Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
  • What’s in a name?

    Since the inception of my Tumblelog in 2009, I've been using the name "symphonika" for nearly all of my online accounts, and it's stuck with me ever since. The name randomly came to me while I was listening to Muse's "Exogenesis Symphony," and considering how long I've stuck with it, it's probably the nicest name I've ever come up with. I'd name everything symphonika if I could, hah.
  • Where am I?

    My name is Carissa and this is my blog—the dumpsite of all my random thoughts and musings. I write about anything and everything that remotely interests me.
Why I'll Never Leave

Why I’ll Never Leave

If there’s one thing I’ve learned this past week that doesn’t involve recombinant DNA technology, how to be a proper referee in fencing class, different ways of testing evidence, literary criticism in both English and Filipino, nearly every type of mathematical function, and yogurt culture, then I’ll tell you, it’s this: No matter how hard … Read more

Friday for Mixes

Friday for Mixes

Finally. The long weekend is shaping up to what it’s supposed to be about—three days of blissful listlessness and undisturbed, uninterrupted sleep. Not only did I get eight hours of sleep last night, I slept three hours past midnight and woke up without an alarm clock. The days were looking just about right when I … Read more

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Review: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

I had a hunch about this book from the very start. Before I even got twenty pages into it, I knew there was already something about it that hinted it was going to be amazing, and as I kept reading, every succeeding turn of the page only gave me more reason to believe that it … Read more

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