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 [...]
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 [...]
15.Apr.2008 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Just finished the 2nd of Potter’s book a short while ago. Not gonna spend much time reviewing this. Again, like the first book it’s enjoyable reading. I found it slightly more boring though, because it spent almost a good half of a book re-introducing the characters and scenes, before something started to happen. I watched [...]
09.Mar.2008 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Just finished the first Potter book today. Yeah I know, I’m probably years late reading it, but hey, better late than never right? Surprisingly (or not surprisingly) I really enjoyed it. Like most avid readers, I was a bit skeptical about the whole Potter’s phenomenon. Well, if anything, I think the book is really enjoyable, [...]
16.Feb.2008 The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
I’ve finished this book a while ago, but just have time to write about it now. It’s very light reading. Like someone said, reading it feels like having a holiday in Africa, with people’s and places’ funny names and all. The setting is in Botswana, about a lady detective called Mma Ramotswe. She’s on for [...]