6. The Time, The Place: 365 Days of Awesome Travel Experiences Around the World
What it’s about: The ultimate guide to your next travel escape, it’s much more than just a list of events and festivals. From culture hubs to sporting events, to certified party places and food fairs, this book shows you how to see the sights and go beyond the touristy spots.
Why we can’t wait to read it: Because we can never have enough inspiring ideas or vacation options to make our travel fantasies real, and this book sounds like a fun guide to help us step out of our comfort zones.
Where to get it: Coming September 2009 at National Bookstore (P915).
7. Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire: Business Sense & Sensibility by Mireille Guiliano
What it’s about: Using stories, helpful hints and real-life anecdotes, Guiliano draws on her personal experiences in the business world to dispense practical advice for readers who want to balance work and relationships, and even offers tips for turning oneself into a winning brand.
Why we can’t wait to read it: In Guiliano’s buzzy best-seller French Women Don’t Get Fat, she taught us to eat for pleasure with her distinct Frenchwoman’s philosophy and style. This time, she shares her secrets on how to feel good, ace that job interview and get ahead in the corporate world. How can we not be curious?
Where to get it: Coming September 2009 at National Bookstore (P895).
I’ll be happy with the Dan Brown and Neil Gaiman books. Those will be more than enough to tide me over.
I’m happy with most of the choices, but Dan Brown? Really?
Every good writer knows that Brown is a very bad writer. His books are replete with 2d characters that have little or no motivation at all (there is no back-grounding for the characters), they sometimes act stupid, puzzles are so obvious you wonder just when the characters (experts!) will solve them, changing description of settings (Da Vinci Code and the Pentagon church desc. of Langdon seeing 7 knights. 2 pages after he says: one knight is really buried in a tomb), and passing off shoddy research for scholastic work.
Oh please Spot. Really the first book you want to read?
I hereby discredit your bookworm certificates.
On second thought, maybe this is an ad for National Bookstore. I now understand.
geekcritic, you a Jesuit or something? Are you Silas’ brother or something?
Dan Brown’s Da Vinci and Angels are actually good. You should also read Digital Fortress–It’s a masterpiece.
Dan Brown may not have the most followers in the lit world but he’s not a bad writer.
i would have to burn my card collection first before buying #8. Holy Hell.
by the way, no offense on the Jesuit part. The Brownian on me just clouded my judgment, the same clouded way that made someone here point out that this article “may be an ad for National Bookstore.”
but i still think Silas has a brother and he ain’t happy.
I smell a frikin geek fight. I’ll buy Albom’s book, btw
yes, geekcritic. this is an ad for national bookstore, fully booked and powerbooks. galing no?
Brown’s success and popularity also acts as a security blanket. Right now, he should be dead or something.
I think TLS will be a hit. I’m buyin’ it.
Not the most inspired choices, people should know better than to criticize one’s reading preference. Besides, at least Spot is promoting reading. Good job Spot!