So, I’m late for this particular bandwagon. Nevertheless, the impact hasn’t been diluted. If you’re wondering what I am talking about, it’s Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. I’m halfway through the 3rd book, Eclipse, and I have vowed to finish the series by the end of the week. For fans of the book, particularly Edward Cullen, [...]
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OME!
October 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
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The Secret
July 20th, 2007 · No Comments
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On the bookshelf
June 22nd, 2007 · No Comments
Some of these books have been on my bookshelf for a couple of months already. This is about one-fourth of my backlog. These are the ones that I’m reading for work. I managed to confuse myself one day when I was reading Intelligence Reframed by Howard Gardner interspersed with the Wiley O’Reilly TCP/IP Network Administration. [...]
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Never too early to start a Christmas list…
July 14th, 2006 · 2 Comments
Just a little exercise to pick me up. Generous souls have a little less than 6 months to save up for my gifts.
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Becoming
May 29th, 2006 · No Comments
And I quote Robert Louis Stevenson: To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.
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The hoo-hah over Da Vinci
May 12th, 2006 · 2 Comments
Google “da vinci code” and the search returns more than 48 million results. The local papers also have been featuring this more than usual since the film adaptation is set to open on May 18.
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Building my library
May 10th, 2006 · No Comments
Photo courtesy of Chandralynn via deviantART To say that I love books, may prove to be an understatement. I buy to release stress and it’s either a new pair of shoes or several books, not necessarily new. One time that I was under so much stress, I even told my boss about my expanding shoe [...]
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Time’s All-Time 100 Novels
October 20th, 2005 · No Comments
Time Magazine released its All-Time 100 Novels list. The list includes books in English published from 1923 (The first year of the magazine). I looked through the list and saw that as much as I love books, I have only read 5 (Okay, 4 1/2) of the books on the list. And I read most [...]
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