Still reading this book.

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So, it's my first day at work after Chinese New Year and I made a BIG fall at the pantry after lunch. I think it is the combination of the slippery floor and slipperly soles of my wedges and I did a major (make it MEGA - like those you see in cartoons!) wobble before falling flat on my side. My left hip and right knee hurt like f*ck now. What a ( Read more... )

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I'm about 10 books away to fulfil my 52-book challange and am already at my 18th (or 19th?) country for the readtheworld  challenge. I'm not stopping, I'll continue reading till the end of the year/ challenge and see how much further I can go. So now, I am thinking what kind of book challenge should I take up next? I realised, I'm not a bookclub kind of person ( Read more... )

Been looking for an ereader since the father's Pocket PC is on the verge of dying. Had considered the more popular Kindle, Nook, Sony, Kobo etc. but majority (or in fact, all) in the market are using E-Ink technology. E-Ink simulates the appearance of ink or print on paper, which a lot of ereader users like and it is more comfortable on the eyes. ( Read more... )

Zakhor. Al Tichkah.
Remember. Never forget.

Beth: Life's so short.
Dr Nagaraj: No, no. Life continues. It flows. There is no end.

The remorseless symmetry of his life had become apparent to him since his arrival in India, his life of repetition, and anything that appeared new was what Dr Nagaraj had told him was maya, illusion. Without putting the disturbing thought into words, keeping it an ( Read more... )

Elizabeth: I will never again allow love to blind me to all good sense and reason. I must have been mad ( Read more... )

Kleist: I am the intuitive one. I guess you'd say the one who jumps to conclusions and is a mortal annoyance to Schluessler and his rationalists because with no apparent reasoning I am more often right than not ( Read more... )

No one in their right mind would take up work in a bookshop for the wages, and no one in their right mind would want to own one - the margin of profit is too small.

It's death that goes on; Ian is dead now and will be dead tomorrow and next year and for ever. There's no end to that. But perhaps there will be an end to the sorrow of it.

Have you ever ( Read more... )