The Bookworm's Haven
Mia Claire. 16 going on 17. Ravenclaw. Avid Reader. Lasallian. Organizational Communication and Legal Management.
* * * * * * *This is my book blog as well as my personal blog because I found it hard to manage two blogs at the same time. My personal life seems to be tied up with books and reading.
* * * * * * *DISCLAIMER: All pictures/graphics featured in this blog belong to its respective copyright owners unless otherwise stated.
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Abot sa first step ng amphi ung water oh. :)) #dlsu
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Diane Van Deren
Diane Van Deren suffered from constant seizures due to epilepsy. Before sensing a ‘premonition’ of a seizure, she would immediately go running outside to prevent the seizure from occurring. Eventually she went through a lobotomy procedure, removing a portion of her brain that dealt with her perception of time. This enabled Diane to receive an unusual yet interesting advantage when running in ultra-marathons. With a distorted judgment of time, she was able to run for days without feeling the same sense of exhaustion normal runners would experience if they were able to sense how long they had been running for. Diane is now one of the best ultra-runners in the world.
You can listen to more about her story here.
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You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads. - Ray Bradbury
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Day 25: A character who you relate to the most.
Elinor Loredan from the Inkheart Trilogy is an elderly lady who has a passion for books. She has collected them her whole life. When her library was destroyed she insists on finding the evil Capricorn to revenge her beloved books. (Inkheart Wiki)
- DIY inspiration: invisible bookcase (via How to Decorate with Books)
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Day 24: A book you wish more people would have read
The Social Cancer (A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere) by José Rizal, Charles Derbyshire
Noli Me Tangere is Latin for “touch me not,” an allusion to the Gospel of St. John where Jesus says to Mary Magdelene: “Touch me not, for I am not yet ascended to my Father.” In this modern classic of Filipino literature, Jose P. Rizal exposes “matters…so delicate that they cannot be touched by anybody,” unfolding an epic history of the Philippines that has made it the most influential political novel in that country in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The popularity of this novel is grounded in its reflection of the turbulent times in which it was written. Its influence on Filipino political thinking, as well as on contemporary fiction, drama, opera, dance, and film, has been and continues to be enormous. The vivid characters and the harsh situations depicted still ring true today. (Goodreads)
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Day 23: A book you wanted to read for a long time but you still haven’t
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
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