The Frog and I are avid readers. We met during the Neil Gaiman book signing. Ok that’s not the topic of the blog today. That’s another long story. Anywhoo…the annual Manila International Book Fair has come! Naturally we had been abstaining to buy books this past weeks knowing that the book fair have more discounts and freebies on some purchases. Meee looovvvee freebiiieeesssss! *squee* (Down girl!) Ehem!We could spend hours in this fair. Browsing through all the shelves. Talk about kids in a candy store. That’s how I feel. He he he. Got a few good buys out of it too. (My Shelfari will definitely be updated with my new finds *wink wink*) Some for just a hundred pesos (still brand new) and others with 20% discounts like in National Bookstore and Power Books. I wonder why Fully Booked didn’t join in this year nor the last. They usually carry a lot of graphic novels which my husband loves. In the end, the Frog carried 2 bags full of books. And we plan to go back! Whoohoooo!

“Packed up my Hello Kitty Lemon Mint with me to the book fair.”

“Got this free admission ticket from my Mother-in-law. Thank you!”

“The venue: SMX near Mall of Asia.”

“A book lovers paradise.”

”New gadget from Time Life magazine to help children have a more interactive approach in reading.”

“Stanley Chi, creator of Chopsticks comics. I later found out that his the lil’ bro of my batchmate in school. O_o”

“The caricature that Stanley drew. Hmmmm.. Is that how I look like?”

”Feelin’ Japanesaaa..”

“I just thought that this book is funny. Don’t cha think so?”

”X marks the spot!”

“Help me grab this treasure chest!”

”Love this life size diorama of Juan Tamad.”

“The beautiful Maria Makiling.”