MEGAN’S GIVING AWAY HER BOOKS! MASSIVE BOOK GIVEAWAY!
Over the years, I have accumulated a huge book collection and I have read and reread these books so many times that it’s time I pass them on to somebody else! My local used book store has no room for them so why not give them away! These books are mostly young adult fiction, but there is some adult fiction and some of the classics.
In my lovely collection I have,
Private, Legacy, Confessions, Untouchable, Ambition, Invitation Only, and Inner Circle in the Private series by Kate Brian
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
Love the One You’re With by Cecily von Ziegesar
L8R, G8R by Lauren Myracle
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Flawless, Heartless, Twisted and Wanted in the Pretty Little Liars series by Sara Shepard
Serafina67 *Urgently Requires Life* by Susan Day
Philosopher’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, and Goblet of Fire in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
It Had to Be You by Cecily von Zeigesar
Freedom by Jonathon FranzenAll you have to do is,
- Be following me (I will check!)
- Reblog this post!
I will be using a random Internet generator to pick a winner and I will announce the winner February 1st, 2012!
p.s. I’ll cover shipping costs and everything!
New Year’s Resolution Challenge Number 5. 500daysofkissingmypillow will be giving away three of his most precious books (At First Sight, A Million Little Pieces and The Kite Runner) straight from his untidy bookshelf to three random Tumblr users.
For you to be qualified to receive one of the three books in the picture above, all you have to do is like or reblog this post, then Voila! Sit back and check, every now and then, your Tumblr Inbox for a message saying that you’re one of the three lucky people to receive one of the books above. The book will be sent to you, whether you’re from Brazil, Alaska or Turkmenistan, free of shipping fee. This will span from December 21 to January 31.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Goodluck!
I’m thinking of selling my books so that I could purchase new books. Hmmmm.
Visit my blog. I might not update tumblr for a while. See you there!
Did you ever walk through a room that’s packed with people, and feel so lonely you can hardly take the next step?
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Momma Retriever plays tug of war with son
El Hermano Mayor: The other Rizal
Paciano Rizal (1851 - 1930) is ten years senior to Rizal but it did not stop the two from developing close relations. Also, in the Mercado Children, only Jose and Paciano are male.
To Rizal, Paciano is is more refined and serious than I, taller, more slender and fairer in complexion than I, with a nose that is fine, beautiful and sharp-pointed, but he is bow-legged. At 6 feet tall, he was taller than Jose himself.
Also, it was Paciano’s connection to the martyred priest Jose Burgos that made him drop out of UST and make his brother, Jose to adopt the family name Rizal in his entry in the Ateneo.
It was Paciano’s suggestion that Jose should visit Europe and study people there, in order to learn the society in Europe. All of this was done in the name of preparng the Philippines for independence and nationhood. Also, Paciano who is the one who remits money to Rizal.
By the time Rizal in in Fort Santiago, the Spanish tortured Paciano to incriminate Rizal, even near death. He served President Aguinaldo as a general of the Revolution and the First Minister of Finance of the First Philippine Republic. At the Fall of the Philippine Republic, he will be forced to swear allegiance to the American Flag, declining saying that he will leave Americans in peace, accepting that they lost and surrendered.
Governor (and future US President) Taft offered him a position in the colonial government but declined. When the government offered Teodora Alonso a lifetime pension for just being the mother of Jose Rizal, he declined because it is within his duty as the eldest male to take care of their mother after the death of their father.
He settled in Los Baños after the war because their property in Calamba was confiscated, where he died peacefully April 13, 1930.
Curiously, the Rizal Brothers made a pact not to marry, for the cause of the country. It is still a big question if Rizal really married Josephine Bracken, but Paciano had a mistress in the identity of Severina Decena.
It was if there would be no Paciano, there will be no Jose. Jose had his place in Philippine and even World history. Paciano also is his own man, of course with his own rightful place in history. Paciano instilled the sacrifices & ideals of the three martyrs to Rizal and Rizal wielded them greatly to finally institute what was developing in the islands for long since Conde Luis Varela: the Filipino Nation.
PS: There are only 2 photos of Don Paciano, this one, a stolen shot from one of his sons. The other one is Paciano lying in state in his coffin. Paciano Rizal did not like to be photographed.
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Another Sweet Escape
Sometimes, I feel like I'm an anachronism from the 19th century, somehow transported to 2011 and mysteriously alive.
One day, I'll write a book, travel the world, join and win Survivor, be a pastry chef, own a restaurant, and become a Hollywood superstar.
Send me your thoughts at orangeandwatermelon@gmail.com
