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mabagalmagbasa's review
5.0
#8 of 50: A non-fiction book
Things I've learned after reading this book:
1. Trivia about Philippine (and sometimes world) history and literature
2. Facts about Philippine cinema, and the entertainment industry in general
3. Some stuff about Philippine politics and politicians
4. Words I will never actually use in normal conversations (e.g. porcine, recherché, schmancy, phantasmagorically, etc.)
5. How to spell Filipino words in Spanish (which is just basically changing "k" to "c," "ya" to "ia" etc.)
6. I'm not the only person who has not, and will never, read/watch the Twilight series.
7. de Veyra and I share the same sentiment about people who take photos of Every. Single. Food. they are about to eat (Like, seriously, it's annoying.)
8. I need to read This Is A Crazy Planets Book 1
9. Lists are always a stupid and lazy way to meet a deadline (in my case, to write a review)
10. This is indeed a crazy planet.
And P.S: My favorite article was 15 Ways To Spice Up the Impeachment Trial. It was so on point.
Things I've learned after reading this book:
1. Trivia about Philippine (and sometimes world) history and literature
2. Facts about Philippine cinema, and the entertainment industry in general
3. Some stuff about Philippine politics and politicians
4. Words I will never actually use in normal conversations (e.g. porcine, recherché, schmancy, phantasmagorically, etc.)
5. How to spell Filipino words in Spanish (which is just basically changing "k" to "c," "ya" to "ia" etc.)
6. I'm not the only person who has not, and will never, read/watch the Twilight series.
7. de Veyra and I share the same sentiment about people who take photos of Every. Single. Food. they are about to eat (Like, seriously, it's annoying.)
8. I need to read This Is A Crazy Planets Book 1
9. Lists are always a stupid and lazy way to meet a deadline (in my case, to write a review)
10. This is indeed a crazy planet.
And P.S: My favorite article was 15 Ways To Spice Up the Impeachment Trial. It was so on point.
earlapvaldez's review
4.0
Lourd de Veyra certainly does not preach gospel truth, and he may be wrong about a lot of things. However, he seems that his blog embodies the sentiments of an urban, middle class Filipino who looks at all facets of the society and sees the cracks and links in it. And because of that, it's difficult to not love it and be skeptic about what he says, especially now that he is more convincing than ever. His posts (and thus the parts of this book) are so informative that a lazy college student can submit it as a bastardized academic work when cited using footnotes. Overall, the second volume brings out so much that one would regret missing it.
sparklesandnargles's review
4.0
One word: GALING. In other words, it was great, superb, whatever else you could put in here. I really like this one better than the first. This is wittier, sharper, and probably set more tongues wagging but it's soooo good. My favorite piece would have to be "Dolphy: May Liwanag ang Buhay". It was so well-written and it was so real. Plus, the three end pieces were great, too. more!
mariaellabetos's review
3.0
I liked most of the things he wrote but I felt a bit "ouchie" about Lady Gaga. Favorite ko kaya si Lady Gaga. Hmmm, bad ka Lourd. :P
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