From Book Blowout to Everything On Sale!: Could this be the end of National Bookstore (October 24, 2019)

Everyone loves a good deal. I am no different. But when I happened to pass by National Bookstore (NBS) in Greenbelt 1 last Monday and saw all of the Book Blowout for as low as P100, P200, P300 signs, my heart simply sank.  Bookstores–especially National Bookstore–has always been a part of my life.  They wereContinue reading “From Book Blowout to Everything On Sale!: Could this be the end of National Bookstore (October 24, 2019)”

Happy Cinco de Mayo: Taking part of Fully Booked and Faber-Castell’s Summer Art Buffet with Googly Gooeys [Watercolor Edition] (May 5, 2017)

Call it happenstance. Call it fate. Or maybe I knew about the event all along. How things went down After a late lunch, The Fam and I dropped by Comic Odyssey in Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street to pick up some books.[i] We then participated in the hour-long Fully Booked/Faber-Castell #SummerArtBuffet watercolor session located inContinue reading “Happy Cinco de Mayo: Taking part of Fully Booked and Faber-Castell’s Summer Art Buffet with Googly Gooeys [Watercolor Edition] (May 5, 2017)”

Say it ain’t so: Fully Booked Alabang Town Center to close its 3rd and 4th floors (February 7, 2017)

I wasn’t planning on writing about this today but I just got word earlier this evening that Comic Odyssey in Alabang Town Center will be moving from the 4th to the 2nd floor of Fully Booked Alabang by Thursday (February 8, 2017). My sources tell me that the 3rd and 4th floors are to beContinue reading “Say it ain’t so: Fully Booked Alabang Town Center to close its 3rd and 4th floors (February 7, 2017)”

Review: The 36th Manila International Book Fair (MIBF)

With what has become an annual event, the #AntFam marched to the 36th Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) at the SMX Convention Center with excitement in our eyes: Indy gushed at the overwhelming sight of all the books; Daryl made a bee-line for the nearest adult colouring books; while I headed for Fully Booked’s impressive graphicContinue reading “Review: The 36th Manila International Book Fair (MIBF)”