I’m back in Singapore soil but still behind on blog posts so I have a few more Manila-related posts that will (hopefully) go up in the coming days. I’ve been meaning to visit Tweedle Book Cafe again after my initial visit last December. So when friends asked me last Friday where I wanted to meet for dinner, I suggested this place. You know you’re a book nerd when you bring your friends to a book cafe on a Friday night. Woohoo, reading party! I’ve been encouraging them to read more so I wanted them to experience a book cafe. π
Dinner (TWG first edition tea, salpicao with egg and kimchi) and signed copies of Agay Llanera’s books:
Only Vintage Love is mine, given by Chris Mariano as a gift back when it was launched and recently signed by the author when I met her in person. I’ve yet to read it! The rest are copies I got for my friends Ena, Chuchay and Mich to read and share. These three have inherited and borrowed books from me before, and were also super excited to get signed books as Christmas gifts last year. I love it when real life overlaps with my book blogging life.
Here are #romanceclass books available at the cafe:
Delicious hot chocolate infused with hibiscus, made in Cebu by The Chocolate Chamber. Served in a pretty tea cup:
Last but certainly not the least, I brought books that I wanted to pass on with me. Unread books are sad books so I’ve been passing on physical copies of my books because they just get neglected in Manila while I’m in Singapore. Some of these I’ve read, some I’m not planning to read anytime soon. Most of them have pages that have started foxing (getting brown spots) and yellowing because of heat and humidity, even when they’ve been stored in a bookshelf with a glass cover:
I didn’t want them to waste away so I thought it would be better to pass them on. The upright ones on the left went to my friend Ena, the right-most stack went to my friend Chuchay and the two stacks in the middle were donated to the cafe. You can visit the cafe and read those books if you wanted to.
I think it was a Friday well spent. I was back in Tweedle a week later, but only to drop off more books to be donated. I passed by the cafe right before heading to the airport for my flight back to Singapore. This was the stash I donated:
I’m glad book cafes are becoming more of a thing in Manila. They aren’t as common in Singapore but I believe that’s because Singapore has a pretty good public library system, something that the Philippines doesn’t have. Obviously I want these book cafes to flourish, which is why I will try to keep donating books whenever I can. π
June 5, 2016 at 5:28 am
Looks like a wonderful place!
June 11, 2016 at 1:22 am
It’s a lovely, little book cafe. π I’d probably keep going there if I was still based in Manila.
June 5, 2016 at 6:45 am
Lovely place! Even a non-book nerd (like me!) will spend another Friday night here. π So many (handed-down) books to read, so little time!
June 11, 2016 at 1:23 am
Haha now you know how I feel most of the time. And yet, I still keep buying more books! I really hope you guys get to visit Tweedle again. π
June 5, 2016 at 11:07 am
Ah, I really hope I can find a way to visit this spot when I go home! It looks like such a darling little spot to grab a meal π
June 11, 2016 at 1:39 am
You should try to check it out the next time you find yourself in Manila. π
June 11, 2016 at 5:46 am
I envy you the book cafes. The only thing we have even remotely like it where I live is Barnes and Noble, with a cafe inside the book store. I’m not complaining mind you; I am grateful we have it but your book cafes sound like wonderful places to visit.
June 11, 2016 at 2:51 pm
I know those kind of bookstores! I remember being amazed the first time I walked into a bookstore with a cafe inside and now they’re pretty common. Don’t worry, book cafes are popping up only in Manila. I only know of one in Singapore, it didn’t seem like cozy place to read when I saw it briefly.
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