A BIBLIOPHILE BY HEART

-The Author Behind this Blog-

Hello Readers! 

Thank you for taking your time to drop by.  I am more than happy that you've come all the way here! 

WHO AM I?

I'm Ericka Mae Mangahas, the chatty writer of this blog, born and raise from the old capital city of the Philippines (Quezon City). 

I'm a coffee lover, a loving big sister, a lifetime homebody and a lowkey human being. On top of that, I'm a both bibliophile and an audiophile. What are those? It's your homework! Haha!

I'm also an English Teacher, btw. 

WHY BIBLIOPHILIA?

Honestly, it took me a while to finally come up with a name for this blog. I promise, it went through a lot of changes. Haha! As matter of fact, I've been drafting this blog since 2017. 

Basically, Bibliophilia (Bibliophile) originated from the French word, "Bibliophilie. It is a term used to describe a person who loves collecting and reading books. I could say this is really who I am and I believe, this name is a best fit to cover all the contents here. 

GET A CUP OF COFFEE-LE'TS HAVE A LITTLE HISTORY

High School

I started loving books since High School. I even remember one of my English Teachers inviting us to read books in her Reading Corner and she'd asked us to write a book analysis after. English class memories, huh! What's yours?

Even then, I already knew that our thoughts are very powerful to conquer other people’s minds only by putting them into writing. That's how I became interested in writing random thoughts. 

College

From then on, my love for books has become even deeper especially during college days. I got my Bachelor's degree major in English Language and Literature. During those days, reading books and writing literary criticisms were not really just some projects for me to pass. Instead, they became the things that I am really passionate about.

I even worked part-time as a library staff while studying. In there, I learned all the processes on how to run a library, which includes taking a good care of books. (Thank you Ma'am Tin!)

Employment

There's more....

My actual first job was to work in a library as a Librarian. Weird, right? I was supposed to be a teacher. Believe me, working alone could be the dullierst thing that a person could ever do. But since there were books all over around me, I was able to survive and enjoy the whole employment. 

Thanks to my old friends who added color to my first year of work. Missing you all! (sad face)

WHAT'S MY GOAL?

Aside from being a passionate English Teacher, reading books is my next cup of tea. 

Of course, my uttermost desire is to write and share random contents about books, most especially book reviews. For me, books are very powerful. They could even change the world. It's only because they came from the most powerful part of a human body, the brain. 

Imagine loving a charming character in a book or admiring a powerful woman from a famous Journal, who could somehow make an influence in your life, how captivating that idea could be, right? 

That's what I'm here,  glad to share to you my book ideas and to somehow, touch your heart. Yiee! 

Hey! Hope you’ll like the contents! Have a great day! Hugs and Kisses!

-Ericka Mae ❤