Total number of books owned: I haven't done inventory on my shelf yet, but I estimate between 70 to 120 books, mostly non-fiction books, reference material, and sundry manuals.
Last Book(s) I bought: The Best Philippine Short Stories of the Twentieth Century, ed. Isagani R. Cruz; Nick Joaquin: Prose and Poetry; 7x10: World Poetry Choices by Seven Filipino Poets, ed. Alfred Yuson.
Last Book I read: I usually have several books in the air (so to speak), but the last book I really finished (and still remember) was Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder.
Five Books That Mean A Lot To Me:
- Invent Your Own Computer Games, Fred D'Ignazio. This book introduced me to programming when my cousin's PC AT conked out and started booting into ROM BASIC.
- Foucault's Pendulum, Umberto Eco. A good book (but I warn you that it can get pretty dense at places) on the inherent dangers of drawing too much meaning from things. Way better than Da Vinci Code.
- Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell. "Reality is inside the skull," O'Brien says.
- Orange Girl, Jostein Gaarder. The only book that made me cry after reading it.
- The Mayor Of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy. Very beautiful story, and I could somehow relate to Michael Henchard in his defiant yet tragic individualism.
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