Book Club of Two Members
Jenny from Currently Jenny just wrote a review of the science fiction novel I loaned her two weeks ago. Both of us have read the…
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Date a girl who writes
via ADORABILITY. Date a girl who writes. Date a girl who may never wear completely clean clothes, because of coffee stains and ink spills. She’ll have…
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Understanding Murakami’s 1Q84
The following excerpts below are from two articles that I found extremely useful in understanding Murakami’s 1Q84 and his style of writing. “Early in Haruki…
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By Being A Hermit Crab
I think I’ve finally reached the secret to a simple, stress-free life: by being antisocial. While it’s also an important fact that we should cultivate…
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A Very, Very Humble Opinion of 1Q84
Reading Haruki Murakmai’s 1Q84 is a release from self egotism. Allow me to explain. The world of 1Q84 is like a dark, dark fairytale. Not…
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My Life 2012 in Photography Part 2
(see Part 1 here) July Shopping for steampunk, Visited a “Miniature China” ceramics exhibition at Aberdeen Centre White Rock photowalks Celebrating Faruk’s housewarming party and…
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Cloud Atlas (novel) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cloud Atlas consists of six nested stories that take the reader from the remote South Pacific in the nineteenth century to a distant, post-apocalyptic future. Each tale is…
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20th Anniversary Sailor Moon Art Book
I am actually pretty excited about this. The resurgence of the Pretty Sailor-Suited Soldier Sailor Moon has been appearing in bookstores and Amazon marketplace over the…
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The World of Oz
I haven’t read the Wizard of Oz series for over a year now, but when I saw this book filled with illustrations and film stills…
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This Means This, This Means That: A User’s Guide to Semiotics
Noticed this text on Semiotics and Design reading at Front and Company today! I have to admit, the word semiotics and the relationship to linguistics…
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Frank Baum’s Wizard Special
The Frank Baum’s Wizard of Oz series has always been one of my favorite collections of children’s literature, not only for the narratives that satirize…
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The Ghost in the Shell, noted
What makes a human being “human”? Does intelligence of an organic nature have greater value than that of synthetic origin? Is a machine capable of…
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