Literature

now I’m motivated to actually read it

February 8, 2008

Courtesy of the Book Quiz at Blue Pyramid: You’re A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving Despite humble and perhaps literally small beginnings, you inspire faith in almost everyone you know. You are an agent of higher powers, and you manifest this fact in mysterious and loud ways. A sense of destiny pervades your [...]

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Bridge to Terabithia

January 2, 2008

I remember reading Bridge to Terabithia at that age where I too could immerse myself in my own worlds, where imagination and reality could still overlap, and adolescence was close enough to be almost here but not quite here yet. In other words, I was the age that Jess and Leslie were, and that was [...]

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nano write mobile

December 16, 2007

The Japanese have taken to composing novels on their cell phones. Keitai shousetsu are novels composed for and on mobile phones, and they’re big in Japan right now. I mean, really big. Of the 10 best selling novels in Japan over the first half of 2007, 5 were originally composed on cellular phones and they [...]

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Norman Mailer, RIP

November 10, 2007

He passed away today at the age of 84. I’ve never read a single book of his, surprisingly. Anyone have any suggestions?

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not that there’s anything wrong with that

October 23, 2007

But turns out that Dumbledore played for the other team. He certainly isn’t the first all-powerful wizard to have ambiguous sexual identity. Voldemort doesn’t have much interest in Bellatrix, after all. Gandalf was overly obsessed with his pipe. Raistlin may have had a daughter, but he faked affection for his own twin, so who knows? [...]

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A ‘Rip’ in Time

October 1, 2007

A childhood favorite author, Madeleine L’engle, most known to the likes of us for her “Wrinkle in Time” series, died–or as she might put it, Xed–last month at the human age of 88. I only know this because I started re-reading the series last month–for the first time since Aziz reminded me of it almost [...]

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the Deathly Hallows

August 2, 2007

A friend of mine sent me her copy, I received yesterday afternoon and finished it this morning. I can finally surf the internet again without fear! some mega-spoileresque commentary below the fold.

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eye on the prize

July 27, 2007

I only have to stay spoiler-free until September, which is when this comes out: That’s the complete Harry Potter, books 1-7 in hardcover. It’s actually cheaper than buying the books individually on Amazon (which aside from WalMart has the best prices). This is going to be a collectible and hand me down for my daughters’ [...]

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Don’t ask, don’t tell

July 24, 2007

pretty solid article at TwitchGuru that sums up my feelings about Potter spoilerism. It’s odd. I’m more determined about staying spoiler-free for Potter than I have ever been for anything else, including Star Wars. incidentally, Mark at Kaedrin warns that his blog is not safe browsing for us HP7 virgins right now. Fair warning…

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Potter 7

July 22, 2007

I just realized that I better buy the frakkin book because there’s no way I’ll make it through this week without someone spoiling it for me. Fair warning: do NOT google search for Harry Potter! I’m still trying to scrub my eyeballs from what I’ve already learned.

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