Actually finished this one last Sunday but can’t stop thinking about it. This book was a Giller prize winner and my lucky find at the recent Calgary Reads booksale ($1 trade paperback wow!). I … more →
ScrivnerQ wrote 5 days ago: Among other things, the TBR of January ‘09 had me purportedly reading the following Alan Furst … more →
James wrote 1 week ago: Jay Lake’s Mainspring was a quick read, flew through the book in a couple of days. It is a goo … more →
grownupnerd wrote 1 week ago: OK – went a bit overboard with the book reservations so now I have a grand total of 4 unread b … more →
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James wrote 2 weeks ago: Something snapped a couple books back and I just could not bear to read another page of the books I … more →
grownupnerd wrote 3 weeks ago: Still waiting for a book but now I have 3! … more →
grownupnerd wrote 1 month ago: How come all the books I want to read are either borrowed or for reference only or not available in … more →
grownupnerd wrote 1 month ago: After a string of not so positive reviews, Kazuo Ishinguro’s Nocturnes is a harmonious ballad … more →
grayjames wrote 1 month ago: Feel, Robbie Williams by Chris Heath “If the world was actually fair I wouldn’t be a pop … more →
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James wrote 1 month ago: I will be writing a review for Jay Lake’s Madness of Flowers, but it is going to take me a whi … more →
James wrote 2 months ago: I finished up Ian C. Esslemont’s Night of Knives earlier this morning, but I do not have much … more →
grownupnerd wrote 2 months ago: When time is scarce and libraries out of the way, library visits are blog-worthy events. Ha! This we … more →
zeedany wrote 2 months ago: Laskar Pelangi by Andrea Hirata. Making my way through the tetralogy again. So far the first one is … more →
Jessa Slade wrote 2 months ago: Charming independent Wallace Books (in a wonderful neighborhood full of things I like to snack upon … more →
A's Mom wrote 2 months ago: A few months ago I started thinking seriously about introducing solid foods to Avery and what the be … more →
grownupnerd wrote 2 months ago: Long before the Starbucks, Coffee Bean and whatever other coffee chain fad blazed through Singapore, … more →
grownupnerd wrote 2 months ago: Finally got round to making a trip to the library and have 2 brand new reads! My Stroke of Insight b … more →
James wrote 2 months ago: I'm reading the first half of the first half. Twice before had I attempted to read The Shadow of … more →