12.Apr.2009 Fables Vol 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
I read Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall last month, fell in love straight away, and couldn’t wait to pursue the rest of the series. Legends of Exile is really the first in the series (1001 Nights of Snowfall is the prequel). Here we get introduced to Bigby the Big Bad Wolf (though he assumes body [...]
30.Mar.2009 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
‘Face your life Its pain, its pleasure, Leave no path untaken’ ~ p306 Having read raving reviews from various bloggers and known that The Graveyard Book had won this year’s Newbery award, I couldn’t help but pick it up. Also I needed to read more Neil Gaiman’s because people can’t seem to stop talking about [...]
26.Mar.2009 Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall is a prequel to the Fables series written by Bill Willingham. Now I’ve been really really wanting to read Fables series, but just can’t get my hands on the books from my library (long story). So when I saw 1001 Nights, and read the introduction which says that I can [...]
15.Mar.2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
“Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.” ~Voldemort, p415 Ahh.. Harry Potter.. The 6th installment. This is the first book that I read before I watch the movie. I’d say, apart from the Goblet of Fire, the Half-Blood Prince is my favorite of the lot. Mostly because there are a lot of secrets [...]
07.Mar.2009 The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
Finally, a Neil Gaiman’s! Been wanting to read one of his books, but never got a chance to, then I read his graphic novel. Fine, I’m happy enough for now. I was lucky and got this from the library. For some (obvious?) reason, the first volume of every series is always the hardest to find. [...]
03.Mar.2009 The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
I’d been wanting to read The Book of Lost Things for a while, since I read that it was sort of like a compilation of fairy tales retellings, which is exactly the kind that I like. The beginning of the book is great. So great, I knew I had to read it as soon as [...]
25.Jan.2009 Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
It took me a damn long time to read this book. I started it some time in November last year, and I finished it 10 other books later. And I’m not sure if I even liked the book. It wasn’t painful to go through, but it was all kinda meaningless. I didn’t quite connect with [...]
21.Sep.2008 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
FINALLY I finished the book. It took me a LOooOng while. First, the book is just really, really, thick. All 956 pages of it. It hardly fit in my bag and so I tended to not bring it everywhere like the other normal books. It was slow because I read it only at home, where [...]
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 [...]
04.May.2008 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Just finished the third Potter! I’m not gonna worry about spoilers in any of my HP reviews since I assume the whole world has known everything about it. I thought Rowling was very good at building up the climax. I went leisurely for about 3/4 of the book, then dashed through the last 1/4 in [...]