It’s that time of the year again. Time when all residents of this little island nation can unabashedly express their love for country, and home. While taking a brief respite after lunch, and waiting for the big show tonight, I pondered the questions that the organizers tossed us: When you think of the words ‘Live [...]
Book Review: Fire and Ice, To Die For
Another round of backlogged book review, this time on two romantic suspense novels. One by Anne Stuart, whose ice series I’ve been following, and the other by Linda Howard, who is not new to me, but has yet to capture my interest – maybe it’s the choices of her books I’ve made which influenced me. [...]
Book Review: The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Now that the busiest period at work is over, it’s time for me to pick up my posts where I left off. First up is a long overdue review of a book that I originally read for Keishon’s TBR Challenge for March. Title: The Firebrand Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley Genre: Historical Fiction/ Fantasy Publisher: ROC [...]
Reading The Half Blood Prince left me on tenterhooks. The book ended on a precipice that leaves you trying to grapple with some shocking circumstances – Dumbledore’s death, Snape’s debatable betrayal of the Order – and, at the same time, guessing at the events that will take shape with the clues and hints [...]
Last night’s theme was Jazz, and my absolute fave, Mathilda ‘saved the show’, according to idol judge and prolific singer/ songwriter/ stage actor producer Dick Lee. She’s the only one who understood what the genre means and demands, and gave all she had to deliver her performance perfectly. Eschewing the usual Ella, Natalie and other [...]
I’ve decided to dedicate Wednesdays to web watching, so continuing from where I left off, these are my WebWatching Wednesday (WWW in future) eye catchers. BookMinx Samantha I like the girl in Sam’s blog banner. She’s twirling her hair and reading in what seems to be very comfortable lounge wear that looks perfect for the [...]
If GOF was enthralling, then the Order of the Phoenix could only be exciting, exhilarating, there was no lengthy building of scenes. Instead, readers were treated to action right in the first chapter which saw Harry and his cousin being attacked by Dementors. The action continued in subsequent chapters at the HQ of the Order, [...]
While I’m trying to figure out how I managed to muck up my GOF post royally, here’s a piece of injustice I picked up mid-week from Ohmynews. In the 3 years that she’s been blogging, PetiteAnglaise has only written about a dozen (about 14) posts relating to work. It calls to mind the famous blogger who [...]
Having seen the movie twice, and the video twice, I was already impatient to start on this book so that I can progress on to the next, and the next. I couldn’t help staying up late to finish this marvelous follow-up to Prisoner of Azkaban – it was worth sacrificing that few hours of sleep. [...]
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