Jessa's Bizarre

Jessa's Bizarre Books and Fibre Butuan City in the 90s didn't have decent bookshops except for Alemar's which was a school and office supply store in reality.

There were books sold here and there in Otis but the books were juvenile; Sweet Valley High, Fear Street, and Goosebumps, and Archie comics. I liked Archie comics but Goosebumps was my favorite. It made me stay awake late at night thinking about the stories. A cousin from Cebu tagged me along she said she likes to explore cities and it was her first time in Butuan. We stumbled upon Joyce's Bazaar

which, unfortunately, I've forgotten the original location when I was 12. (Help, anyone?) It had new and secondhand books, toys, board games, and collectibles. It kind of reminded me of Stephen King's Needful Things minus the killings. The store became my favorite store in my city. Hence the name of my bookshop.

28/08/2023

To all my Mindanao and even non-Cebu friends: kinsay gusto mag pasabuy sa ako sa B*W Cebu this Sept 17-21
DM lang ko 🙃

TW: Abuse, Violence, Animal abuseWell. This book is considered, by the standards of my well-read friends, pulpy (I assum...
20/10/2022

TW: Abuse, Violence, Animal abuse

Well. This book is considered, by the standards of my well-read friends, pulpy (I assumed). But once I started, it is unputdownable. I was led to believe that one of the main characters is just as. I was not expecting that ending. But I also wasn’t trying to think ahead of the book as the story sucked me in, jarring blows to my psyche.

Recommended to my thriller genre readers.

12/10/2022
12/10/2022
11/10/2022

Posting today a lot of bargain books.
Nothing above 100. Price range 30-100
See you tonight at 6pm!

The Stories So Far > The Age of UmbrageThe Age of Umbrage is Zafra’s first novel and is not as impressive as The Stories...
15/09/2022

The Stories So Far > The Age of Umbrage

The Age of Umbrage is Zafra’s first novel and is not as impressive as The Stories So Far despite the latter being a short-story collection.

Which of her works do you like the most?

Started and finished this novella today late afternoon. TW: su***deI think it’s the dark and brooding version of Erica J...
06/09/2022

Started and finished this novella today late afternoon. TW: su***de

I think it’s the dark and brooding version of Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying. Short, intriguing read that I dived in blind.

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