In all the writing workshops I have attended, the speakers never fail to say that a good writer is a wide reader. This is quite a challenge on my end because as a solo parent with multiple jobs, my time each day to perform all my responsibilities seems to be never enough. There are even occasions when I would be leaving a book in the toilet because going inside there is a window for my guilt-free “me time” where I could update myself on reading by at least a chapter or two. Isn’t it that an ad said before, a page a day takes ignorance away?
In the writing workshop I recently attended, the “Sipat| Sulat: An Adarna House on Seeing and Making Literature,” the attendees were presented of the writers’ suggested chapter books. I took note of the book titles which from now on I consider as my target books to purchase sooner or later.
Here are the new book titles on my list:
WHY CHAPTER BOOKS?
Fantasy and Paranormal Series
1. Harry Potter (1997)
2. Twilight (2007)
Dystopian Series
1. The Hunger Games
2. Divergent
Science Fiction
1. The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter
Bullying
1. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Sick Lit
1. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
2. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
3. The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
Fandom Love
1. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
2. Carry On : The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow
3. Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here by Anna Breslaw
4. The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
It’s All A Lie
1. Crenshaw by Catherine Applegate
2. The Land of Forgotten Girls by Erin Entrada Kelly
3. Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer
4. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Illustrated Novels / Sequential Story Telling
1. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
3. The Popularity Papers by Amy Ignatow
4. Flora & Ulysses : The Illustrated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo and K.G. Campbell
5. This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
6. Gene Luen Yang
Alternating Points of View / Multiple Narratives
1. Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
2. I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson
3. All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
4. Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton
#WeNeedDiverseBooks
1. Blackbird Fly
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE
1. Tall Story by Candy Gourlay - Dual Narrative
2. Shine by Candy Gourlay - Dual Narrative
3. Choco Chip Hips by Agay Llanera - Manipulating Language
4. Woman In A Frame - Characterization and Language
5. I Hate My Mother - Code Switching
6. Si Janus Silang - “Offensive” Words
7. Sep? - Slang
8. Displaced - Novel in Verse
9. Anino ng mga Alon - Lyrical Language
SUBMITTING TO PUBLISHERS (ADARNA HOUSE)
1. Papel de Liha
2. Bakit Matagal Ang Sundo Ko
3. Palengke
4. Papa’s House, Mama’s House
5. Supremo
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