Category Archives: Books

Everything’s Eventual

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Last week, I started Stephen King’s recent short story collection, Everything’s Eventual.

As I read the first story, Autopsy Room Four, I felt a connection to the story. It was not long [...]

It takes two to tango

I am a staunch believer in the Reader-Response theory which calls upon readers to participate more actively in the interpretive and creative process of a novel. As Umberto Eco describes in his The Role of the Reader, “novels are machines for making possible worlds.”. And these worlds are not meant to be universal, but unique [...]

Weekend Readings - Issue 1

Over the past weekend, I managed to complete four books. A good start, I say.

Mars by Ben Bova I rate it as ★★★

I liked this one for its portrayal of the first human expedition of Mars. [...]

some books I liked this year

Continuing on the theme of my earlier post, here are some books I felt are the ten I enjoyed the most.

Getting Things Done by David Allen
I have been a great fan of GTD ever since I heard about it. All I can say is it works!

The Dark Tower by Stephen King
The final book of King's [...]

in books

As like every other year, I've had the chance to read a lot of books this year also. And I made a mosaic of a picture of mine with the covers of the books I read in 2007.

Purely an exercise to alleviate an post-prandial siesta, the photo mosaic was made possible by LibraryThing's 'All Your [...]