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book craving again
Saturday, January 31st, 2009
got reminded of some nice names, like Arcadia, Magister Ludi, blah blah. and I wonder where are my books!
sometimes i find it sad that even if the book is very nice, i can’t recommend it to everyone. oh well, at least there are some people in the world who like to attempt those books. can’t [...]
A War of Gifts
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Ooh so Orson Scott Card has been writing more Ender books. Is that good or bad?
Orson Scott Card offers a Christmas gift to his millions of fans with this short novel set during Ender’s first years at the Battle School where it is forbidden to celebrate religious holidays.
The children come from many nations, many religions; [...]
Age of Reason
Friday, December 28th, 2007
M. Jean Paul Sartre’s The Age of Reason. Ok well I haven’t read anything this literary in some time. The characters lead such insane and unbelievable lives. Ah well I shouldn’t reveal the plot, but anyway it’s not very complicated. It’s their thoughts-out-loud that are so mind-boggling. Not one of my favourite books, but still [...]
reading list
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
The GEP reading lists bring back wonderful memories. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, did I read that? Somehow I cannot remember. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Both of them under the theme of self-determination and individual control of destiny. Intriguing. Somehow I never remembered them being classified into themes. [...]
Ensemble C’est Tout
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Anna Gravalda’s novel, which was bought after watching the movie. i suppose it’s the first time i’ve actually attempted reading a full blooded French work. helps a lot that i know roughly what the story is.
It feels insane, rather. Ppl look at you weirdly or incredulously and ask that you can actually understand all that. [...]