May
30
Literary Festivals
May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Literary festivals are like any other festivals really. It’s a group of people who get together to celebrate similar interests. Instead of food or dance or heritage, it’s books. There can be anywhere from a couple hundred people to thousands
May
24
The Bell Book Review
May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Iris Murdoch’s The Bell is her fourth of twenty-six published novels. It was released in 1958 but takes place in England in the late forties. This is my second Murdoch novel and I found it flows and is much more vivid in detail than her…
This review of Iris Murdoch’s book was first posted on 5/24/2008 [...]
May
12
Masterpiece Theatre’s Northanger Abbey
May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Catherine Morland (Felicity Jones) was a plain child from a family of ten children. She preferred to participate in activities like cricket and baseball rather than socialize. If she wasn´t being active then she was poring over romantic novels.
May
8
Ebay Book Browsing
May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
One of my favourite places to look for used and new books is ebay. I often go there for out of print books or to help my friend Lana fill her latest book craving (right now she´s addicted to Lora Leigh) at bargain basement prices.
May
6
Amazon Kindle
May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment
What on earth is a Kindle you ask? It is the wireless reading device Amazon unveiled last year to encourage more electronic book (ebook) reading. When I first received my notice about it my interest was peaked since I read my ebooks from my laptop.


