18.Aug.2010 Claire’s Best Books Ever
Continuing my Best Books Project, this time it’s Claire‘s turn! (My project is a bit off schedule, but as long as I keep going, right?) At first glance Claire and I may seem very different from the way we represent ourselves on our blogs, but we actually have so much more in common than I [...]
14.Aug.2010 Shaun Tan and Neil Gaiman at Sydney Opera House
Last week there was Graphics Festival at Sydney Opera House featuring a couple of graphic novels and movies folks. I was most excited about Shaun Tan and Neil Gaiman. Shaun Tan because, well, I adore his works beyond words. And Neil Gaiman, though none of his works have truly connected with me, he’s the type [...]
04.Aug.2010 Toys and Booker
With so many toys coming into Mee’s headquarter in the past few weeks (MacBook, XBox360, Wii), something gotta take the backseat. Reading doesn’t, but I guess blogging does. Coincidentally I’m reading One Hundred Years of Solitude which takes a while to read, while I only have one book review in the backlog. What can I [...]
24.Jul.2010 In Which Other People Talked About Books
This month of First Tuesday Book Club features One Day by David Nichols. Now the premise of this book intrigued me very much: “After graduation from university, Emma, with her youthful aspirations and good humour, shares a night of passion with the shallow and vain Dexter. In a series of annual updates spanning 20 years, [...]
04.Jul.2010 A Picture Paints A Thousand Books
What one picture would you choose to represent your reading taste without a book in it? Simon of Stuck in a Book started the wave a while ago and I saw many who have responded to the challenge, which I loved to see (list here and pic compilation here). I know I’m awfully late, but [...]
27.Jun.2010 Talking About Manga
I don’t read manga that often anymore, only a few books a year if I’m up for it. But once upon a time, my whole life revolved around manga. Growing up in a country where translated or foreign books weren’t readily available, there was a point when I finished reading the whole kids library and [...]
19.Jun.2010 On Hong Kong
I haven’t done any Short Saturday for a while, because I’m reading short stories from Love in A Fallen City by Eileen Chang for our Asian book group this month which I will talk about after I finish the collection. I love that the book is set mainly in Hong Kong. Having been there three [...]
31.May.2010 Book Porn: Pretty Tomes
I spent the second $100 Dymocks gift card I got from my credit card points. [insert the usual rant about book price in Australia here] I know I don’t get high quantity in the number of individual books, but do you think I get it in the quantity of pages? Books bought: East of Eden [...]
18.May.2010 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2010
Sydney Writers’ Festival is coming again (15-23 May)! I went last year and I am going this weekend. Yay. One thing about the festival is New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards that are always announced at the beginning of the festival. Here are the shortlists this year for The Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, which [...]
03.May.2010 April Incoming Books
Last month I redeemed a Dymocks gift card from my credit card points, valued at $100! (Actually, I got TWO cards, but I’ll save the other one for later.) So I hopped away, like a girl going to candy store. Or just say book store, literally. Not long after I realized that the books here [...]