 | Flips Flipping Pages: A site for Filipino book lovers from all over the world | Feb 11, 2008 |
Flips Flipping Pages: A site for Filipino book lovers from all over the world
Flipper: YOU, if you have made that excellent decision to join the group.
The Flippers:
Some of us have a lot in common. Many have their mothers to blame for getting us hooked on books. (Thanks Moms). Many of us have found ourselves sitting on the floor of Book Sale branches scrounging for the best buy. Many of us went through a Nancy Drew phase. Many of us consider our books as valued possessions worth saving in a fire.
Yet, we are also diverse. Some are into classics, Filipino literature, chicklit, fantasy, fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks, serious novels, fluffy pretty books. Some of us like our books crisp, clean, and covered up in plastic. Some of us inhale the musty, dog-eared books fished from a pre-used book bin and try to inhale the history of its previous owners. A poll on favorite authors will reveal just how diverse we are. The Filipino diaspora also means we run the whole spectrum in terms of geographical location and cultural influences. Our opinions differ, and that's what makes this a rich and enriching place.
We're split just about midway between monobookists (look it up here) and polybookists, toilet readers and toilet wall starers.
We're all Filipinos -- whether it's by blood, by birth, by marriage, or by choice. And we all love books and talking about books.
Shelfari: Where the flippers first met online
Flipper: YOU, if you have made that excellent decision to join the group.
The Flippers:
Some of us have a lot in common. Many have their mothers to blame for getting us hooked on books. (Thanks Moms). Many of us have found ourselves sitting on the floor of Book Sale branches scrounging for the best buy. Many of us went through a Nancy Drew phase. Many of us consider our books as valued possessions worth saving in a fire.
Yet, we are also diverse. Some are into classics, Filipino literature, chicklit, fantasy, fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks, serious novels, fluffy pretty books. Some of us like our books crisp, clean, and covered up in plastic. Some of us inhale the musty, dog-eared books fished from a pre-used book bin and try to inhale the history of its previous owners. A poll on favorite authors will reveal just how diverse we are. The Filipino diaspora also means we run the whole spectrum in terms of geographical location and cultural influences. Our opinions differ, and that's what makes this a rich and enriching place.
We're split just about midway between monobookists (look it up here) and polybookists, toilet readers and toilet wall starers.
We're all Filipinos -- whether it's by blood, by birth, by marriage, or by choice. And we all love books and talking about books.
Shelfari: Where the flippers first met online
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