There is no doubt in my mind that Neil Gaiman is a true blue romantic at heart. Just read his fantasy work Stardust, which was adapted into a movie starring Claire Danes, Robert de Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer, and which I simply had to watch, and you’ll surely agree with me.
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Posted on September 6th, 2008 by ag
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Right after reading these two books, I’ve this weird sense of déjà vu. The story arc itself has strong biblical undertones to it, what with the Armageddon-like final battle, the rebirth, the blood sacrifice … it was as if I was reading something meant for heavier reading.
But there’s one theme that’s kind of common with […]
Posted on August 24th, 2008 by ag
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Reading Anne Stuart’s Ice storm was a natural progression for me since I’ve been following this particular spy suspense series when it first debut with Black Ice.
This time round, it’s Ice Queen Isobel Lambert, the head of the committee who is being hunted down by an archenemy who wants her eliminated at all cost. Sent […]
Posted on July 19th, 2008 by ag
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This is another book read during my trip to Paris. Again, the author isn’t new to me. I’ve read one of Julia London’s contemporary romance, and her regency series, The Desperate Debutantes, and liked them all.
There wasn’t any synopsis on the backcover, but as I’ve been checking out the author’s website every now and then […]
Posted on July 13th, 2008 by ag
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I’m no stranger to Eric McCarthy, having read the hilariously entertaining Heiress for Hire in 2006. I recall making plans to hunt down some of her contemporary stuff but never got round to it. Therefore, imagine my delight when I stumble upon this rather dark paranormal series built around the seven deadly sins and the […]
Posted on July 7th, 2008 by ag
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I made a mistake by watching the movie first before I finished reading the multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed novel Atonement by Ian McEwan. Admittedly, the movie moved the story along a little faster, and intrigued me from the beginning with its casting of Keira Knightley as the lead actress, long before I set eyes on […]
Posted on June 24th, 2008 by ag
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The month of May was as much about celebrating differences as fantasy serials. The three paranormal/ fantasy romance reads I finished had relationships that involved protagonists who come from different worlds/ races and time/ century.
Elijah is the third in the Nightwalkers paranormal romance series by Jacquelyn Frank and boy did she have a bombshell of […]
Posted on June 16th, 2008 by ag
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Continuing the epic saga of Tencendor where the story left off in Enchanter, Sara Douglass once again brought the conflicts and triumph of the three different races – Avar, Icari and human – as well their emotions and courage to these two books.
In Starman, Axis finally fulfils his destiny and establishes a brand new Tencendor, […]
Posted on May 6th, 2008 by ag
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