Posted on 11 August 2006 @ 07:17 in Reading
When I moved to my own place early this year, I packed away all my books, and had one box labelled with the name of a book cafe in the new neighbourhood. The plan was to give that box of books to the cafe because the place offers a couple of shelves of books for patrons to read while waiting for their food or even while just hanging out there (that’s why it’s called a book cafe).
Well, that box of books is still with me, and I’m rethinking the earlier plan. What I’d like to do instead is to give away the books for a small donation to my favourite charity. I’ll need to think about this more. Stay tuned for more details.
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Posted on 28 December 2005 @ 09:17 in Reading
I found an electronic version and started to read it late last night. Couldn’t put it down and finished it in one sitting. I had no idea what the story was about, except that it is by Annie Proulx, was made into a movie by Ang Lee, won some award and is about gay cowboys. So I was TOTALLY unprepared for the latter part of the story leading up to the end. Enough to say that it made me cry.
This morning, I googled for “Brokeback Mountain” and found the official web site. Went a step further, googled for Annie Proulx and found that she has an official web site, too. So I checked it out, and found it includes a discussion forum, which is currently more about “Brokeback Mountain” than any of her other books.
Check it out:
“Brokeback Mountain” - official site
Annie Proulx - official site
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Posted on 16 January 2005 @ 02:04 in Reading
Just finished Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake.
Next - Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Fifth Book of Peace.
I’m still reading Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. Yup, I’ve been reading two books at the same time, one during the day and one at night. Don’t ask why - you don’t want to know.
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Posted on 13 January 2005 @ 17:12 in Reading
Yann Martel’s Life of Pi is definitely not a book to read over breakfast, or any meal, for that matter. Unless you have a very strong stomach.
This is not to say it’s a bad book. In fact, it’s so good, that’s why not recommended reading material during a meal.
Well, not the whole book is like that. Just the part I’m reading right now.
‘Nuff said.
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Posted on 3 January 2005 @ 14:16 in Humour, Reading
Excerpt from the book I’m currently reading:
| “I know a woman here in Toronto, who is very dear to my heart. She was my foster mother. I call her Auntieji and she likes that. She is Québécoise. Though she has lived in Toronto for over thirty years, her French-speaking mind still slips on occasion on the understanding of English. And so, when she first heard of Hare Krishnas, she didn’t hear right. She heard “Hairless Christians”, and this is what they were to her for many years. When I corrected her, I told her that in fact she was not so wrong; that Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat-wearing Muslims.”
Life of Pi
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