What better way to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice than by posting my review of P.D. James’ 2011 novel, Death Comes to Pemberley. People can’t resist reading, not to mention, writing, about Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwilliam Darcy and what their life together might have been like after the events in Jane Austen’s Pride … Continue reading »
Gone Girl is…how can I describe it? To say that it’s a 2012 suspense/mystery/thriller by Gillian Flynn about a married couple would make it sound a bit boring and might turn people off from reading it. But to say any more might spoil it for them…. The story in a nutshell: Amy and Nick Dunne … Continue reading »
If there’s one thing book bloggers have in common, it’s that they love making book lists – ‘bought books’ lists, ‘to-read’ lists, ‘books read’ list, ‘top-books’ list – and of course, it being the end of the year, it’s time to make some sense of all those lists complied throughout the year. Of course, I’m … Continue reading »
I have finished 1Q84. Finally! It took me over a month to get through this giant of a novel and along the way it piqued my curiosity, made me feel anxious, happy, sad, angry; it bored me, excited me – but most of all, it confused me. It confused me at the very beginning, and … Continue reading »
I haven’t really celebrated American Thanksgiving in a while now, but in keeping with the spirit of the season, here’s a list of all the (literary) things I’m thankful for this year. I’m thankful… 1. That geeks are “in” (A Brief Wondrous Tale by Junot Diaz and Ready Player One ). 2. For Thomas Cromwell… (I’m sure Hilary … Continue reading »
Got through the second part of 1Q84 rather quickly – quicker than the first part, anyway. There was a gradual build up of events in the first part of 1Q84, ending on a critical part of the plot, urging readers to continue on to the next part of the novel in hopes of getting some … Continue reading »
A Flight of Angels is a collaborative graphic novel from well-known and respected writers in the industry. Holly Black, Bill Willingham, Alisa Kwitney, Todd Mitchell, Louise Hawes, and illustrator Rebecca Guay worked together in A Flight of Angels to create an imaginative and beautiful work of graphic fiction. One dark night, a group of unlikely … Continue reading »
After two weeks, I finally finished the first part of Haruki Murakami’s 3-inch-thick novel, 1Q84. 1Q84 is divided into three parts – from April-June (Part 1), to July-September (Part 2), and finally October-December (Part 3) – of 1984. Having just recently finished the first part – April-June, I felt that I should post something … Continue reading »
I finished reading Frank Herbert’s Dune about a week ago and have been putting off writing about it ever since. It’s not that I didn’t like it – I’ve been avoiding going on record saying that I was not blown away by it. So there, I’ve said it. I did not think Dune was amazing. … Continue reading »
I debated with myself long and hard as to whether or not I should blog about this. On the one hand, blogging about it would be admitting to the world that not only do I read manga, but that I read shoujo manga – exposing one of my guilty pleasures. On the other hand, I … Continue reading »
