Normal Boys?

“He shut his eyes so tight that neon bleeds into the blackness. He doesn’t understand how this works. Larry and Jackson get naked and name their dicks, but when Larry sees him staring at “Freddy,” it’s a bad thing. He says a little prayer. God, give me a new life. This one isn’t working for [...]

Truly Chillaxing, and Bookish Palm Springs

 
Tortuga del Sol, Palm Springs, originally uploaded by moleskineboy.

I spent my birthday in Palm Springs the past weekend. Tortuga del Sol is a very quiet resort tugged away in the desert against the backdrop of the mountains. For a good amount of the stay we were the only guests who got to enjoy all [...]

Children and Books, a Monday Musing

Do you buy books as gifts for children – either your own or those of friends or family? Would you buy books for all children, or only children who are already practiced readers?
My social circle doesn’t comprise of many children, and even if it does, I probably would make suggestion to parents instead of [...]

The Sticky Fifteen

This can be a quick one. Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.
That would be all of the books to the left under Moleskine all-time favorites (first 11 books) and a few others:
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My Reading Journal

Since this blog is named after a journal, and after reading Wendy’s post on her journal, I want to share with you about my journal. The picture shows you my two latest journal entries: reviews of Half of a Yellow Sun and The 19th Wife. Since 2001, I have used only Moleskine journals. The beginning [...]

Molding of a Reader, a Monday Musing

Do you remember how you developed a love for reading? Was it from a particular person, or person(s)? Do you remember any books that you read, or were read to you, as a young child?
Asthma. My adolescent affliction is a perfect example of how a curse turns into a blessing. Being confined at home [...]

Fear and Courage Meme

I do not have an answer for this week’s Booking Through Thursday, which concerns with comics and graphic novels, because I do not read this genre. However, I have come across a meme from a friend in Hong Kong. This one sounds very interesting and I’ll employ my faculty of humor to the full.
1. What [...]

E pili mau na pomaika`i ia `oe

Here I don’t have to keep watch of time, nor do I have to answer the phone. Most coffee shops and restaurants in fact ask you to refrain from talking on the phone. If time seems to freeze, why is it that the vacation slips by without my knowing? Maybe this is what paradise is [...]

Tribute to Libraries, BTT

I saw that National Library Week is coming up in April (4/12–4/18), and that led to some questions. How often do you use your public library and how do you use it? Has the coffeehouse/bookstore replaced the library? Did you go to the library as a child? Do you have any particular memories of the [...]

歌依舊，6年逝 | Tribute to Leslie Cheung

Until the winter of 2003, I almost never paid attention to the Mandarin Oriental in Central, one of Hong Kong’s most luxurious. Leslie Cheung 張國榮 (1956-2003), aliased gege (elder brother), one of Hong Kong’s greatest singers and movie stars of the last quarter of the century, fell to his death in a presumed suicide jump [...]