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…
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…
Just a short post on this and that… I have an upcoming trip to Japan, and I find it so strange that none of the popular bookstores I’ve been to around my city sells Japan guide books. I can’t find any Japan tour books by Lonely Planet, Fodor’s, Frommer’s or any of the popular (or…
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…
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…
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…
The Misanthropologist 