07.Jun.2009 Sunday Salon: Watching Books
Having literally stacks of books all around you while you don’t have much excitement to read them can be frustrating, which I believe has happened to me lately. But yesterday I felt like I’m getting it again. Yesterday I finished a book which I had only read halfway for the past few weeks or so [...]
01.Jun.2009 Sunday Salon: Festivous
Tomorrow is officially the first day of winter for the eastern part of Australia. It’s been getting cold for the past few weeks. Inside my house is so cold my teeth hurt. I hate this house on winter. Sometimes I think it’s colder inside than outside. It’s cold inside when it’s cold outside and it’s [...]
17.May.2009 Sunday Salon: Bookish Thingies
I started Purple Hibiscus yesterday, because next week is the Sydney Writers’ Festival weekend which I’m going to, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria) will be there. So I’m hoping to finish this book beforehand. There are a few other authors that I’m interested in, like Tash Aw (Malaysia) whose book The Harmony Silk Factory I [...]
10.May.2009 Sunday Salon: State of the Week
I spent two days of my weekend watching Lost season 2 and Heroes season 2 on DVDs. Gosh somebody stop me! These two shows are pure geniuses. Honestly. Book-wise, I’m reading three books right this week. I kinda paused to read Burnt Shadows to read Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. For someone from a society who’s [...]
04.May.2009 Sunday Salon: Lazy Week
It’s been a pretty slow week for me. I’m just somehow not in the best mood to read or to blog. *sigh* I’m currently reading Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie. I find the beginning pretty slow going. Also, I’m awfully aware that Shamsie is a Pakistani and she chose to write about a Japanese girl [...]
26.Apr.2009 Sunday Salon: Foreign Movies + Little Things for Me
I spent pretty much the entire week finishing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Finally! I finished the series and joined the shrieking fan club. Both reviews of The Tales of Beedle the Bard and HP and the Deathly Hallows coming soon. Not that they need any review. But I should put some of my [...]
13.Apr.2009 Sunday Salon and Mailbox Monday
Two posts in one! Am I efficient or what? :P I spent this Sunday savoring A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. I finished it early this morning. So the review will come soon. This week, I spot Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See at Basement Books for $3.95 so I just [...]
15.Mar.2009 Sunday Salon: About A Movie and A Book
Hubby and I just watched a movie about the life of an amazing Mexican painter: Frida Kahlo, titled Frida. It’s adapted from the book: Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrer. Since it’s taken from a book, thought it’s worth mentioning here. Very nice, very well made. Her life story is so unique [...]
08.Mar.2009 Sunday Salon: Foreign Movies
This week I gave in and joined the Orbis Terrarum Challenge. One of the mini challenge is Orbis Terrarum Film Mini Challenge, which challenges you to watch 10 films, 10 directors, from 10 different countries. Now I haven’t started watching any since the start of the challenge, but I remembered a couple of foreign movies [...]
01.Mar.2009 Sunday Salon: State of the Week
Since I came back to Australia, I hadn’t been able to find places that sell affordable (read: cheap) books. On Saturday, I dropped by the Basement Books, near the Central station, Sydney, and found what I was looking for. A bookshop with great prices! Granted, they sell new books not secondhand, so they’re not super [...]