tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post769946285364563953..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Bibliophibiansbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-55728170407960766062008-09-28T11:41:00.000+08:002008-09-28T11:41:00.000+08:00Books I am reading/starting/just finishing:-That O...Books I am reading/starting/just finishing:<BR/><BR/>-That Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx I think she is a powerful writer, like all her work but prefer her (& most author's) novels to the short stories.<BR/><BR/>-Can't wait to read Marilynn Robinson's new book Home- she is a literary Goddess.<BR/><BR/>-Just read "Foreign Affairs" by Allison Lurie. insightful and humorous, about a plain woman of a certain age and her affairs<BR/><BR/>NONFICTION<BR/><BR/>The Blank Slate STephen Pinker just starting, know it will be very interesting but keep getting into the novels first<BR/><BR/>No Mind Left Behind Adam Cox a book about executive functions (child development)very readable, informative and true, realistic & compassionate toward children<BR/><BR/>Whoopis Big Book of Manners (a book FOR children), previewing before bringing to school-very cute and useful I think.<BR/><BR/>Perfect Madness by Judith Warner- haven't begun reading this but looks quite interesting.<BR/><BR/>Freakonomics I am the last person on the planet who hasn't read this yet, looking forward to it but after Black Swan and Blink wanted to pause and let things digest!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-25524618430587193222008-09-26T11:12:00.000+08:002008-09-26T11:12:00.000+08:00yup - new Murakami book in Kino for 20% offyup - new Murakami book in Kino for 20% offBuddhaphishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08719590425236125352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-32100495145228601962008-09-25T09:01:00.000+08:002008-09-25T09:01:00.000+08:00Right now? The Man with the Golden Torc by Simon R...Right now? The Man with the Golden Torc by Simon R Green.savantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298564303784032379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-48451524542964426712008-09-24T23:16:00.000+08:002008-09-24T23:16:00.000+08:00I'm not reading any books at the moment, because I...I'm not reading any books at the moment, because I can't find the money to buy them! Though top on my book wish list are 'Aya', a graphic novel by Marguerite Abouet; sort of like a sentimental version of 'Persepolis' but set in Ivory Coast. The other is 'From reverence to rape: treatment of women in the movies' by Molly Haskell to feed my film theory curiosity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-44313329641385614482008-09-24T22:06:00.000+08:002008-09-24T22:06:00.000+08:00I'll make a beeline for Kinokuniya the minute I'm ...I'll make a beeline for Kinokuniya the minute I'm back in town...<BR/><BR/>To Anonymous<BR/><BR/>Risotto is when rice is cooked into a dish, so no, "Madre del Riso" is what it has to be:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04283371140346602856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-13167352090658839192008-09-24T21:55:00.000+08:002008-09-24T21:55:00.000+08:00Not Madre del Risotto? :-)))Not Madre del Risotto? :-)))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-22856448463858970652008-09-24T18:33:00.000+08:002008-09-24T18:33:00.000+08:00kinokuniya should have it.kinokuniya should have it.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-33225834284230489432008-09-24T18:20:00.000+08:002008-09-24T18:20:00.000+08:00My friend is in Dallas and will be back next week....My friend is in Dallas and will be back next week...I've asked her to get to the new Murakami book in desperation:).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04283371140346602856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-79380832128156893362008-09-24T09:24:00.000+08:002008-09-24T09:24:00.000+08:00i want murakami's new book too!i want murakami's new book too!bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-55982265337851218722008-09-24T09:21:00.000+08:002008-09-24T09:21:00.000+08:00To anonymous:The Italian is "Madre del Riso". Only...To anonymous:<BR/><BR/>The Italian is "Madre del Riso". Only confusion is that in Italian "riso" also means "laughter"!<BR/><BR/>I will definitely pass on your recommendation to my teacher. <BR/>To those who are reading Murakami's new book, where is it available?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04283371140346602856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-68932550503790841912008-09-24T08:21:00.000+08:002008-09-24T08:21:00.000+08:00marineko - i read "idoru" and really loved it! kee...marineko - i read "idoru" and really loved it! keeps replaying in my headbibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-48113869084282029022008-09-24T00:02:00.000+08:002008-09-24T00:02:00.000+08:00which William Gibson did you read? i've only read ...which William Gibson did you read? i've only read Idoru, which I found so-so, but my customers keep telling me to read Pattern Recognition...<BR/><BR/>right now I just finished Peter Cameron's "Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You" and Paul Magrs "Exchange." The first, I'd recommend to anyone who enjoyed Catcher in the Rye. The latter is an interesting book for anyone who loves books :)marinekohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07328955003731346827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-87683154256210508452008-09-23T17:25:00.000+08:002008-09-23T17:25:00.000+08:00sighh.. I am struggling to finish even one book th...sighh.. I am struggling to finish even one book this fasting month. Just can't seem to concentrate. Keep losing the plot and had to backtrack time and again. My usual quota is a book a week (I hv THAT much free time.. heheheh). Now half-way through "A Child's Book of True Crime" by a young Aussie writer named Chloe Hooper.Kama At-Tarawishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11203707782759183847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-76409803594197885642008-09-23T11:34:00.000+08:002008-09-23T11:34:00.000+08:00Oh yes, savage! I was sad because I was hungry.Oh yes, savage! I was sad because I was hungry.Amir Muhammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-70890786215122070042008-09-23T09:23:00.000+08:002008-09-23T09:23:00.000+08:00jawikistani - i have a few but very tatty old copi...jawikistani - i have a few but very tatty old copies and you can borrow. otherwise try skoob Old Town, P.J. (Lot 122 & 123 Menara Mutiara Majestic, Jalan Othman) <BR/><BR/>and yes, someone else told me that Cryptonomican is betterbibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-33517669727224447372008-09-23T08:24:00.000+08:002008-09-23T08:24:00.000+08:00is it just me....i cant finid any graham greene bo...is it just me....i cant finid any graham greene books? any ideas where to find em...and if you know second hand ones that would be even better. <BR/><BR/>i'm on a tight budget.ビビhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211177362691514994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-15936194472209091852008-09-23T08:23:00.000+08:002008-09-23T08:23:00.000+08:00Hari Kunzru's Transmission and The Ordinary Seaman...Hari Kunzru's Transmission and The Ordinary Seaman (cant remember the author's name). <BR/><BR/>Since you're reading Snow Crash and have expressed a certain amount of interest in Stephenson I suggest you move on to one of his greatest works - Cryptonomicon. Snow Crash is okay but Crypt is better.ビビhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211177362691514994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-56859552535768512382008-09-23T00:37:00.000+08:002008-09-23T00:37:00.000+08:00Life at 50 - for womenThe Secrets of TofuNew IKEA ...Life at 50 - for women<BR/>The Secrets of Tofu<BR/>New IKEA catalogChethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743260318771644192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-58983635915200695042008-09-22T23:56:00.000+08:002008-09-22T23:56:00.000+08:00Sure you're not buying books because there's a tax...Sure you're not buying books because there's a tax exemption ? :) also nothing says "nobility" like wall-to-wall bookshelves (and a crest!) :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-63587152860409967652008-09-22T23:10:00.000+08:002008-09-22T23:10:00.000+08:00Ooo, now I want to read the new Gaiman and Murakam...Ooo, now I want to read the new Gaiman and Murakami. <BR/><BR/>Am reading The Drowned Book, Bahauddin the father of Rumi. Really Cool book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-72146422376596544732008-09-22T22:17:00.000+08:002008-09-22T22:17:00.000+08:00Damyanti, tell your Italian language teacher that ...Damyanti, tell your Italian language teacher that The Gift of Rain is also in Italian. :La Donna Venuta Dalla Pioggia"...<BR/><BR/>What's The Rice Mother called in Italian?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-6319374198997492642008-09-22T19:49:00.000+08:002008-09-22T19:49:00.000+08:00Amir,Savage Detectives lah...I've just finished Mu...Amir,<BR/><BR/>Savage Detectives lah...<BR/><BR/>I've just finished Murakami's What I think about When I Think About Running.Sufianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05920865973263896241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-47125939354468729492008-09-22T18:58:00.000+08:002008-09-22T18:58:00.000+08:00I'm struggling through "The Rice Mother" in Italia...I'm struggling through "The Rice Mother" in Italian, cos my Italian teacher loves it and thinks it is a simple book(!), hope to finish it by next year :)<BR/><BR/>In the meanwhile, read "The Pleasing Hour" by Lily King over the weekend, and found it light but well-written. Am now starting on Saul Bellow's "Seize the Day", and finding it just a tad depressing. Simultaneously trying to finish "Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What it Says About Us)" by Tom Vanderbilt.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04283371140346602856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-31853100921797946402008-09-22T15:05:00.000+08:002008-09-22T15:05:00.000+08:00Just bought Roberto Bolaño's The Sad Detectives as...Just bought Roberto Bolaño's The Sad Detectives as it was highly recommended by a sexy Mexican friend, who said it's the best Spanish-language novel of the past 2 decades. But the book is too big, so I am reading a PG Wodehouse I got second-hand yesterday instead.Amir Muhammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-73853285575712556612008-09-22T10:49:00.000+08:002008-09-22T10:49:00.000+08:00I have multiple backpacks and always forget to sta...I have multiple backpacks and always forget to stash the current book in the right one so I'm always reading a couple simultaneously:<BR/><BR/>Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs (she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse) - Paul Carter<BR/><BR/>Grand Canyon: Solving Earth's Grandest Puzzle - J.L. Powell<BR/><BR/>Polgara the Sorceress - David and Leigh EddingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com