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Starting in January, I will be participating in the Abandoned Books Challenge posed by BookCrosser Secretariat. So here is my list of books that I have abandoned but would like to try again. The Quincunx Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Cryptonomicon Anna Karenina Nineteen Eighty-Four New Moon My...
Acabei (finalmente e já não era sem tempo!) de ler o "Sementes Mágicas" de V S Naipaul. Um livro que me agradou bastante, tal como espero sempre de qualquer livro de Naipaul. No entanto confesso que que a leitura por altura do capítulo 11 ("Papalvos") deste livro é que me fascinou bastante....
NaNoWriMo: 24,624 words so far Believe me, it's getting a total re-write when I finish it and holiday gift making. This is totally gonna be an outline. Parts are good enough, parts I think go off track because I'm rushing. Reading: Finished Grave Secret (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 4) . So I had...
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn - I really enjoyed this book. It goes back and forth between the past and present but doesn't ever become confusing (yay!). Libby is the survivor of a family massacre when she is only 6 years old. Her brother Ben is convicted of killing her mother and her older sisters....
I have always wanted to read a novel by Jean Plaidy. Everyone knows that I'm a sucker for historical fiction and Plaidy is its numero uno authority! She has written more than a hundred books which have sold more than 100 million copies all over the world!!! Unfortunately, Plaidy books here in the...
Last month, I've bought Lensey Namioka's MISMATCH, a book about a Chinese-American girl who fall in love with a Japanese-American schoolmate. With the war deeply etched on her grandmother's mind, how can she have a happy ending with her newfound love when both of their families aren't approving...
It's been a while since I've read a book. With all the requirements that I have to pass, I can't find a time to read for pleasure unlike when I was still a Junior. Anyway, I managed to read one book last month, entitled MISMATCH by Lensey Namioka. This month, I have finished ONE book by JEAN PLAIDY!...
Coop - As I was reading this book I kept thinking, this is not what I expected, its just okay, but as I closed the book when I had finished the last page, I thought to myself... that was pretty good. He buys tape measures every other trip to the store because he is always having a hard time finding...
News: OMG Spiderman was arrested! I love how they're hauling him away in front of kids. US Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to announce that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be transferred from Guantanamo Bay to New York to stand trial. Welp, this should be a fun news day then shouldn't it? I can...
Oh, this is killing me! It's torturous! I forgot my books at home! Well actually I brought the wrong ones. Somehow, I grabbed two of the later books in the series rather than the ones that were actually coming up next. I started reading the one and was like, "Wait, what? When did Harry [insert...
Synopsis: Elena: The Golden Girl, the leader, the on who can have any boy she wants. Stefan: Brooding and mysterious, he seems to be the only one who can resist Elena, even as he struggles to protect her from the horrors that haunt his past. Damon: Sexy, dangerous, and driven by an urge for revenge...
Susan Elizabeth Phillips did it again....This is another modern day romance novel (like most of the books that I read). Much like most modern day romance novels, you can pretty much predict the ending from the first few pages...however, like most all of Susan Elizabeth Phillips' books, it's the well...
As seen on Jimmy Kimmel -- Awful Library Books! I think my favorite title thus far would be Dissection Guide for the Cat (and Selected Sheep Organs). Oddly enough it's never come up in my Amazon recommendations. Also tempting is Anyone Can Be Cool... But Awesome Takes Practice. Oh and Looking...
Jim Harrison is my favorite author. His writing connects me to that place where the natural and mystic worlds mingle. There is something out there more authentic than strip malls, fast food and wireless access and his poems, stories and essays remind me of this. Here are a few of my favorite Jim...
In summer, we ordered many new Usborne books for the PUK Library. In the Young Reading series, one of the new books is The Impressionists. You may find the book difficult to read, but the design is very nice! Even if you don't borrow the book to read, please take a look!
Most recently, I decided to take a stab at reading Ayn Rand's Atlas, Shrugged. But once I took a look at the length of the book (clocking in around 1,000 pages in my paperback 70's edition), I realized it was going to be a challenge for my reading stamina. I find it a struggle to read a long book,...
#16 Candles: 솔직히 별로일거라 생각했는데 꽤나 귀여운 80년대 하이틴 영화. 보러가길 잘했군. #Knocked up: this was a cute movie too. i wasn't planning on watching it, but it was on TV, and i sat through the whole thing. i probably should've worked on my readings or...
After I finished The Lost Symbol, I let AES choose my next book to read - and here's what I got: I'm about 1/3 of the way through it -- good so far (she knows I'm a huge Dante fan)
Links: I found a house that Melissa and Brian might both wanna buy. Any other Doctor Who fans too. Here. Kinda afraid to show Brian. Our house might end up with a makeover and I don't watch Doctor Who. Though he could decorate it worse. It'd be better than turning it into a Star Trek ship or...
I find that many times the middle work of a trilogy is just a bridge to get from the first to the last. Of course, there are exceptions (Godfather 2 is clearly the the best). I enjoyed this book, but not as much as I did The Golden Compass. But it made me very eager to read The Amber Spyglass, and...
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