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Snuggle into your blanket and get ready to dive into a good book. From cozy romances to moody mysteries, we’ve rounded up our ’ favorite rainy-day reads—perfect for pairing with a warm drink in hand ☕☔

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Have you ever heard of "iPhone Face?" The characters in these reads wouldn't have. Take your pick of a book set before the internet age for your next prompt, and take a trip back to a time before we had access to the rest of the world with a single click.

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What's your most precious memory?

There's a peculiar and magical photo studio owned by Mr. Hirasaki, a collector of antique cameras. Behind its straightforward, old-fashioned interior is a secret. It's the door to the afterlife, the place between life and death where the departed have one last time to see their entire life flash before their eyes via Mr. Hirasaki's "spinning lantern of memories." He offers his guests a second chance to travel back in time to take a photo of one particular moment in their lives that they wish to cherish in a special way.

The Lantern of Lost Memories is on our shelves at Fully Booked branches and Fully Booked Online 📚 https://bit.ly/3MTVaCi

: Yoko Ogawa discusses her new novel, Mina’s Matchbox, the nuances of having her work read in translation, insights into writing process and rituals, and more in our author spotlight feature.

Read in full on the blog 📖 https://bit.ly/4dfpL8i

New mysteries and new relatives await in Paris for Shenanigan Swift. After the events in the first book, she can now return her attention to important projects, like searching for family treasure in a lake bottom for one. But this new adventure in Paris will set Shenanigan, Phenomena, and their uncle Maelstrom off to unravel the mystery of a strange series of elaborately staged art museum heists.

A Gallery of Rogues, the next story after A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln, is on our shelves at Fully Booked branches and Fully Booked Online 📚 https://bit.ly/4gvyupv

If you skipped out on picking up a book because it was still in hardcover, we have these ones that are . Get Horse Barbie, Demon Copperhead, For The Culture, and more great reads in paperback on our shelves at Fully Booked branches and Fully Booked Online 📚 https://bit.ly/4eizmws

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In Ransom Riggs' new fantasy series, Los Angeles is far stranger than one has ever imagined.

Leopold Berry is seeing weird things in Los Angeles. There's a man who pops a tooth into a parking meter. A glowing trapdoor in a parking lot. A half-mechanical raccoon with its tail on fire won't leave him alone. It all reminds him of the 90s fantasy TV show called Max's Adventures in Sunderworld—and that’s because they are. After his mother died, a young Leopold discovered and became obsessed with the VHS tapes of its one and only season. It let him avoid grieving his mother and being a chronic disappointment to his dad. But then the strange visions returned, Leopold asks his best friend Emmet for help. And they discover that Sunder is much more than an old TV show, and not only is Sunderworld real, but it's in grave danger.

The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry kicks off this new series of great reads, now on our shelves at Fully Booked branches and Fully Booked Online 📚 https://bit.ly/3zEzjvw

: Looking into getting a new read? Our First Look Club have a few reviews up for some fresh pages. Read the full reviews on Saints of Storm and Sorrow, The Life Impossible, Graveyard Shift, and more on the blog 📚 https://bit.ly/4e8h2G7

The fifth installment in Deborah Harkness's All Souls series has Diana Bishop journeying to the darkest places within herself and her family history.

Despite long-standing taboos, Oxford scholar and witch, Diana Bishop, and vampire geneticist, Matthew de Clairmont, are two otherworldly beings who are drawn to each other and have since fallen in love. Now, they receive a formal demand from the Congregation: they must test the magic of their seven-year-old twins Pip and Rebecca. Diana decides to forge a different path for her family's future, to avoid the same fate that led to her parents to spellbind her. She answers a message from a great-aunt she never knew existed, Gwyneth Proctor, whose invitation simply reads: It's time you came home, Diana.

The Black Bird Oracle is on our shelves at Fully Booked branches and Fully Booked Online 📚 https://bit.ly/3XC8PCS

Some great reads are simply ✨ vibes ✨ They are the books with little to no action, pivotal events, or external struggles. Instead, they have soft or light plots that rely on its characters to drive the story forward, where the inner turmoils are the conflicts.

Take a look at these Strangely Engrossing “No Plot, Just Vibes” Books on the blog 📖 https://bit.ly/4du91dD

We follow 4 generations of Filipino American boys at different points in time as they all grapple with who they are, what it means to belong, and what masculinity means to them.

The first is Francisco Maghabol in 1930 Watsonville, as he questions his decision of leaving the Philippines. He barely ekes out a living in the field of California and faces increasing violence from white men in town. In 1965 in Stockton, Emil deals with microaggressions and working the night shift at his aunt's restaurant, all to refuse to follow in the footsteps of his farm labor organizer father, Francisco. In Denver in 1983, Chris is determined to prove to his overbearing father, Emil, that he can't control him. But a missed assignment that kicks Chris off the football team sends him to the library, where his desire to know more about Filipino history begins—despite his father insisting they're just American. Tensions are high in Enzo's house in Philadelphia in 2020, as a global pandemic breaks out and his grandfather, Lolo Emil, moves into his bedroom. But walking daily with Lolo has Enzo wondering if maybe he can help bridge the rift between his dad Chris and his Lolo Emil.

Everything We Never Had is the latest great read by Randy Ribay, and now on our shelves at Fully Booked branches and Fully Booked Online 📚 https://bit.ly/3BkAJf7

Fall in love in the pages of Sarah Adams bestselling romance books, featuring stories of love finding you when you least expect it, second chances, and embracing who's meant for you all along. Shop these great reads by Sarah Adams, including The Enemy, The Match, and The Rule Book, from our shelves at Fully Booked branches and Fully Booked Online 📚 https://bit.ly/3Zt1GHG

This is the story of the longest-living Avatar.

It took nine years of searching for the four nations to be at peace and reach stability after finding Avatar Yun. But when Yun's friend and servant, the Earth Kingdom-born Kyoshi demonstrates remarkable bending abilities herself on a mission to the South Pole, that peace and stability proved fragile. With the identity of the true Avatar at stake and growing unrest among her allies, Kyoshi is forced to flee with her fiery friend Rangi, taking little more than the metal war fans and headdress her parents left behind. Kyoshi will struggle as she seeks Avatar training in secret and on the run. But she and Rangi will find unlikely allies in the daofei, ragtag criminals and outlaws living in the shadow of the Earth Kingdom. And while they face off against underworld rivals, forces who seek to control the Avatar draw even closer leaving trails of the dead in their wake.

Avatar, The Last Airbender: The Rise of Kyoshi is on our shelves at Fully Booked branches and Fully Booked Online 📚 https://bit.ly/3BbU824

: Ana flees to Melbourne with only an unfulfilling job at a tech start-up and a particularly questionable dating app experience to show. But when she meets Evan, he's charming, kind, and financially responsible—a deviation from her usual type. She feels she's finally awoken from a long dating nightmare. And while she tries to let the relationship unfold IRL, she can't help herself from the urge to find Evan online. What she discovers is the tragedy of Evan's ex less than a year ago, and Ana worries she's living in her shadow. She'd find herself obsessively comparing herself to her and looking at her dormant social media to understand her better. They looked perfect, but just how perfect? And why won't Evan talk about it?

Read the first few pages of Search History on the blog 📖 https://bit.ly/3XtXJ2T

Cozy up with great reads while waiting out the rain outside ☔ Shop our Rainy Day Reads collection on shelves at Fully Booked branches and Fully Booked Online 📚 https://bit.ly/4e8y078

: In Rules for Ghosting, Shelly Jay Shore weaves grief and joy into a heartwarming debut about an unwilling psychic juggling family drama, a failing funeral home, and ghosts who never stop judging. As Ezra Friedman navigates the chaos, he discovers that there's more than one way to be haunted when he begins to fall for the handsome volunteer who comes with his own ghostly baggage.

Read Lyka’s full review on the blog! 📖👻 https://bit.ly/4e59svN

Mica De Leon takes us to the sprawling world of the Seed Mage Cycle, inspired by Philippine mythology. In Winds of War, the fate of the world rests in the hands of a wind mage.

Seedmages used to be revered, and their magic was reserved only for the bloodlines the gods deemed worthy. But that age of peace and prosperity is now only a myth, and at present, seedmagic is cheap—the power of the gods reduced to a bottle of oil; mass-produced on magic plantations coveted by enemies within and without. Divinity refuses to be trapped in vials, and vengeful, angry gods have set their eyes on Kayumalon. Yin possesses more power than anyone in the kingdom, more than she knows what to do with. All she ever wanted was a home she wouldn't have to leave. Now, there's no one to guide her, whether she chooses to save her people—even those who stole her freedom—or become a vessel for their destruction.

Winds of War and Veins of Power are on our shelves at Fully Booked branches and Fully Booked Online 📚 https://bit.ly/3zpiGnF

Grace Winters is a retired math teacher who arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, with no guidebook and no plans after being left a run-down house on the island by a long-lost friend. She searches for answers about her friend's life and how it ended among the rugged hills and golden beaches. She couldn't have dreamed of what she's uncovered. And to realize this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past.

Matt Haig's newest novel, The Life Impossible, is on our shelves at Fully Booked branches and Fully Booked Online 📚 https://bit.ly/3zbY4zh

: Randy Ribay stole our hearts with Patron Saints of Nothing, and now he's back with Everything We Never Had! This multi-gen story dives into fatherhood, trauma, and Filipino-American history. 🇵🇭

Read more about his writing process, favorite reads, and dad life on our blog 📖 https://bit.ly/3XKxQ02

Secrets never stay hidden for long. The housemaid sees it all—even behind closed doors. 👀 With spine-chilling twists and jaw-dropping reveals, these thrillers will keep you turning pages!

Shop Freida McFadden's bestselling Housemaid thriller series at Fully Booked branches and Fully Booked Online. 📚 https://bit.ly/4e5i6dF

✨ And that's a wrap for ! ✨

A huge thank you to all of you amazing bookworms who visited our booth this year! Over the past 5 days, it’s been a joy helping you discover your next great reads. We hope you’re loving your book hauls as much as we loved curating them for you! 📚💖

Keep the moments coming—don’t forget to tag us in your posts and stories. We can’t wait to see what you picked up!

Until the next chapter, bookworms! 💫

Today’s your last chance to get these must-have special editions and fun novelty items for 20% off at 🤩 Our Fully Booked artist tote bags are also available at our booth — just inquire at the cashier 🛍️

Your haul gets you the chance to spin for freebies at our promo area — no minimum spend required (just present your receipt)! But if you reach at least Php 3000 in a single transaction, you get a FREE Fully Booked Discount Card and a chance to win in our raffle giveaway for IKEA prizes and Gcash credits.

Make your way now to our booth at Hall 2 of the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex 🏃‍♂️‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️

We've had a packed day with bookworms in every aisle of our booth for Day 4 of 📚📚 Great reads and bookish prizes still await you on our last day of the Manila International Book Fair tomorrow ✨

Visit our booth for your next haul of great reads at 20% off at Hall 2 of the SMX Convention Center at the SM Mall of Asia complex until tomorrow, September 15, 2024.

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Jeff VanderMeer's iconic sci-fi trilogy with these gorgeous new paperback editions ✨️ Make your way through the malevolent landscape of Area X and unravel the secrets that lurk beneath its terrain.

The Southern Reach trilogy is 20% off at along with more great reads! Reach Php 3000 on your book fair haul and you get a FREE Fully Booked Discount Card and a chance to win Gcash credits and amazing IKEA prizes 📚📚📚

And that's it for Day 3 of ! ✅ Bookworms came and conquered their book fair run 📚🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Don't forget to tag us and use our hashtag when you share your amazing finds.

There’s still time to snag your next great reads at 20% off — we're here at Hall 2 of the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex until Sunday, September 15, 2024 📖 See you this weekend!