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Posts from ‘October, 2008’

Attention Canada

Don’t forget to vote today! If you still haven’t made up your mind but want to vote strategically, try here. Thank you.

It’s Thanksgiving! Let’s Buy a School!

So! It is Thanksgiving today. Today is a holiday set apart for the giving of thanks for what we have, and hopefully the lessening of greed for what we don’t have, if only for a day. Unless you’re me! Because what I’m thankful for makes me want more. Not for me, you understand — I [...]

Deadly Sins of Bookdoom

So does this fall under coveting, or just plain lust?

September Books

Na na na na Na na na na na Na na na na Na na na na September Books! *Halting State, by Charles Stross. The plot of this book was a wee tad confusing, but the writing was fascinating. There are three main characters. They all speak in Scottish dialect. And it’s narrated in the [...]

Guest Post: Reading Interruptions

I was going to write up a little blurb to introduce my friend Glumpuddle, but if you read on you’ll see that she’s done it herself. Ah, well. Hi. I’m Glumpuddle. If you read the comments on this blog regularly, you’ve probably seen me around. I don’t have my own blog, but I like reading [...]

Review: The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak

Oh my cow, this book is so good. And apparently it was first published in 2006. So what I want to know is: what on earth took me this long to read it? Where has it been, these past years of my life? Seriously: The Book Thief. Read it read it read it. Here’s the [...]

BTT: The Best Unloved Books

What, in your opinion, is the best book that you haven’t liked? Mind you, I don’t mean your most-hated book–oh, no. I mean the most accomplished, skilled, well-written, impressive book that you just simply didn’t like. Like, for movies–I can acknowledge that Citizen Kane is a tour de force and is all sorts of wonderful, [...]