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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. — Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey)

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I wish I never liked reading books…

I wish I never liked reading books…

Right now, I feel like if I had a magic lamp, I’ll make just one wish. I wish I could forget all of these reading stuff and be just like everyone else.

Posted in Editorials | Tagged A Sense of the World, books, Harry Potter, lists, personal, reading, The Little Prince, Twilight | 24 Responses

11 Reasons Why I Don’t Like the Amazon Kindle

11 Reasons Why I Don’t Like the Amazon Kindle

The smell of old and new books beats the plasticky smell of a Kindle any day. Admit it. You like sniffing your books too. With ebooks, there’s no real pages to leaf through so I won’t get that thrill of reaching the final pages of an exciting novel. Seeing page numbers just don’t cut it [...]

Posted in Editorials | Tagged books, ebooks, Kindle, lists, reading, technology | 14 Responses

New blog pages: My book lists

New blog pages: My book lists

I’ve been making small updates to this blog for the past few days. For example, the Recent Comments area at the bottom has been enhanced so it groups comments by article. That one’s easy to spot but I’m not sure if visitors also noticed the new pages under Browse (previously called Sections) so let me [...]

Posted in Website Updates | Tagged books, lists | Leave a response

Is there such a thing as reading too much?

Is there such a thing as reading too much?

Lately, I’ve been feeling like I’m reading more than I need to. But in a society where fewer and fewer people read books, is this question even relevant? Well actually I’m not just referring to books but rather about reading in general. I consider myself a geek for liking way too many things and subjects [...]

Posted in Editorials | Tagged lists, personal, reading | 11 Responses

I don’t get Newsweek’s Top 100 Books…

I don’t get Newsweek’s Top 100 Books…

Newsweek.com has recently posted an article showcasing what is purportedly a list of the 100 best books ever written. Fiction and non-fiction books were combined. Most of them are classics so I only knew about half of the books mentioned. I know what the classics are though I haven’t read much of them but that’s [...]

Posted in Editorials | Tagged 100 best books, bartimaeus trilogy, c s lewis narnia, C. S. Lewis, catch 22 by joseph heller, charlotte's web, divine comedy by dante alighieri, j d salinger, lists, lord of the flies by william golding, paradise lost by john milton, philip pullman, pride and prejudice, young adult books | Leave a response

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