Posted by: iffygrace on: June 17, 2008
Some stuff I REALLY want to read.
The Lovely Bones
P.S. I Love You
Wuthering Heights (the library doesn’t stock this O_O)
Jane Austen
Virginia Woolf (I couldn’t find any of her books the last time I checked at the library T.T)
The Kite Runner
Well, and yes for those who enjoy reading books that make you cry, check out The Dogs [...]
Posted by: iffygrace on: April 23, 2008
In a honest, to-the-point narration, Murakami Haruki spins a tale of love, philosophy, friendship and mystery. A masterful storyteller, one might say. That isn’t all, though. Murakami brings to life potentially boring characters: an old man who lost sophisticated thought functions in his youth and cannot read or write or process harder thoughts; a 15-year-old [...]
Posted by: iffygrace on: December 29, 2007
These are some books that have caught my attention recently:
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins,the Kite Runner by Khaled Hossein, We Need to Talk about Kevin (sure-winner) by Lionel Shriver, Where Have All the Leaders Gone by Lee Iacocca at $44 (make no mistake, it’s expensive, far too expensive for me) and Middlesex by Jeffrey [...]
Posted by: iffygrace on: December 27, 2007
Why can’t we be like words? Words pass through intangibles, their only obstacle is the air and solids like buildings. Words leave lovers’ lips to reach lovers’ ears; words leave a father’s mouth to pass through a mother’s tummy, into an unborn child’s memory. If we could be words, what lengths we could go to to mean what we say! Words don’t have hidden meanings, unless the listener knows how to listen for them. Words are to the point, brisk, but also true and full of emotion. Words can be twisted to lie, but the words themselves never do. [...]
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