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illiara

illiara posted BOOK REVIEW: “Mortician Diaries” and “Coroner’s Journal” | Dec 8, 2009

The last 2 books I have read, “Mortician Diaries” and “Coroner’s Journal”, were pretty disappointing to me. I’ve been reading quite a bit about Mortuary Science lately and decided to pick up a few memoirs written by individuals in the Death Care Industry to get an insiders view on the...

Carissa Thorp

Carissa Thorp posted Review: Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale | Dec 7, 2009

The Book of a Thousand Days was first released in 2007 to great acclaim. This year Bloomsbury have re-released it, along with Hale's other novels, with a gorgeous and eye-catching new cover. I'm glad they did, because I missed it the first time around, and am glad I was able to read it, finally. In...

Orly Agawin

Orly Agawin posted Goth's Not Dead! | Nov 9, 2009

On the one hand, I can understand Jennie Yabroff's misinterpretation of Carlos Ruiz Zafon's THE SHADOW OF THE WIND. The utmost dramatization of a tele-novelic detective story in post-war Barcelona can easily pass for a soap opera in ABS CBN; and if budget allows and creative producers develop the...

Farfaraway

Farfaraway posted Book review: Live Through This | Nov 18, 2009

Just finished this book last night, and I highly recommend it. I originally read about it in Poets and Writers, and I finished it in two days. I couldn't put it down, which is rare for me to say about a book any more. This is Debra Gwartney's unflinching story of living (and not living) with two...