tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post114045093514498643..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Starlight's Pesky Book Memebibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140981812760929192006-02-27T03:23:00.000+08:002006-02-27T03:23:00.000+08:001. What is the total number of books you've owned?...1. What is the total number of books you've owned?<BR/><BR/>About a hundred. I'm more into quality than quantity actually (which is a good justification for being too broke to buy more.)<BR/><BR/>2. What is the last book you bought?<BR/><BR/>3. What is the last book you've read?<BR/><BR/>Terry Pratchett's "Monstrous Regiment".<BR/><BR/>4. What are you currently reading?<BR/><BR/>Ken Follett's "A Dangerous Fortune".<BR/><BR/>5. What are the 5 books that have meant a lot to you or that you particularly enjoyed?<BR/><BR/>"All I really needed to know I learned in Kindergarten" -- Robert Fulghum<BR/><BR/>"Tuesdays with Morrie" -- Mitch Albom<BR/><BR/>"Men at Arms" -- Terry Pratchett<BR/><BR/>"Master of the Game" -- Sidney Sheldon<BR/><BR/>"An Orderly House" -- Beverly Harrell<BR/><BR/>6. What book(s) would you wish to buy next?<BR/><BR/>Not a clue. Any recommendations ?<BR/><BR/>7. What book(s) that caught your attention but never has a chance to read?<BR/><BR/>Mostly due to advertising and hype -- most of Harry Potter, Neil Gaiman's stuff, this Italian teenager's dragon story (I've forgotten what it's called.) <BR/><BR/>8. What book(s) that you've owned for so long but never read it?<BR/><BR/>Too many. Yeah about Joyce. Only book I ever needed a dictionary to read. But memorable.<BR/><BR/>9. Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?<BR/><BR/>What stick ? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140850237730232232006-02-25T14:50:00.000+08:002006-02-25T14:50:00.000+08:00I can never understand the fuss about Haruki Murak...I can never understand the fuss about Haruki Murakami. Yes, Wind-up Bird happened to be the last book I read, currently reading the obscure Ship of Fools by Gregory Norminton, and I can't help but realized how out-of-control Haruki really is. Some can say that they are pulled in by the book's randomness, the surrealism, the symbolism, the writing technique, the sheer detachment and loneliness etc etc. Me? I pretty much screamed in frustration when one of those stories within a story that didn't have much to do with the main plot (and would last for CHAPTERS) was tossed at me. If the ending wasn't THAT decent (most loose ends were tied, joy.), I would've hated him even more.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps it had to do with the fact that I read Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto just before tackling his book. Anyway, I'll read Norwegian Wood sometime later.Edmund Yeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686957805877313432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140781108660855882006-02-24T19:38:00.000+08:002006-02-24T19:38:00.000+08:00Joyce is incredible :)Joyce is incredible :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140672234479203172006-02-23T13:23:00.000+08:002006-02-23T13:23:00.000+08:00i've only ever had one parcel with books in opened...i've only ever had one parcel with books in opened ... and i don't think customs would worry too much about a single copy which you weren't planning to sell ... at that price risk it!bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140670153324298612006-02-23T12:49:00.000+08:002006-02-23T12:49:00.000+08:00WOW thanks!!!but will it get past customs, cos of ...WOW thanks!!!<BR/><BR/>but will it get past customs, cos of the word SEX in the title?<BR/><BR/>it's not even porn.Allan Koay 郭少樺https://www.blogger.com/profile/06520221332029467739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140661340947531252006-02-23T10:22:00.000+08:002006-02-23T10:22:00.000+08:00visitor - i never made it v. far into the name of ...visitor - i never made it v. far into the name of the rose ... i really must try harder<BR/><BR/>sufian - i hate to borrow books too - can't enjoy them. (serious deep-level book addiction this). I did tell renee in mph's marketing department that she had to bring in keret!<BR/><BR/>greenbottle - yes i saw that book on the history of the penis(!) on the new york times website - sounded great fun<BR/> <BR/>visitor - here's <A HREF="http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&y=0&tn=%22the+prehistory+of+sex%22&x=0&sortby=2" REL="nofollow">a link</A> to your book at abebooks and you can pick up a copy for US$1 (plus postge). sorted!bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140656156109090972006-02-23T08:55:00.000+08:002006-02-23T08:55:00.000+08:00the book i want is The Prehistory Of Sex. i cant f...the book i want is The Prehistory Of Sex. i cant find it anywhere.<BR/><BR/>if anyone should locate it, pls do let me know.Allan Koay 郭少樺https://www.blogger.com/profile/06520221332029467739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140628776294327072006-02-23T01:19:00.000+08:002006-02-23T01:19:00.000+08:00I'd like to read Stuart- a life backward...another...I'd like to read Stuart- a life backward...<BR/><BR/>another book I wish i have is "the history of penis"...one reviewer mentioned that the book devides human history into 3 era... 1) spiritual penis...linga and all that 2) penis as power...black penis etc 3) and the current age?...yes ladies and gents it's the age of entertainment penis...how true!...would love to hear comments from count clitoris (amir)<BR/><BR/>and about dostoevski...my old hotmail address starts with raskolnikov...that says it all about my feeling towards this great writer...Greenbottlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316111272589161400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140618382546670822006-02-22T22:26:00.000+08:002006-02-22T22:26:00.000+08:00Sharon.I can't bring myself to read borrowed books...Sharon.<BR/><BR/>I can't bring myself to read borrowed books. Reading borrowed books is like cheating with someone's wife. Delightful romp, of course, until you realize the shotgun hole in your gut.<BR/><BR/>It will end in tears, is all i can say. <BR/><BR/>So. Buy. Yes. <BR/><BR/>Re: difficult books. But worth it.<BR/><BR/>Catcher in the Rye. Vomit blood beginning (like mainlining castor oil, someone said, to my absolute delight!). Limp end. <BR/><BR/>Oh. <BR/><BR/>Right. <BR/><BR/>Yeah it's crap from beginning to end. <BR/><BR/>Sorry.Sufianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05920865973263896241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140592068955665342006-02-22T15:07:00.000+08:002006-02-22T15:07:00.000+08:00The Name Of The Rose is definitely another one of ...The Name Of The Rose is definitely another one of those hard-at-first-but-worth-it-in-the-end books.Allan Koay 郭少樺https://www.blogger.com/profile/06520221332029467739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140571361699206522006-02-22T09:22:00.000+08:002006-02-22T09:22:00.000+08:00some books are horrible to get into but worth it i...some books are horrible to get into but worth it in the end ... can think of several other favourites I struggled with at first ... hmmm feel another blog post coming on ...bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140570975604959582006-02-22T09:16:00.000+08:002006-02-22T09:16:00.000+08:00i did NOT say Dostoyevsky puts me off. neither did...i did NOT say Dostoyevsky puts me off. neither did i say he wasn't a genius.<BR/><BR/>i just said that the book is very difficult to read, and i couldn't get past the first two pages.<BR/><BR/>itu saja.Allan Koay 郭少樺https://www.blogger.com/profile/06520221332029467739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140562917630774162006-02-22T07:01:00.000+08:002006-02-22T07:01:00.000+08:00dreamer idiot - the fun is that that you've got so...dreamer idiot - the fun is that that you've got so many great books ahead of you to enjoy. how do you get your reading material 'cos you're so far away from bookshop civilisation?<BR/><BR/>walker - yeah - i wondered about the 'un' ... and yes, love the way it's told toobibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140540402927370682006-02-22T00:46:00.000+08:002006-02-22T00:46:00.000+08:00Oh sure. Same here. :) And I meant 'conscious t...Oh sure. Same here. :) And I meant 'conscious thought' btw. I keep prefixing it with 'un' for some reason. Something to do with my con..er..unconscious thought patterns I think.<BR/><BR/>Er.... ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140539763305209542006-02-22T00:36:00.000+08:002006-02-22T00:36:00.000+08:00Wah, so many books I haven't read. I have only man...Wah, so many books I haven't read. I have only managed about a 100 literary fiction so far...long, long way to go. <BR/><BR/> Visitor, out of curiosity, why does Dostoevsky put you off? For my two sense opinion, I think he is quite a genius. The psychological depth of his characters (and the intensity of reading them) is so hauntingly powerful and dark. Dostoevsky looks at the deepest extremes of the human condition and struggles in seeking out some form of redemption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140536990279680342006-02-21T23:49:00.000+08:002006-02-21T23:49:00.000+08:00walker - i'm going to have to read the accidental ...walker - i'm going to have to read the accidental quickly so i can go back and look at waht you wrote about it - i don't even like to read reviews of a book before i read it - i don't read the blurb on the book cover!!bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140536823140004002006-02-21T23:47:00.000+08:002006-02-21T23:47:00.000+08:00sufian - 3k books!!! had to google up some of the...sufian - 3k books!!! <BR/><BR/>had to google up some of the names on your list (being but a poor pleb) - went to amazon to look at amy hempel - had to wish list it because i can't buy any more books for now (i was going to say curse you for making me desire yet another book, but can't bring myself to)<BR/><BR/>won't google the rest of the names for now until solvency sets in<BR/><BR/>i have fewer books than you so am more deserving of other folks book-giving charity than you are<BR/><BR/>you can borrow the keret if you like ...bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140533980204911072006-02-21T22:59:00.000+08:002006-02-21T22:59:00.000+08:001. What is the total number of books you've owned?...1. What is the total number of books you've owned?<BR/><BR/>3k. Sadly, I feel pride. And it made me look down on other people. Still does. Yes, you. Pleb!<BR/><BR/>2. What is the last book you bought?<BR/><BR/>Not actually bought, but was given by Natasya: Kafka on the Shore, Murakami. Though, yesterday I found a Henning Mankell yesterday that I really-really wanted to buy, so I'm imploring the reader of this blog to buy it for me. Think of it as giving money to me. And yeah, spreading joy and all that crap. <BR/><BR/>3. What is the last book you've read?<BR/><BR/>Amy Hempel, Reasons to Live. I'm reading it every two days, cause ohmygod the chick can write! So don't anyone dare like Amy Hempel. I will santau you. I am not kidding.<BR/><BR/>4. What are you currently reading?<BR/><BR/>Kafka on the Shore. His schtup is getting a bit to predictable. History of USA, 200 years and still not civilized. History of Lit in USA. At work i try to read Gulag.<BR/><BR/>5. What are the 5 books that have meant a lot to you or that you particularly enjoyed?<BR/><BR/>Amy Hempel - Reasons to live. <BR/>Orhan Pamuk - My Name is Red. <BR/>Borges - Collected Fictions. <BR/>(the next two changes every week)<BR/>Knut Hamsun - Hunger<BR/>Friedrich Durrenmatt - The Assignment<BR/><BR/>Lermontov made me sleep. Dostoevsky made me sleep. Anny Proulx makes me want to slash her wrist.Twice.No make it twenty four times. <BR/><BR/>6. What book(s) would you wish to buy next?<BR/><BR/>Auto-da-fe, Elias Canetti. Etgar Karet (sic?), curse you Sharon for showing Ruhayat the book! Now I must own it. I must! Homo Sacer, Giorgio Agamben.<BR/><BR/>7. What book(s) that caught your attention but never has a chance to read?<BR/><BR/>Anti-Oedipus. Deleuze and Guattari. Send money and I'll read the book. <BR/><BR/>8. What book(s) that you've owned for so long but never read it?<BR/><BR/>Rememberance of Times Past, Proust. Final Exam, Cortazar.Sufianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05920865973263896241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140530092547986602006-02-21T21:54:00.000+08:002006-02-21T21:54:00.000+08:00I love the way it's told -- through unconscious th...I love the way it's told -- through unconscious thought...sort of drawing attention to the madness in us all.<BR/><BR/>And erm...I bite my tongue. I've just deleted something I really shouldn't be discussing until you're over half-way through.<BR/><BR/>I'm not one of those people who posts spoilers. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140517028350636182006-02-21T18:17:00.000+08:002006-02-21T18:17:00.000+08:00walker - rave all you like about the accidental - ...walker - rave all you like about the accidental - i'm loving it - laugh out loud funny in parts - am about a third of the way through and intrigued <BR/><BR/>i think it's a book the visitor might like (ghost story) <BR/><BR/>jane sunshine - the shipping news is must read ... must blog another day (Bloomsday)about how to cheat at reading Ulysses ... i used to read in russian ... but 30+ years on it's slipped away ... shame because it is a very beautiful language<BR/><BR/>visitor - okay then i'm going to stop blogging tomorrow<BR/><BR/>aiyoh visitor - the debaste wasn't here so must have been with eyeris - just press on past the first page or two - it isn't actually a hard read - i recently read the brothers karamazov and didn't find that very easy though it was incredibly powerfulbibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140516555865948112006-02-21T18:09:00.000+08:002006-02-21T18:09:00.000+08:00i can't recall where we had a discussion abt Crime...i can't recall where we had a discussion abt Crime & Punishment. cant even remember if it was on this blog or on my own blog. or maybe it was on Eyeris's blog.<BR/><BR/>but i know a lot of ppl, me included, who couldn't get past page two of that book, or any book by Dostoyevsky!Allan Koay 郭少樺https://www.blogger.com/profile/06520221332029467739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140516449159870972006-02-21T18:07:00.000+08:002006-02-21T18:07:00.000+08:00ah, Animah, u should start a blog! then when no on...ah, Animah, u should start a blog! then when no one reads it, threaten to quit blogging. then when the readers come back, continue. then when they disappear, you make another threat. trust me, i've done it countless times! haha!Allan Koay 郭少樺https://www.blogger.com/profile/06520221332029467739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140515869755835952006-02-21T17:57:00.000+08:002006-02-21T17:57:00.000+08:00Aiyoh! That's the problem with you Sharon. Wheneve...Aiyoh! That's the problem with you Sharon. Whenever I come here, you will produce a few more titles which I MUST read now. I have to get The Shipping News. And if you finish Ulysses, that impossible book, let me know. I want to put you on a pedestal.<BR/><BR/>And you read in Russian?!Jane Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07100840036627261051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140515720294012222006-02-21T17:55:00.000+08:002006-02-21T17:55:00.000+08:00Oooh, The Accidental. I *loved* that book, but th...Oooh, The Accidental. I *loved* that book, but then I haven't shut up about it since so it's kind of obvious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1140515223007460192006-02-21T17:47:00.000+08:002006-02-21T17:47:00.000+08:00visitor - i was going to make exactly the same com...visitor - i was going to make exactly the same comment about animah!bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.com