Title/Author: Norwegian Wood/Haruki Murakami (Translated by Jay Rubin)Publisher: Vintage Books USAPages: 400ISBN 13: 9780099554561 Expect no flying elephants, man-eating cats, or any of those surrealist eccentricities that you’d normally find in a Murakami novel. Norwegian Wood is a rather straight forward, coming of age novel of nostalgia. What stayed though is its quiet, still and…
Blogspot Error?
Hmmmm not sure what’s wrong with blogspot, cuz I can’t seem to make my content break into proper paragraphs even after setting it in ‘edit html’. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BLOGGER.COM!
THE ONE AND ONLY, THE GREATEST of THE GREATEST, MOST DEVIOUS DJINNI IS BAAAACK! :D
Oh yes….my dear ol’ friend, Bartimaeus IS BACK!!! The Ring of Solomon is prequel to the Bartimaeus Trilogy written by Jonathan Stroud. Here is a plot introduction I nicked from Wikipedia: It is the year 950 b.c. and King Solomon of Israel rules his empire from Jerusalem with a steely hand. Upon which rests a…
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Title/Author: The Gruffalo/Julia Donaldson & Axel SchefflerPublisher: MacmillanPages: 28ISBN 13: 978-0-333-71093-7 In a nutshell Walk into the deep dark wood, meet a quick-thinking mouse and discover what happens when he comes face to face with a ugly, hungry gruffalo. What I liked Ever since I took a liking to children’s books, I’ver heard and read…
Freddie and the Fairy by Julia Donaldson & Karen George
Title/Author: Freddie and the Fairy/Julia Donaldson & Karen George Publisher: Macmillan Pages: 28 ISBN 13: 978-0-330-51118-6 In a nutshell Freedie meets Bessie-Belle, a fairy whom he rescued from a tree. In return, she offers to grant his every wish. But Bessie-Belle can’t hear very well, causing Freddie’s wishes come out all wrong… What I liked…
UK’S WORLD BOOK NIGHT
Came across this article on Neil Gaiman’s tweet:On Saturday 5 March, a million books were away across the UK in the first ever World Book Night. Writers were asked which books they give as gifts and which they’ve been most pleased to receive. And children’s authors recommended books to give to children. Find out books…
Special Weekend Treats for Bookaholics!!
Dying to splurge on books? Wanna hit the bookstores this weekend? This one’s for you then 😉 Thanks for the info Justina!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. SEUSS!!!
(http://www.myspace.com/8682916) Thanks for all your great books, Dr. Seuss! You light up my life! Plan to get more of your books this weekend! :)) I hope they’ll still be there! Here’s something on Dr. Seuss from Wikipedia: Theodor Seuss Geisel (pronounced /ˈɡaɪzəl/; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American writer and cartoonist…
Novel Home Decor for Bookworms and Bibliophiles
Omg….LOOK WHAT I FOUND!!! *salivating* I am so in love with the book vending machine, the book ‘table’ and the bookend! For more, go here.
TIMES BOOK FAIR @ fahrenheit88!
Venue: Concourse, Ground Floor of fahrenheit88Date: 23 Feb – 6 Mar 2011Time: 10am – 10pm Shall I go??? **itching** But I’m only free on the 5th…I’m sure all the good books would’ve been bought by other bookaholics by then😦 *sob*
Hooked On Bookz 