The Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen authors (poets included) who have influenced you and will always stick with you. List the first 15 you can recall in no more than 15 minutes, and they don't have to be listed in order of relevance to you ( Read more... )

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/119673661

In protest at Amazon's new "adult" policy

Books that has been removed include Jim Grimsley's beautiful "Dream Boy" and many others.

Books I've read ( Read more... )

I found collections of Darwin Awards by Wendy Northcott at the library and some stories are really funny while some are quite horrible. I enjoyed reading the funny ones. Here's an example story:

Wife Tossing in Buenos Aires ( Read more... )

The Secret Supper by Javier Sierra ( Read more... )

I borrowed three books today:

- The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
- Roses Are Red by James Patterson
- The Amber Room by Catherine Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy

No idea if I like the first one, but the plot sounds pretty interesting ( Read more... )

Moomin Audiobook-narrator Hugh Laurie!

I've been reading a book: The Shakespeare Secret by J.L. Carrell. It's a mystery, which is kind of like The Da Vinci Code, but kind of not.

"Who exactly was William Shakespeare? And what became of his lost plays? This new novel blends fact and fiction in pursuit of the Bard ( Read more... )

I went birthday gift hunting today after work. I was just looking for things for a birthday gift. I did found something and I also thought of some great things for the gift.

I also bought some postcards, two books for friends and Gavin DeGraw's new CD for myself.

I've been reading Jim Grimsley's Dream Boy (spoilers on the link) and I like it. It' ( Read more... )

I found this interesting article, it's called Finding an audience elsewhere - International breakthroughs in Finnish film and literature.

Check it out HERE!