tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37143114853673088032012-01-16T10:09:08.069+08:00"People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading." - Logan Pearsall Smithmarinekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328955003731346827noreply@blogger.comBlogger5441100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714311485367308803.post-10514066662593897122011-12-29T20:57:00.001+08:002011-12-29T20:59:37.375+08:00

Yesterday and today I bought these:Books I really want but can't quite afford yet:

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"Home. The word might still have air quotes around it, but half of Karou’s life had been chopped off, and the other half — the normal half — was in Prague. Her tiny flat with its rows and rows of sketchbooks; Zuzana and marionettes; school, easels, naked old men with feather boas; Poison Kitchen, statues in gas masks, bowls of goulash steaming on coffin lids; even her jackass of an ex-boyfriend

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Perhaps only temporarily, perhaps not.I'm not sure.But for the time being I am blogging here:♥ Dreaming Out Loud (book weekly memes, book reviews, and personal stuff)♥ The Gentle Madhouse (joint blog w/ my bookseller colleagues)

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BOUGHT♥ Beauty and the Beast by Samantha Easton & illustrated by Ruth Sanderson♥ Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles Vol 1: The Nixie's Song by Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi♥ Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles Vol 2: A Giant Problem by Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi♥ Indigara by Tanith Lee♥ The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White♥ Charlotte's Web by E.B. White♥ The Haunting of Cranite Falls by Eva

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"You are pure-hearted and lovely, and you have never done a moment's wrong. But you are a living creature, born to make a real life, however it cracks your heart." - Tender Morsels, Margo LanaganI read Tender Morsels in the beginning of the month, as part of the R.I.P. challenge this year. I have been trying to write about it ever since, but I never could seem to do it any justice. I've read

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I haven't been reading new manga in quite some time, and Huda recommended Fullmetal Alchemist to me. In the first few volumes I found the story very interesting, but not as engaging as Naruto or Bleach (I enjoy the manga versions rather than the anime). However, by volume 10 or so I've decided that Fullmetal Alchemist is in another league entirely. It's a lot more mature and serious than other

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I didn't expect the warehouse sale to happen this year - I thought it was supposed to be a 3 or 4 year gap from the last sale, but then I read in the papers that the next sale is this month. I went with Jen, Az, Huda and Shida, and saw Tesvin when I was there - it's fun to randomly meet people at places like this! I also met Mr. C, a regular customer of Ichigo's, and briefly chatted with him.In

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BOUGHT♥ Wide Awake by David Levithan♥ Girl From Mars by Tamara Bach♥ Ash by Malinda Lo♥ Invincible Summer Vol. 2 by Nicole Georges♥ Which Witch? by Eva Ibbotson♥ Geektastic edited by Holly Black & Cecil Castellucci♥ Tapping the Dream Tree by Charles de Lint♥ City of Bones by Cassandra Clare♥ City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare♥ City of Glass by Cassandra Clare♥ Divine Power (D&D Supplement), Rob

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Summary: Teen girl discovers that "all the stories are true" - werewolves, vampires, fairies, etc. actually live among us. She falls in with a group of Shadowhunters, who hunt and kill demons who came to earth from other dimensions. She gets caught in a love triangle (of sorts, although you know who she would end up with, really) and becomes involved with the fight against a pretty Hitler-like

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Do you keep a book wishlist, either on paper, Amazon/etc, or via a book database site (Shelfari, GoodReads, LibraryThing)? If yes, do you share this list with others (especially coming up to Christmas)? I do have a wishlist on Amazon, and sometimes I note books that I'd like on Shelfari or Good Reads or Library Thing, but most of the time I don't really bother sharing them with others these days

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Here's the thing about me and anthologies by Silverfishbooks - we don't get along for the most part. I bought their first short story anthology, New Writing 1, and was really excited about it. Malaysian literature in English - wow. It was almost unheard of at the time. Plus, I know that JK (Jerome Kugan) of Poetika zine was included in the anthology, and I really like Poetika. So I figured I

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What’s the biggest book you’ve read recently?(Feel free to think “big” as size, or as popularity, or in any other way you care to interpret.)Big as in the size of the book - A Mermaid's Tale by Amanda Adams, which I read in June. It's sort of like a memoir of the writer who has had an obsession with mermaids since she was young. She writes about her own experiences with mermaid songs/stories/

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I almost forgot - it's already time for the next RIP challenge! I haven't thought of which books I plan to read yet, so I guess I'll just choose randomly from my current reads/TBR. I chose Peril the First, and maybe the Short Story Peril as one of the books I'm reading is a collection of short stories.The rules: read any scary story (or subgenres of scary stories) in any of these categories -

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Last year, I saw a movie, I think it was called Definitely, Maybe, that got me to thinking. In this movie, one of the girls was on a quest to find a particular copy of Jane Eyre, I forget now the specific reason why. But in the process of her search, she ended up with this massive collection of Jane Eyre books, from all sorts of places and years and styles. She had a shelf that went all the way

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BOUGHT♥ Touch Magic by Jane Yolen♥ The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner♥ Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Manchetv♥ The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien*♥ The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King♥ Chain Letter by Christopher Pike♥ The Star Group by Christopher Pike♥ Master of Murder by Christopher Pike♥ The Phoenix and the Carpet by E. Nesbit♥ The Twins at St Clare's by Enid Blyton♥ Harley's Ninth by Cat Bauer♥ Love &

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What’s the lightest, most “fluff” kind of book you’ve read recently?I suppose the lightest read I've had recently is Sophie Kinsella's Twenties Girl, which I read around the first week of August. It's about this girl, Lara, whose professional and romantic life was a mess, until she was haunted by the ghost of her great-aunt Sadie, who was a flapper girl in the 1920s. Like everything by Kinsella

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I really loved Yamaji Ebine's Love My Life, which I first read as a scanlation. When I was in Japan I looked for her manga, but most of the bookstores didn't carry them - except for Village Vanguard (I love Village Vanguard!). I bought Love My Life as well as a couple of other manga by her, and among the others this is my favourite.Sweet Lovin' Baby is a collection of short stories (in manga

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Yes, yes, today is actually Thursday but I haven't done these memes in a long while, so I thought I should start again.Do you prefer to read stand-alone books, or books in series? Do you stick with a series the whole way through or stop after the first instalment? Are there any particular series you enjoy?(question courtesy of Elena) I don't think I have a particular preference for either, but I

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BOUGHT♥ Empress of the World by Sara Ryan♥ Meet the Austins by Madeleine L'Engle♥ The Moon By Night by Madeleine L'Engle♥ Goddess Boot Camp by Tera Lynn Childs♥ Wings by Aprilynne Pike (hardcover)♥ BECK (34) by Harold Sakuishi♥ Invincible Summer by Nicole Georges♥ Harley Like A Person by Cat Bauer♥ Fairest by Gail Carson Levine♥ Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine♥ The Young Unicorns

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Tash Aw's The Silk Harmony Factory was not something I thought I would really enjoy, not because it wasn't good (because it is!), but because it's historical in nature and I'm really not a fan of historical fiction, and I'm especially tired of Malay historical fiction - I'm not sure why almost every single Malaysian writer out there writes historical fiction.This novel is about Johnny Lim, a

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Yasmin the StorytellerYasmin the FilmmakerI've only spoken to her once, when she was at the store. She was very loud and interesting to talk to. I've loved her Petronas/Merdeka ads always (my eldest brother worked at Petronas and made sure we watched them even though I rarely watch TV) and I saw Sepet in the cinema with my other brother & his girlfriend. Of course the movie wasn't just about

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I have to admit that I wished the sequel is about Nic instead of Battle, but Sara Ryan's writing in Rules For Hearts is much stronger, and I liked the story enough that it didn't matter in the end.In Empress I learned that Battle's older brother, Nick, ran away from home. A year later, he contacted Battle and she planned to stay with him for awhile at the Forest House, a co-op inhabited by mostly

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Nic decided to join a summer program for gifted students because she thought it would help her explore her interest in archeology, but instead she found herself an interesting group of friends, including Battle Hall Davies, a dancer with beautiful blonde hair. Nic and Battle became fast friends, and develop a relationship, but Nic refuses to be labeled as a "lesbian" because she is also attracted

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KL URBANSCAPES - 27th June, 2009

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Aza's voice is the "fairest in the land", but in Ayortha beauty is as prized and as necessary as a good singing voice. With her dark black hair, chalky white complexion, and blood red lips, as well as her tall, wide stature, Aza was used to being stared at and knew that everyone thought her ugly. She worked in the shadows of her father's inn, until her special ability (not only does she sing

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When I started this, I didn't realise that it was the last volume of BECK. I did notice that the story was winding down, but I had hoped that there would be one or two more volumes before the end.Volume 34 continues with BECK's performance at the Greatful Sound festival. It might be the last Greatful Sound fest, as Satou, the person in charge of it, was in huge debt. This volume really is just

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Seriously, why isn't everyone reading this series? Why did it take me so long to discover it? I think Megan Whalen Turner is becoming one of my favourite authors now, ranking near Diana Wynne Jones. In this third installment of her Queen's Thief books, Eugenides is the King of Attolia (which is kind of a spoiler for the second book, but I don't see how I could NOT mention it, sorry). Trapped by

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BOUGHT♥ Rules For Hearts by Sara Ryan♥ Dare Truth or Promise by Paula Boock♥ The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner♥ The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner♥ Fairy Tale by Cyn Balog♥ Medicine Road by Charles de Lint♥ Voices of the Wind: Native American Legends by Margot Edmonds & Ella E. ClarkREAD♥ Wings by Aprilynne Pike♥ BtVS: Wolves at the Gate by Joss Whedon♥ Jumper by Steven Gould♥

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This is my other cat, Karupin. He is pretty grumpy but also very sweet at the same time. He loves being brushed and he hates baths. My aunt gave him to me as a kitten, because I wanted a black cat. I love music. I listen to a lot of different stuff, but mostly I get obsessed with indiepop and riot grrrl or queercore. Now and then I get into moods where I listen to nothing but standard jazz stuff

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This story is about a bargain that Coyote Woman made with Jim Changing Dog and Alice Corn Hair - Coyote Woman gave them both the ability to change their shapes and become human, but if they didn't both find a soulmate (someone who loves them unconditionally) within 100 years the gift would be taken away. A few shy weeks before the end of the bargain, Alice was happily settled, but Jim still

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This is the second book in the Queen's Thief series, and I enjoyed it more than the first! In this book, Gen/Eugenides is now the Queen's Thief, and delights in causing chaos in the court of Eddis. The tension between Eddis, Sounis, and Attolia is rising, and Eugenides will have to try to steal peace for his country and Queen.Like in the first book, this novel amazes me. I adore Eugenides because

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I've never even heard of Megan Whalen Turner and her Queen's Thief series until I was visiting my brother's family in Singapore. Both my sister-in-law and my brother were reading it, and my brother said that he liked it more than the Percy Jackson books. I didn't believe him - I figured that it's probably as good as Percy Jackson, but it was personal taste that made him like the Queen's Thief

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QUEST THE FIRSTAt least 5 books within the challenge criteria - done!QUEST THE SECONDRead at least one book from each category - 1 fantasy, 1 folklore, 1 fairy tale, 1 mythology. - done!QUEST THE THIRDFulfill requirements of Quest the First or Quest the Second AND top it off with a June reading of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream OR a viewing of one of the theatrical versions of the play.

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All of this happened last week. I'd post comments on the pictures, but I'm still pretty lethargic and I have a headache. :/

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Even as I'm totally failing my 999 Challenge (reading too much of some categories and completely ignoring others), I couldn't resist taking up a new one! I found out about this GLBT challenge from Nymeth's blog. The rules: Read SIX books in six months (July 1st to December 31st). Any genre is okay, but they have deal with GLBT themes OR written by GLBT authors. No X-rated stuff or anything that

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Tash Aw, the author of The Harmony Silk Factory and Map of the Invisible World, will be beginning his book tour with an appearance at our store!Date: June 6th 2009Time: 11:30 a.m.Place: Kinokuniya Bookstores (Suria KLCC, Level 4) at the Coffee Club (mezzanine floor).

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BOUGHT♥ The House At Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne♥ Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson♥ Elidor by Alan Garner♥ The Wood Wife by Terri Windling (mass market paperback)♥ Chain Letter 2: The Ancient Evil by Christopher Pike♥ Awkward and Definition by Ariel Schrag♥ Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix♥ Specials by Scott Westerfeld♥ The Malaysian Book of the Undead by Danny Lim♥ DIY: The Rise of Lo-Fi

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Now and then Kinokuniya would hold a bargain buy thing on the mezzanine floor (arts & design section, used to be Page One). I really didn't know it was starting today until I came in and was asked if I was buying books...[this is the part where people who think I buy too many books should stop reading, cuz your comments will not be entertained! :p]There were just too many interesting stuff, but I

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Lately I have been spending a lot of time working on my zine, downloading/listening to music, and making mixes for friends.

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Last Tuesday was Kinokuniya's annual stock-take... always a stressful but fun event for the staff. Packing all the extra copies into cartons and scanning every single thing and reshelving at the end of the day (which I didn't have to do because I left at 6pm!) are tiring, sure, but I guess I'm one of those crazy people who actually sort of like stock-take and the Christmas promotions at the end

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my parents flowers and fruits from staff & clients

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Oh, yay, finally a new Nora Roberts book that isn't paranormal romance or a mystery. Usually with Nora Roberts I'd buy first and read much later - I only read 2 of the 3 "Sign of the Seven" books, and even though I have (well, my mom does) Angel Falls and Tribute I haven't read them yet. But when I got my mom Vision in White it was different, because it goes back to the reason I liked Nora

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Warning - it is impossible for me to talk about Buffy or Angel (or Firefly!) without being incredibly biased.Volume 1: The Long Way Home"The thing about changing the world... once you do it, the world's all different." Season 7 of Buffy ended up with the Scooby gang changing the world - there was no more Sunnydale, and instead of just the one Slayer (well, two actually) every single potential

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I ordered this book because it seemed really interesting - it's about D.I.Y. and Lo-Fi culture, mostly zines, indie music and pirate radio stations. Since a lot of the books about D.I.Y. that I've seen focuses on art and craft, this book definitely seemed different from the others. And it is. It explores the origin of D.I.Y. ethics, the skiffle movement and Dadaism in the 50s, mail art,

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Well, all I can say is, today I spent half of next month's reading budget. I wanted to post a picture, but my phone is still missing so I'll just list down the damage:- Jumper by Steven Gould- Reflex by Steven Gould- First Lady by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (for my mom, but I'll prolly read it)- Boneslicer by Mel Odom- The Honorable Schoolboy by John le Carre (for my dad, I'll probably read this

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The picture is from Charlene Rajendran's book launch. I got a copy of her book, Taxi Tales On A Crooked Bridge, there. I used to really adore her in high school when I saw her play My Grandmother's Chicken Curry. She came to my school sometimes as a judge for our choral speaking and drama competitions. Last week I found out that she's the daughter of my mother's principal! Haha... it really is

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http://bigbadwolfbooks.com/ Unfortunately I only have RM3.30 to my name right now, (thanks to the evil KL Alternative Bookfest!) but for those with cash to spare this seems like a great time to go book hunting!

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I seriously do not get why this trilogy doesn't do as well as Holly Black's Spiderwick books and Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely & Ink Exchange at Kino. It's brilliant. I'm pretty sure I've said before that I enjoy Holly Black's "modern faerie tale" books more than Melissa Marr, (not that I don't heart Melissa Marr!) even though I think Marr's books are better written. Black's characters are just

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BOUGHT♥ Beige by Cecil Castellucci♥ The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci & Jim Rugg♥ I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone by Stephanie Kuehnert♥ Taqwacores by Michael Muhammad Knight♥ Wild Orchid by Cameron Dokey♥ Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis♥ The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis♥ Tales of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin♥ The Other Wind by Ursula Le Guin♥ The Island of Adventure by Enid Blyton♥ The Castle of

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This book is just sweet, the kind I'd re-read over and over for no reason other than how it made me feel. The story is about Katy, who had to spend her summer with her dad, who is a drummer of an infamous punk band. Katy hated punk music. Actually, Katy didn't enjoy most music. When her dad bribed Lake, the singer of an all-girl punk band, to hang out with Katy, it seemed like life couldn't be

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I have to admit that the only reason I picked this book up was the title. "I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone" is a song by Sleater-Kinney - one of my favourite songs by one of my favourite bands. I figured that a book titled after it should be interesting, if nothing else.This novel is about Emily Black, who was raised by her ex-musician father after her mother abandoned them when she was a baby. She

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I'm really not very familiar with Terry Pratchett but if this story is anything to go by, then I know I love him. I like most stories about Death/the Grim Reaper and this is now one of my favourites. Sorry I am not writing much but typing on my phone is rather annoying.

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Today I was actually supposed to go to the KL Book Fair at PWTC with my parents, but there were just too many people (being the last day AND Sunday), and too many cars, so we decided to abandon the book fair and go to Amcorp Mall instead. After all, it's the last day of BookXcess's World Book Day sale!Since today happens to be one of the flea market weekends at Amcorp, we figured we lucked out.

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Yesterday I went to Kak Husnah's place with 3 of my colleagues - Syida, Nicole and Belinda. Kak Husnah is our unit chief and she's moving to a new place next month and she was giving away most of her ARCs and old books. We all took a LOT of books, and there were still many more left! The books in the above pic are from 1 of the 4 bags of books I left with...

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Not being able to do much online for several days has made me want to put up lots of posts (even though I usually don't post much these days anyway). But there's nothing much to blog about, so here are photos of some stuff I love. Not included are postcards, bookshelves and music cds, because I forgot to take new photos. :pI miss having Blythe meet-ups! Yesterday I took Dorothy, Sylvia and Fiona

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Hey y'all. I've been like really sick the last four or five days. I'm not 100% okay now, but I'm okay enough to blog and go to work. I think. The thing about bed-rest is that it's boring. It doesn't matter that my head is so fuzzy that I can't make out the words properly; not reading is still boring. Usually at times like this I choose books I've already read, so I could enjoy them without

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Some people read one book at a time. Some people have a number of them on the go at any given time, perhaps a reading in bed book, a breakfast table book, a bathroom book, and so on, which leads me to… 1. Are you currently reading more than one book? 2. If so, how many books are you currently reading? 3. Is this normal for you? 4. Where do you keep your current reads?1. No. I was, though

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As a follow up to last week's question, Joseph asked how you keep track of your tbr list. Do you have a paper list or on your computer? Do you take it with you when you go shopping? How do you decide what gets added to it?I don't like to track my TBRs because this could lead to anxiety. Will I ever finish reading everything I want to read? I've said before that several lifetimes wouldn't be

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This week we could either be kids or poets, and I'd rather be a kid because I'm definitely not a poet. I chose to talk about my favourite books as a kid. This is actually a good time to choose to do this, because I've been re-reading Inkheart and Inkspell, and just finished Inkdeath for the first time, and all the quotes in the beginning of the chapters kept reminding me of all the books I loved

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This story came from the Faerie Tale anthology edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Russell Davis, which is another book I've been reading on and off from. "Sweet Forget-Me-Not" is a sweet love story. While cutting class, Ahmad discovered that he could see gemmins, which are something like the spirits or memories of places. Ernie, the only other person who could see them, warned Ahmad not to get

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BOUGHT♥ Inkdeath, Cornelia Funke♥ What the Mouse Found & Other Stories, Charles de Lint♥ The Harp of the Grey Rose, Charles de Lint♥ Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine♥ Over Sea, Under Stone, Susan Cooper♥ Sea of Wind, Ono Fuyumi♥ The Polysyllabic Spree, Nick Hornby♥ Housekeeping vs. the Dirt, Nick Hornby♥ Shadow Puppets, Orson Scott Card♥ Shadow of the Hegemon, Orson Scott Card♥ Maniac Magee,

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Do you keep track of what and/or how many books you read? How long have you been doing this? What's your favorite tracking method, and why?If you don't keep track, why not? (question courtesy of MizB)Yes, I keep track of the books I read. I used to do it just by including the titles I read on my sidebar, but now I'm using an excel sheet to record my reading. I also record the books I bought and

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Svaha is the first non-Newford novel I've read by Charles de Lint (I've read non-Newford short stories, but not novels), and it really surprised me in a good way. When I first started it I thought it was confusing, because it's a fantasy and yet it's science fiction, and so many characters and languages and names and other things were thrown at me from the beginning and it was difficult making

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This is another story from the Coyote Road anthology, which I'm enjoying very much. One of the reasons I chose to read this story is the illustration of the orangutan at the beginning of the story. Does this story really have an orangutan? I immediately thought, (1) cool, there is an orangutan in this story, and (2) hey, orangutans are not tricksters.That pretty much set up my mood for the whole

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The opposite of last week’s question: “What’s the best ‘worst’ book you’ve ever read — the one you like despite some negative reviews or features?”Where do I start? There are just too many to mention! I've enjoyed a lot of fiction that are really not very good. When I was in my teens I liked the Sweet Valley Twins series (never really got on with the SVH series though!), and even now I sometimes

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This short story is from The Coyote Road, an anthology edited by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow. I've been reading some of the stories now and then in the mornings, and this is one of my favourites so far.The story is about Elijah Fulton, whose family moved to a small Japanese town called Ami. While his parents and younger sister were adapting to life there, he hated every moment of it. "If I

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Seriously, where was I the last time this challenge was going on? It's all about the kinds of books I love! I've chosen Quest the First, so I'll have to read 5 books from the chosen 4 categories within March 21st to June 20th 2009. I'm not sure yet, I might even do this together with Quest the Second, and make four of the five books from different categories. I might even go for the 3rd Quest,

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Is there a particular era that you love reading about? Tell us about it--give us a book list, if you'd like. Include pictures or some fun facts from that time period, maybe link to a website that focuses on that time. Educate us.Do you have a favorite book that really pulled you back in time, or perhaps gave you a special interest in that period? Include a link to a review of it on another book

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I actually bother to show up at statistics class, and the class got cancelled. Good thing I have Tolkien with me today. Still, I could've been at home! Watching Buffy! (I'm on Season 4 now, which I missed a lot of when it was on tv, because I was in college back then. Yay for dvds that finally let me watch Willow and Oz's breakup scene.)

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"We like to talk big... vampires do. "I'm going to destroy the world." That's just tough-guy talk. Strutting around with your friends over a pint of blood. The truth is, I LIKE this world. You've got...dog racing, Manchester united. And you've got people. Billions of people walking around like Happy Meals with legs. It's all right here. But then someone comes along with a vision. With a real...

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"For a thousand years I wielded the powers of the Wish. I brought ruin to the heads of unfaithful men. I brought forth destruction and chaos for the pleasure of the lower beings. I was feared and worshipped across the mortal globe. And now I'm stuck at Sunnydale High. Mortal. Child. And I'm flunking Math."- Anya, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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"Well, I like you. You're nice, and you're funny, and you don't smoke. Yeah, okay, werewolf, but...that's not all the time. I mean, three days out of the month, I'm not much fun to be around either."- Willow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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"I don't like spiders, okay? Their furry bodies, and their sticky webs, and what do they need all those legs for anyway? I'll tell you - for crawling across your face in the middle of the night."- Willow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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BUFFY: Have you ever done an exchange program?XANDER: My dad tried to sell me to some Armenians once. Does that count?- Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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"So, I'm wondering, do the other cookie animals feel sorta ripped? Like, is the hippo going,'Hey, man, where are my pants? I have my hippo dignity!'And you know the monkey's just,'I mock you with my monkey pants!"- Oz, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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The last time I did this WG I used quotes from books. This time I'll be using quotes from Buffy, since I'm watching the series again.Today's quote:"I laugh in the face of danger! Then I hide until it goes away."- Xander

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Well, first of all I finished Terri Windling's The Wood Wife, of course. It's one of the most wonderful reading experiences I've had. The way she wrote about art and poetry reminded me of Francesca Lia Block, but better, somehow. Because I remember the Weetzie Bat books being about the healing power of art, but Terri Windling also touch about the darkness of it, when you could be crushed by the

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When reading do you read every word? Do you ever skip chapters or skim over parts? (question curtesy of Wendy)Depends on what I'm reading, and the mood I'm in. Usually there will be parts that I read and re-read a lot in a book, as well as a couple of parts that I'd just skim over. I get stuck at phrases or paragraphs that I love, reading them over and over instead of moving on. Sometimes the

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Another challenge... of sorts. Well, I had planned on reading at least 20 sci-fi books throughout 2009 to make up for my lack of experience in the genre. I have made a list of 24 books to read, so I'll just choose 20 from that list (unless something else catches my eye and happens to be sci-fi). For the Sci-Fi Experience (January & February 2009) challenge I will be tackling four books from my

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Since I was still reading the "Dark is Rising" sequence I read Susan Cooper's The Grey King almost immediately after Edward Tulane. At the time I thought it was my favourite book in the series yet! But it seems that I think that everytime, so I'll reserve judgement until I've read the last book. After The Grey King I started on Silver on the Tree. But on Wednesday evening I had a sudden craving

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BOUGHT♥ The Wood Wife, Terri Windling♥ Elsewhere, Will Shetterly♥ NeverNever, Will Shetterly♥ The Dark Is Rising, Susan Cooper♥ Greenwitch, Susan Cooper♥ Silver on the Tree, Susan Cooper♥ The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate diCamillo♥ Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott CardREAD♥ Cybele's Secret, Juliet Marillier♥ Oh.My.Gods., Tera Lynn Childs♥ The Wand in the Word, Marcus S. Leonard♥

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...according to Guardian. A lot of people at Kino think that I'm well-read in these genres. This list will prove them wrong, unfortunately! :DBold - titles I've readItalics - titles I actually own and plan to read.1. Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979)2. Brian W Aldiss: Non-Stop (1958)3. Isaac Asimov: Foundation (1951)4. Margaret Atwood: The Blind Assassin (2000)5. Paul

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Last week I didn't read that many books. There were several days when I hardly read at all. When I did, I just managed a few chapters of Helen Lowe's Thornspell and stories from Andrew Lang's The Yellow Fairy Book. It took me the whole week to finish the two, and by the end of it, even though I enjoyed the stories, I got thoroughly sick of fairy tales. (Well, just the reading bit. I still wrote a

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Do you read any author’s blogs? If so, are you looking for information on their next project? On the author personally? Something else? The only author's blog I follow regularly is Neil Gaiman's. I don't actually visit the blog, but I've set my e-mail to get the blog posts on RSS, so I read the posts every time I check my e-mail. Sometimes I do find myself wondering, is [insert author here]

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What do you use to mark your place while reading? Do you have a definite preference? Do you use bookmarks, paper, or (gasp) turn down the pages? If you use bookmarks, do you have a favourite one?I use bookmarks or book thongs, mostly. I never turn down the pages, although I used to when I was younger. Reading Fire and Hemlock had somewhat shamed me into taking better care of my books.I have a

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This week it's all about judging books by their covers! Pick a book--any book, really--and search out multiple book cover images for that book. They could span a decade or two (or more)...Or they could span several countries. Which cover is your favorite? Which one is your least favorite? Which one best 'captures' what the book is about?I'm very particular about book covers. There are books that

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#1. What are you passionate about besides reading and blogging? For example, are you crafty (knitting, woodworking, scrapbooking, model building)? Do you cook? Into gaming (computer or board)? Sports (player or spectator)? Photography? Maybe you like geocaching, rock climbing? Or love attending events like renaissance fairs, concerts? Music? Dancing? You get the idea.Tell us why you're

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How do you choose what do buy from your local bookstore? Do you have a list, or just browse? What is the selection in your book store like? Do you find what you're looking for? Do you feel pressured to buy the kind of books the store makes prominent? (question courtesy of MizB)I used to just browse when I go to the bookstore. Sometimes I'd have something specific that I want to get, but if I

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Directions: Once you’ve been tagged, you have to write a blog or a note on Facebook with sixteen random things, facts, habits or goals about you. At the end choose ten people to be tagged, listing their names and why you chose them. Don’t forget to leave them a comment (”you’re it”) and to read your blog. You can’t tag the person who tagged you. Since you can’t tag me, let me know when you’ve

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BOUGHT♥ Pirate Emperor, Kai Meyer♥ The Horse & His Boy, C.S. Lewis♥ A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah♥ The Mystery of the Cupboard, Lynne Reid Banks♥ Ironside, Holly Black♥ Gothic!: 10 Original Dark Tales, Deborah Noyes (ed.)♥ East of the Sun and West of the Moon & Other Tales from the North, illustrated by Kay Nielsen♥ The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen, w/ notes & introduction by Maria Tatar♥

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A few weeks back we had a question about borrowing books, this week I was wondering what your policy was on lending books. Do you lend books to anyone? Just friends? Only big readers? How long are they allowed to have them?I don't mind lending books to friends - in fact, I'm a book pusher as well. :p I don't lend to people I don't know, though. And I have to know who has which book - sometimes I

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1) How do you feel about classic literature? Are you intimidated by it? Love it? Not sure because you never actually tried it? Don't get why anyone reads anything else? Which classics, if any, have you truly loved? Which would you recommend for someone who has very little experience reading older books? Go all out, sell us on it! To me, classic literature are just more books to read - some I've

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今はちょっと切ないです。今日だけ、いなくなってもいいんですか。ちょっと消えたいです。

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How does your being sick (or injured) affect your reading? Do you read more? Less? Do you pick out a different book than you had already planned? Do you have a "comfort book" that makes you feel better?It's funny, getting this question when I have a fever. Since I'm usually resting at home when I'm sick, I definitely read more. Sometimes I just continue whatever I'm reading, but most of the time

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I really haven't been in a blogging mood lately. I've been reading a lot, although not quite the books that I had wanted to read in December. I'm just really tired lately. Not really sure why exactly. Anyway, tonight my sister will be arriving home from Russia - it's her winter break right now. I'm looking forward to her return - no one could annoy me like she does, which means she's my favourite

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If you’re anything like me, there are songs that you love because of their lyrics; writers you admire because their songs have depth, meaning, or just a sheer playfulness that has nothing to do with the tunes.So, today’s question? What songs … either specific songs, or songs in general by a specific group or writer … have words that you love? Why? And … do the tunes that go with the fantastic

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