Fully Booked and Yehey.com organized an event for bloggers, and according to the mechanics of the event that all 150 bloggers who are present at the event will receive 2 free books from Fully Booked. Book and comics lovers went tot the event at 4pm located at the roof deck of the main branch of Fully Booked. They created a store tour to all of us and the first level we visited is their U View room, its a cinema viewing room located at their basement, the room is available for rent for book launching, panel talks and. press-media events. It was my first time to be there and I've been hearing the U View room years ago after its opening. I just learned that Fully Booked started in 2003 and it expanded in many branches in Manila, also its first origin came from Bibiliarch, then the owner of the store created a new one and called it Fully Booked. (read more below)
We've been tour in all different levels and we got to know each 4 levels of the store, having its own categories and genres of books. One of my favorite location is the comics section, which is located at the basement. After the tour, we ate great food by Hizons, Pasta Putanesca is the best meal for me, I'm a pasta fanatic and lover. And then I won one book from their trivia games.
Fully Booked announced to us that the bloggers event is also the launching of their Fully Booked bloggers book club, all attendees who is registered on that day is now an official member of the club. Club members will receive news and special invites for book launches, artist meet and great and other events that will be held only at Fully Booked. After Rhea Llamas, marketing of Fully Booked made the announcement, I shouted meet and greet with Neil Gaiman hahahaa, everyone laughed and surely enjoy the event. Also on that day I got news from Rhea that they are now fixing the 3rd Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards for next year, and she said that they are waiting for Neil Gaiman's reply and schedule for his visit here in Manila to participate once again, to announce and award the winners of the contest.
Afer the big announcement they started to let us choose our own book of choice in one of the section of the venue, In there I grabbed some books like the hard bound Star Wars Revenge of the Sith, I saw this book about dead rockers, but Lace wants the Korean cook book, so I reserved the book for myself, and I hold the dead rocker book for a minute and then decided to let it go, I gave the book to Aids, which he will appreciate it more since he is a rocker rockstar.
Lace got her haul that day, while I got my own and carried those items home.
thanks to Fully Booked and Yehey.com for organizing a great event and congratulations to all free book holders :)
more photos in my album at Fully Booked Bloggers Book Club Event @ Boni High Street
