THE SEVEN DEATHS OF EVELYN HARDCASTLE Turton, Stuart THE SLIGHT EDGE: TURNING SIMPLE DISCIPLINES INTO MASSIVE SUCCESS Jeff Olson
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It's been a while since I last blogged. Not sure if anyone is still following this dead blog. Well, an update - I was dealing with some health and personal issues the last few years. A couple o...
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It took me a while to log on to this blog. I forgot the password and even how to post a blog for a while. I'm finding my way back after a long absence. Will see how things goes. Just a quick catc...
Empty. Surprised?
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THE PIRATE KING • Laurie R. King GARMENT OF SHADOWS • Laurie R. King BRAVE ENOUGH • Cheryl Strayed WONDER WOMAN: THE CIRCLE • Gail Simone et al WONDER WOMAN: ENDS OF THE EARTH • Gail S...
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EMOTIONAL AGILITY • Susan David • Freya Stark THE SOUTHERN GATES OF ARABIA: A JOURNEY IN THE HADHRAMAUT (1936)• A WINTER IN ARABIA (1940) • PERSEUS IN THE WIND (1948). • IONI...
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After The Obelisk Gate, I was at a temporary loss at which book to read next. I eventually started on The End of Your Life Book Club , and continued On the Move , the Oliver Sacks memoir that I p...
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I'm an unabashedly loud fan of the all-female remake of the Ghostbusters movie. I have the toys to prove it - including the Lego set with Ecto-1. This article from Bust magazine was listing ...
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I'm done with my first book in the challenge: The Obelisk Gate , by N.K. Jemisin.
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A long time ago, when I used to blog more frequently, I joined reading challenges. I did it for fun, and it was fun to be connected somehow through other book geeks around the world. Then I stopp...
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I just finished reading N.K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season , and am working my way through the second book in the series, The Obelisk Gate. It's been a wild ride. Grand world-building, with a worl...
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I took a break from blog several years ago. I was in another country, overworked, sometimes working 18 hours a day 7 days a week, often insomniac, imbibed too much coffee, and generally troubled ...
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The best things about deleting Pokemon Go from my phone was that I finally found myself reading again. Granted, I am still not reading as much as I would like to, but some reading on the bus is s...
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I was in Yogyakarta, Indonesia last weekend. It was a quick 4 days break - what I usually call a "mental health break", so vital to emotional and spiritual well-being. Was there any great reve...
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I was curious about the series of novels from Italian author Elena Ferrante last year. What kept me from purchasing the books though were the horrendous covers. Oh gawd - they look pastel and...
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A brief history of Ultramarine, from the Pari Review. Stories about colours always intrigue me. I feel like I should collect these stories about colours in notebooks with coloured covered - blue ...
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Just saw this on The Guardian: Top 10 Books to Make You a Better Person . I used to buy for the Self-Help section in the bookstore I worked for. Some Self-Help books make more sense than others. ...
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I had a grand plan to reduce my spending on books this year. It was a good plan, a frugal, prudent one. It went very well early part of this year, but now that we are in May, it seems to have fal...
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I have to admit - the title was titillating: The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu. Hint of Indiana Jones, exotic location and well, bad-assery. What do I actually know about Timbuktu? I know the sa...
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I'm still barely mid-way through Mary Beard's SPQR. It's definitely a door-stopper, and an absorbing read that does not compromise on its scholarship. Life however, made it difficult to sit down ...
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Sometimes the evil things people do in the world gets me down. I try not to be too affected by negativity, but it does get to me eventually. There was this quote I read once from Mister Rogers, a...
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I worked in a bookstore for a good nine years. As far as things go, I am still a supporter of the traditional brick and mortar bookstore, and of the physical book. It took me a while to try readi...
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A friend posted this story about how a guy has been leaving stacks of books around New York City, with an email, and asking people to email him when they pick it up. In Bookcrossing term, it's a...
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I was in Melbourne early March for the Sleater-Kinney concerts at The Croxton, and for Madonna. I regret however that I did not learn of Carrie Brownstein's appearance at the Wheeler Centre when ...
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“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” ~ Worstward Ho, Samuel Beckett"This is the sound my heart would make if I could amplify it." ~ Carrie Brownstein
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