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Tag: books

do you have book cred?

Meme time! Bold those books you’ve read in their entirety, italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish or read an excerpt. 1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series – JK Rowling 5 To Kill a [...]

london teaser?

maybe it is, maybe this is all that’s left cos i’ve retold anything juicy to whoever matters a mere 20 times already. i’m all dry. please note that the damage for that stash equals approximately RM145 (give or take with the fluctuating exchange rate). jyeeeeeeaah.

pay less, spend more on webdesign, please

pay less books sale date: 5 – 7 december 2008 time: 10am – 7pm venue: 3K inn subang jaya if you need information (on what exactly, i can’t imagine), call 03-8066 2170 or email info@paylessbooks.com.my and yeah i could have just posted the e-flyer, but my god is it fugly.

interworld by neil gaiman & michael reaves

i was very eager to sink my teeth into this book, especially while riding on a sandman-induced natural high (i knocked back the whole series + endless nights within 3 days). and boy, was my excitement sorely misplaced. the prose has none of gaiman’s easy-going cadence or charm which bugged me, but i thought “hey, [...]

mythology, gaiman & amano

sandman goes mythical japanese folklore. an old release, i know, but i’ve only just been introduced to it. and i’m in love with neil gaiman all over again.

i heart dave eggers

stumbled upon McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. am truly excited. i was rummaging through my books a few days ago looking for that dave eggers’ short short stories which i invariably can not find. thank god for the internets. rereading what water feels like to fishes, i’m tugged by that need to create something suitably artsy and [...]

bric-a-book

currently reading gaiman’s “m is for magic.” mph suckered me into getting it NOW FOR 20% OFF FOR MPH CARD MEMBERS. and what d’ya know? i’d just picked up my card a week ago. also making my way through the gaiman/pratchett liaison “good omens.” not particularly fond of it but have managed to swallow at [...]