January 19, 2008 – 11:28 am
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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 [...]
January 10, 2008 – 9:59 am
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 [...]
January 7, 2008 – 1:21 pm
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. [...]
December 31, 2007 – 3:23 pm
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 [...]
December 22, 2007 – 10:14 pm
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 [...]