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Reading not Writing 2009 #4
I'm still playing catch up here. I'm quite pleased with what I've read so far this year, as there have been some pretty heavy tomes in there - books that I thought would take forever to read, or would be a struggle at every page, and haven't turned out to be. Of course there have been others that have been a struggle, but I think there's only been ( Read more... ) -
Reading not writing 2009 #3
Still on the catch up from earlier this year. I didn't read all these books in a week!
21. Are we Rome? by Cullen Murphy. This was an interesting look at the similarities (and differences) between modern western culture and ancient Rome. The analysis on why Rome collapsed was particularly disturbing as the similarities with western Europe over the ( Read more... ) -
2008 Book Poll
Here are the books I have read this year. Which ones have you read?
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90 Years
Anthem for Doomed Youth ( Read more... ) -
Movie Review: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
As I believe I have mentioned to some tedium, I was lucky enough to attend the world première of this film in Dublin last week, and as I've never been to one before it was quite an experience. Everyone was in their best togs but it was a bit disconcerting to see people with buckets of popcorn - it didn't seem quite right somehow. But what a change ( Read more... ) -
Reading not Writing 2008 #4
Once again I've not been keeping up with this. Then again, I've not been reading as much this year, partly, I think, because some of what I have been reading has been generally longer, and less 'readable' as in less page turning. This has really slowed me down at times. For example I'm currently reading a book with 500 odd pages, and print so small ( Read more... ) -
Prince Caspian
So I went to see this with my sister yesterday. Our opinion ( Read more... ) -
Reading not writing 2008 #3
I'm starting to read a bit more quickly now. :) So here's the next batch. I'll give a link to a longer review where I've written one on Only 2 Rs ( Read more... ) -
Reading not writing 2008 #2
I realised to my horror that I had only written one of these posts so far this year. I have actually still been reading though, so I'll make this a double one ( Read more... ) -
Reading not writing 2008 #1
When I realised I was going to be off work for a while, I fully intended to make a huge dent into Mt TBR. Sadly, while recuperating from the lurgie I got side tracked onto some old computer games. However, I have still managed to read a number of books that had been languishing in the pile for far too long ( Read more... )