The Man Booker Longlist 2013
byThe Man Booker prize longlist for 2013 was announced this week and the books are as usual a surprise for me… Five Star Billionaire…
Literary Fiction
Library Loot: July 17 to 23
byLibrary Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages…
Did not Finish
byI am finally giving up on these two books: Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand I had planned…
8.3 Exploring Memory In The Garden Of Evening Mists
byMalaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed tea plantations of Cameron…
I started this book last week and it’s a lovely, leisurely read. The writing is beautiful, and I can understand why it made into…
- Teaser Tuesdays – The Garden of Evening Mists
Wordless Wednesdays: Just had to Share this Awesome Book Cover
byHere’s a cool cover of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World by Haruki Murakami that I read and enjoyed last month. I…
My First Top Ten Tuesday – Best Books of 2013 so far
byI have always enjoyed reading about but never actually attempted these top ten memes because my distracted brain can never think of ten of…
Mailbox Mondays: June 17, 2013
byWelcome to this week’s Mailbox Monday which is hosted this month by Meredith of Dolce Belezza. I received an interesting set of books by…
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
byGosh, this is a hard book to summarize. This book takes you on a rollicking roller-coaster ride, part science-fiction, part fantasy, and full bizarre….
I think this book might be too smart for me, or may be I am not smart enough for this book. Anyway, here’s a…
- Teaser Tuesdays – Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World