You’d have thought … that after the last online shopping binge, I would be sated. But no, I went to pick up my Borders Preferred Card today at lunch time, and ended up with yet another load of books.
Sinner by Sara Douglass
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Lord of the Fading Lands by C. L. Wilson
Lady of Light […]
Posted on February 29th, 2008 by ag
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Well, I should have known that as soon as Kristie makes a strong recommendation, the curious cat in me will follow the trail and find all ways and means to read/ watch what she’s recommending.
So it should come as no surprise that when I couldn’t find the BBC series, North & South, that she’s been singing […]
Posted on February 26th, 2008 by ag
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Reading these two historical fiction works is like witnessing the scandalous affairs of King Henry VIII unfolding before my very eyes!
Philippa Gregory’s attention to the minutiae of Tudor court life and her lively retelling of the circumstances which drove the Boleyn sisters to rival each other for the King’s favour in The Other Boleyn Girl […]
Posted on February 14th, 2008 by ag
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Inspired by a Washington Post article describing a Darfur refugee’s longing for books, Lorraine and Logan Kleinwaks started a nonprofit, Book Wish Foundation, to provide reading relief for people in crisis. “Reading relief,” to this group of volunteers, goes beyond providing books. It encompasses all of the aid that makes reading possible.
This non-profit organisation’s first […]
Posted on February 8th, 2008 by ag
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The year has barely started and I’m already drowning in deadlines, not to mention backlogs of review posts. Even though the new year brought some good news … of a promotion, there were also some not-so-great ones … of colleagues leaving for greener pastures and relocating.
It also seems the hectic travelling is going to begin […]
Posted on February 3rd, 2008 by ag
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