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Another book haul

Posted 27th April 2007 at 02:15 PM by direstraits (incessant ramblings)

Well, here's another update of my most recent book haul.

Last weekend, I bought the following:



The Thousandfold Thought, R Scott Bakker
The Gormenghast Novels, Mervyn Peake
The Little Endless Storybook, Jill Thompson

Then of course yesterday there was the Times Bookstore Warehouse Sale, and that triggered another round of indiscriminate and irresponsible...
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My recent book haul

Posted 7th April 2007 at 06:50 PM by direstraits (incessant ramblings)

Here is my recent book haul - the most recent are the first two which just came back with me:



Ring, Koji Suzuki
Shriek: An Afterword, Jeff Vandermeer
Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon
Banewreaker, Jacqueline Carey
Godslayer, Jacqueline Carey
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Jon Stewart's America (The Book) is @#$% hila

Posted 31st March 2007 at 05:51 AM by direstraits (incessant ramblings)

Wow. It was a couple of years ago that I've started to be interested in politics, but I've finally gotten my hands on America (The Book), A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction. No just the original, but I got the Teacher's Edition, which contains 'corrections' from a professor in the form of handwritten notes on the margins of the text. The notes point out inaccuracies in the original text, sometimes with insight and sometimes with the professor's informed opinion, almost all with hilarious...
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Recently Read

Posted 28th March 2007 at 05:15 PM by direstraits (incessant ramblings)

I can't remember what I've recently read! :(

I'll try and remember for this year. Haven't had a lot, honestly - but I'll try and do better. After I complete my personal project, which is really where I'm putting some effort into nowadays, when I have time to spare for *@$*&$ work.

Ysabel, Guy Gavriel Kay
The Last Light of the Sun, Guy Gavriel Kay
Jinx, Brian Michael Bendis
Microserfs, Douglas Coupland
Lots of Fables, Bill Willingham...
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Wow... This is cool!

Posted 26th March 2007 at 10:34 PM by direstraits (incessant ramblings)

Hey, I think I really like this feature!

I'm going to post my recently purchased and recently read up here. Sorta like an extension from my actual blog, but with less irritating ramblings!

So let's some things out of the way.

I wish I had more time in a day to do the stuff I want to do, because my work is consuming me whole. It's 4:33am now and I'm working tomorrow!

Geez.

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