Failing the 2010 TBR Challenge on Jan 10, 2011 in Reading Challenges TBR 2010 Hi everyone! I know we’re in a brand new year and it seems a bit of drag to kick it off with the word ‘fail’ on this post’s title but that’s the truth. Exactly a year and two days ago, I set out to do the 2010 TBR (To Be...
Review: The Time Traveler’s Wife on Dec 21, 2010 in Book Reviews Audrey Niffenegger Fiction Romance Time Traveller's Wife The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger My rating: 5 of 5 stars It is one of the most original love stories I’ve ever read. But it’s not filled with mushy stuff that makes you think it is just another cliche of its genre.The...
Updates on my 2010 TBR Challenge on Sep 15, 2010 in Reading Challenges TBR 2010 The last two weeks have been amazing. I was able to finally finish reading The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant. Yay! It took me three months of erratic reading to finish the book. I’ve got the review in the drafts and would post it real soon. Af...
What do you do with books you’ve read? on Aug 26, 2010 in Daily Dose ebooks vs Printed Kindle 99% of the books I’ve read get moved from the shelf on my desk to the old cabinet outside my room. It serves as a sort of archive for all the piles of paperworks, magazines, pamphlets, school papers and books I’ve accumulated over the las...
Forbes Highest-paid Authors on Aug 22, 2010 in Book Authors Bestselling authors Low book sales are giving the publishers tough times but some authors are still raking in the Benjamins by the millions. Forbes has done a survey to find out which authors have made it big from June 1, 2009 to June 1, 2010. And here they are: James P...
Review: The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution on Aug 20, 2010 in Book Reviews Evolution Richard Dawkins The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins My rating: 5 of 5 stars Reading this book is like going back through all my classes in biology, genetics, and evolution; all in one sitting. Well not literally because of my bu...
New Titles in Literature and Fiction at Amazon on Aug 20, 2010 in Literature & Fiction Lauren Weisberger Laurie Frankel Susan Gregg Gilmore I know this book blog has been largely ignored by yours truly, but not my books. So there’s not much to worry. I’m half-way through reading The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant expecting to finish it by September. Anyways, here’s to...
June’s Best Selling Books According to Wall Street Journal on Jul 6, 2010 in Best-Sellers John Grisham Wall Street Journal Curious as to what books were selling hot this past month? The Wall Street Journal has come up with their own list and here it is: FICTION 1. “Sizzling Sixteen” by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin’s Press) 2. “The Short Second Life...
Jumping from one book to another on Jun 28, 2010 in Daily Dose Renaissance Italy The Birth of Venus The Prince Have no fear, I’m still reading books. It’s just that in the past two months, I can’t get myself to focus on reading just one book. As can be seen on the side bar, I have two books that I’m “officially” reading. Su...
Things that distract me from finishing a book on May 30, 2010 in Reading Challenges reading problems TBR 2010 Apart from the busy school work as a student-volunteer, consultant to various student organizations and being a "big brother" to many friends, my short-attention span has prevented me from finishing a book I’ve started to read. I’...
