03.Jun.2009 Bone Vol 3: Eyes of the Storm by Jeff Smith
I read my first Bone (Out from Boneville) sometime last year, which I gave a more lengthy review. I didn’t review the 2nd one (The Great Cow Race), because I wasn’t sure how to review a series without giving spoilers. But heck, I’ll review this one and the next ones (I’m up to Vol 5 [...]
01.May.2009 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
I finally finished the Potter series. Surge of sadness just came flooding after the last page because it has ended. It’s like leaving your good friends knowing that you may never see each other again. You can only occasionally revisit the good memories, but nothing further. No more adventure, no danger, no more secrets revealed. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
25.Nov.2008 Bone Volume 1: Out From Boneville by Jeff Smith
Back to graphic novel. It’s a pretty new genre for me that I’m quite impressed with. I’ve been long closed with mangas and comics, but apparently never graphic novels. The difference between comic and graphic novel was still vague for me until an hour ago, in which time I just browsed wiki to find out. [...]
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 [...]
07.May.2008 Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
This is the second book for the The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. I thought it’s better than the first. When the first consists of several short cases, this one is more flowing with only a couple of cases (I found myself reading faster when it’s flowing, rather than pausing every so often), and there [...]
