Nope, it isn’t a Wednesday, but you could consider this a belated WebWatch Wednesday post.
See, I was going to look up weather conditions in Sydney, where I may be headed to in a couple of weeks, when a sudden whim took me to the Australian tourism website and boy, was I blown away by the […]
Posted on June 29th, 2007 by ag
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Having heard only good reviews about this anime adapted by renowned Japanese moviemaker Hayao Miyazaki, I decided to watch it on video one Saturday afternoon. And I never regretted it.
Based on the novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones, the animated Howl’s Moving Castle is a real visual treat overflowing with magic and […]
Posted on June 27th, 2007 by ag
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Here’s a little confession before I start this review post proper: I’ve always thought that Andre Norton’s a guy, and had therefore dismissed Fantasy novels penned by her as being too devoid of emotions, tensions and romance. Yeah, I know that’s a rather narrow view of male authors, but I’m slowly revising that opinion although […]
Posted on June 24th, 2007 by ag
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While the rest of Singapore went mad at the Great Singapore Sale, which will last until end July, I went crazy browsing Amazon, and did some serious damage to my credit card.
Anyways, I simply couldn’t resist following up some of the books I read recently with the sequel, with the result that I ended up […]
Posted on June 21st, 2007 by ag
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No, you’re not dreaming. And yes, I’m giving away some books from my collection to mark the second year of this (mostly) book blog.
To be precise, I’ve got three pairs of books, each set by the same author, to give away this round, and they’re all in excellent condition. Without further ado, here are the […]
Posted on June 16th, 2007 by ag
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It wasn’t too long ago that I was introduced to the delightful P C Cast and her wonderful stories of Partholon, where high school teacher, Shannon Parker, was thrown into.
This time round, in Divine by Choice, she was wrenched unwillingly back to the modern world by the reincarnated mirror of her centaur husband from Divine […]
Posted on June 14th, 2007 by ag
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This follow-up to the author’s romance series starring four writers – one crime thriller writer, one romance, one fantasy and one true crime author – was on my wishlist for quite a while before I finally tracked it down.
I’d mistaken another of Rachel Gibson’s book for this, but I’m in No Mood for Love did […]
Posted on June 10th, 2007 by ag
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Went over to the used book store to drop off two books which are due, and came back home with six more …
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole – something to satisfy my recent craving for dark paranormal romances with vampiric inclinations
The Nightwalkers – Jacob by Jacquelyn Frank, again another dark tale … […]
Posted on June 7th, 2007 by ag
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