22.Jun.2008 Sunday Salon Week #6: Fairy Tales
A while back, the 12th Bookworms Carnival was on. The theme was Fairy Tales. One of my favorite topics! Sadly I’ve been crazy busy the past few weeks (or has it been months? I lost track), so I couldn’t really spend time on it. I decided to write a bit on it though. When I [...]
21.Jun.2008 Dreaming Water by Gail Tsukiyama
The first thing popped up in my mind when I got to the last page: “Gosh, what a boring book.” I mean I really want to like this book, because it deals with difficult issue, and you thought it would be interesting, but it just… didn’t. It’s boring. The characters are all one-dimensional and full [...]
15.Jun.2008 Sunday Salon Week #5: Quiet Reading Week
It’s a quiet reading week. I worked late so much I didn’t have much reading. Then I felt kinda sick starting from Saturday afternoon to Sunday. I think it’s because of all the stress. I actually couldn’t sleep well last night because I had bad dreams about work and Harry Potter combined. (That may sound [...]
12.Jun.2008 A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary For Lovers by Xiaolu Guo
This book is shortlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007, interestingly. I was flipping through the first few pages at Borders and was intrigued, so I borrowed the book not long after from the library. As funny and interesting the main character’s thoughts were, I quickly got annoyed with the deliberate writing of [...]
10.Jun.2008 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
I said a while back that I was a bit put off by the thickness of the book before I started. But after a few chapters, the book didn’t seem so thick anymore. You know how when you read one book your mind often wander around thinking about another book? Well it didn’t happen when [...]
07.Jun.2008 48 Hours Start!
Initial post on 48 hours Read-A-Thon Or should I say it’s supposed to start for me about 24 hours ago. The plan isn’t going well, since I just knew this week that I had to work on Saturday :( So that’s almost 24 hours went by for working and sleeping. I did spend probably around [...]
02.Jun.2008 Sunday Salon Week #4: Steve’s List
I met Steve on Friday, a fellow Bookcrosser. He’s going to leave Singapore soon. A bit sad since he and I have been the only regular Bookcrossing members who’ve come to the monthly BC meeting for the past few months. So after his departure, I’m guessing there won’t be anymore Singapore BC meeting, unless someone [...]
