nila. I got two books from UP press, tig 100 din bili ko.
Pinaka nagpamahal sa haul ko was of course the Penguin SEA books. But of course I still bought the cheapest books in their catalog para makuha ko yung umbrella merch nila. Kaya puro classics ang kinuha ko from them.
Lastly, a fated purchase. I have been looking for Estrella Alfon’s very controversial Fairy Tale for the City for the longest time, and may short story anthology yung UP Press na apparently includes that story. Pero di ko talaga yun mahanap na. Lately nalaman ko via booksta na included din sya sa Querida anthology!
Nakita ko sya randomly sa Anvil booth tas muka lang syang iniwan kung san ko sya nakita. Hinahanap ko kung san yung ibang copies ng Querida and wala? Weird. So syempre binili ko na. Kumuha din ako ng tote nila because yes, Read Pinoy Books!
