Thank you to the folks of Flips Flipping Pages for inviting the Filipino Book Bloggers to take part in their Best and Worst 2010 Reads event held at Libreria in Cubao X. I won’t be able to name all of the attendees because there were so many of us. The afternoon started off with food, of course, then we all trooped to the bookstore. I was actually surprised that we all fit inside Libreria and that we were able to discuss all of our best and worst reads in a reasonable amount of time. Each person had one minute to say something about the best and worst book that he or she read in 2010. Some of the choices were surprising, some were not but overall, it was interesting to see what appealed to other readers and why. After the sharing, there was a book swap, which was a lot of fun and something that I hope to recreate in the next Filipino Book Bloggers’ meet up. Overall, a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. I think it’s always a good thing when I get to talk about books with other people. π
Here’s a group pic that I grabbed from Rhett:
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January 24, 2011 at 10:29 am
That looks like fun. Sounds like everybody had a good time!
January 24, 2011 at 11:24 am
Hey Madigan, it was a lot fun. I always like attending book events. π
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January 24, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Really glad you enjoyed it, Chachic. Feel free to join us again next time!
January 25, 2011 at 7:57 am
Thanks again for inviting us, Honey! π
January 24, 2011 at 9:23 pm
Seems like you had fun! Great pic π
January 25, 2011 at 7:57 am
Hey Misha, I just grabbed that pic from someone else because I didn’t have a picture of the group in my camera. π
January 24, 2011 at 10:18 pm
You guys even had a poster too! Sounds like an incredibly fun afternoon. π It must be interesting to sit through that discussion — someone’s worst read could easily be someone else’s best! I think a lot of books can really be polarizing so it must have been nice to see where everyone else was coming from.
January 25, 2011 at 7:59 am
Chris, the FFP came up with the poster and all the other materials. The book bloggers just “crashed” their meet up. All of the FFP events are very well-organized so I hope you get to attend at least one of them.
Yes, that did actually happen! Someone’s worst was actually someone’s best. π Well, we all know that different books appeal to different people.
January 25, 2011 at 9:41 am
Do a lot of the bloggers belong to FFP? That’s sooo many loads of awesome!
I bet you had lots of spirited discussions there. π What book was that?
January 25, 2011 at 9:47 am
Some of the bloggers belong to FFP, I listed the names in this post at FBB.
It happened several times, actually. I remember that happened with The Knife of Never Letting Go and with Mockingjay too.
January 24, 2011 at 11:53 pm
That’s a lot of readers! Sounds so fun, I wish there was something like that near me.
January 25, 2011 at 8:00 am
I know! I think it’s great that so many readers are based here in Manila. It shouldn’t be surprising based on the number of bookstores that we have. You don’t have a lot of book bloggers or book clubs in your area?
January 25, 2011 at 10:03 am
Now I really wish I was able to attend last Saturday. π¦
But yay for you guys having a great time! π
January 25, 2011 at 10:13 am
It’s okay, we understand that work deadlines have to come first. Hey, I had dinner with my friend at Bellini’s and I ordered the focaccia. π
I hope you’ll be able to attend the March meet up!
January 25, 2011 at 10:39 pm
*crossed fingers* π
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January 26, 2011 at 1:39 am
Oh wow, that looks like such a cool event!
January 26, 2011 at 7:38 am
Any book-related event is always cool in our eyes. π