Finally found a swanky place to release ‘Pandora’ by Jilly Cooper. Was attending a launch at the posh Regent Hotel in town, and decided to leave the book on the reading shelf at the left wing of the lobby while waiting for my colleague to join me.
Now, the waiting begins …
Adopt the pace of nature:
her […]
Posted on September 29th, 2005 by ag
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While reading Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’, I was led astray by another half-demon, a fiery-haired lass this time and no dog ears. Just a dark broody male for a hero protector.
At first glance, the innocuous-looking cover of ‘The Demon’s Daughter’ (excerpt here) by Emma Holly reads like another paranormal tale of the eternal struggle between human […]
Posted on September 25th, 2005 by ag
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I picked up ‘She’s Got Issues’ after reading the Daily Candy review of this debut novel by Stephanie Lessing.
Written in the first person, this suspiciously part autobiographical light romance chronicles idealistic Chloe Rose’s bumbling climb up the corporate ladder at Issues Magazine. Everything seems rosy when she first accepted the position of Assistant to the […]
Posted on September 15th, 2005 by ag
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I’ve short-listed a few more books to be released in the next two weeks and these are:
1. ‘Switcheroo’ by Olivia Goldsmith: this funny though frothy book has hilarious twists and some solemn moments that kept me entertained, and at turns reminded me of the most basic human emotion and its immense power to heal — […]
Posted on September 10th, 2005 by ag
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Warning: this is a long post!
Between the last post and this, I have been jumping back and forth between modern and medieval Japan, pursuing the adventures of a certain modern teenage girl, Kagome, and a silver-haired half-breed dog demon, Inuyasha.
If anyone had told me two months ago that I would fall in love with Anime […]
Posted on September 8th, 2005 by ag
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