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Man Asian Literary Prize 2010 – Long list
I read about Wolf Totem review on Jackie of Farm Lane Book blog tonight and it pique my interest. For two reasons, first this story is set in Mongolia. Second, it is the prize winner of Man Asian Literary Prize 2007. I knew Man Asian Literary exists, but I didn’t pay much attention to it. Now … Continue reading
The Challenge of Second Read
Teresa is signing up for the 2nds Challenge, hosted by Katy at A Few More Pages…. The goal of the challenge is to go back for seconds of an author you’ve only read once or a series in which you’ve only read once. Inspired by Teresa’s list of authors that she hopes to give a … Continue reading
My Book Towers are demolished (in a good way)
The truth is this, when I moved to my current place in January 2009 I pretty much spent a year before, selling out my Textbooks and books that I don’t want to keep. By then I was quite chuffed that I have kept book hoarding to a minimum, and my books were half of that … Continue reading
Daphne Du Maurier Collection
Today I got off work early and went browsing into charity shops near my workplace. I walked into Thames Hospice charity shop and found this lot sitting on the top shelf. The first thought that came to mind is that I love Rebecca and would like to read other Du Maurier titles, but not sure … Continue reading
Library withdrawn stocks
It’s because of my good friend J, that I kept seeing this book popping up in my radar. First I loaned it from the library last April and I love it and read it with glee. Here’s my review. Then I saw it once again in the charity shop that I go to every week, … Continue reading
Bibliofreak Giveaways
Bibliofreak J.T. Oldfield is giving away 22 or 23 books to clear his bookshelf. I just wanted to say Happy Blogoversary and it’s so generous of him. My favourite post of Bibliofreak is this review Wake up: A life of Buddha by Jack Kerouac. It opened my eyes to the fact that Jack Kerouac practices buddhism. I … Continue reading
Library Loot: April 7-13, 2010 (Part 2)
Yes, it’s me again. Doing another library looting on Friday morning. Hardly I have been this fortunate unless I reserved the books I wanted to read online. It seems short stories and slim books kept calling out to me when I browsed through the shelves and I just had to picked them up. At the top of … Continue reading
Joanne Harris interviewed
photo credits Today the UK Metro newspaper 60 seconds column did a feature about Joanne Harris and her latest novel The Blue-Eyed Boys. What’s the book about? It’s a thriller written in the form of two first-person blogs. My protagonists are members of an online crime fiction writing community. It becomes clear they know each other … Continue reading
Library Loot: April 7-13, 2010
Having just experienced a dearth of library opening hours during Easter holidays, I was back on the library after work to pick up my library book reservation at the first chance that I’ve got! I picked up 3 of my library book reservation and got another 2 into my bag, piling them on top of the 12 … Continue reading
What an Animal III Reading Challenge
Socrates of Socrates’ Book Reviews is hosting the What An Animal III Reading Challenge. The full rules are on the challenge web page. The Requirement is to read at least 6 books that have any of the following requirements: a. there is an animal in the title of the book b. there is an animal … Continue reading
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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. - Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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