29.Sep.2010 The Directors of Ghibli
When you hear about Studio Ghibli, the first that comes to mind for most people would be Hayao Miyazaki. You recognize his works from Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, and many others. He’s THE Director of Ghibli, a personification of the biggest the most famous Japanese movie studio in the [...]
26.Sep.2010 Book Fairy Struck Again!
I haven’t done Book Acquisition post for about 4 months, and now I wonder why I didn’t. Perhaps I subconsciously tried to pretend that not that many books have come into my house. Really, how bad can it be right? Well it’s time to face reality and do a head-count. Even though I had it [...]
19.Sep.2010 One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Once in a while you would find a book that defies all your preconceived notions of how a novel should be. I think One Hundred Years of Solitude falls in this category. While a novel normally has a beginning, middle, and an ending, with some kind of climax no matter how little the peak is [...]
08.Sep.2010 Room by Emma Donoghue
Arrived back in Sydney on Sunday and it’s been super frantic catching up with life. I have a couple of unfinished reviews in draft, but to keep up to date with the recent events for once, I’m going to talk about Room NOW. If there were a modern book fairy, it must work like this: [...]