Since around September 2012, I started getting into watching anime again. I used to watch a lot of anime when I was younger, and though my interest in it didn’t exactly wane, because of all the other things I wanted to do, I put anime on the back burner. For the benefit of those who … Continue reading »
You know how they say “be careful what you wish for?” When asked the question: If you could get locked in to any store, what would it be? Easy: Bookstore, of course! Well, that actually happened to me last Saturday, when, while in a bookstore at the mall, unbeknownst to me, a robbery was … Continue reading »
You know what that means? It’s time to watch Love Actually again! Also, you know it’s that time of the year again when it starts snowing on wordpress. It’s actually something I look forward to. If I can’t have a white Christmas in real life, at least I can have one in my blog! The … 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 »
We interrupt the regular mundane book-related posts on here to bring you something totally random and inconsequential except to the author, whose sole purpose for writing right now is to hopefully release stress by ranting….. So for all those who usually read my blog (thank you for visiting!), I apologize for this…just ignore this post … Continue reading »
Ever wonder how car manufacturers develop life-saving technologies such as air bags and seatbelts, or how the latest surgical methods are tested? Or how doctors came to learn about the workings of the human body and how to go about saving lives? You may or may not have heard, but a lot of innovations in … Continue reading »
Sometime in the early 2000s, American pastry chef, and writer, David Lebovitz, decided to leave his life in San Francisco behind, to live in the city many of us (me, at least) dream of – Paris. In his light, and funny book, The Sweet Life in Paris, David shares his misunderstandings and (mis)adventures as an American trying to … Continue reading »
Are you: Into anything fantasy and sci-fi? Into comic books / graphic novels? Interested in pseudo-historical conspiracy theories and rumors? Intrigued by the islands of the Caribbean (particularly the Dominican Republic)? A believer in family curses, and other supernatural occurrences? Partial to obese nerdy kids with no social skills and therefore no love lives (read: still … Continue reading »
It’s hard to get excited over an 800+ page book like 2666, yet here I am, giddy as a schoolgirl from having just finished the tome. 2666 is a hard novel to describe, let alone analyze, and review. To describe 2666, the first word that comes to mind is “crazy.” No, not “crazy,” – “Insane!” 2666, … Continue reading »
On August 29, 1909, Dr. Sigmund Freud and his colleagues, aboard the George Washington lands in New York… Later, on the same day, a young woman is brutally beaten and murdered in her apartment in downtown New York… The Interpretation of Murder, written by Jed Rubenfeld, is, essentially, a murder mystery, about the strange events … Continue reading »
