Quarterly Rhapsody: Blogging About Books
Why do I blog about books? The foremost reason is I love books more than anything else. I was not a big reader until I reached…
Read articleWar And Peace Diaries, VI
Day 21: 1075 – 1129 After the death of Prince Andrei, Princess Marya and Natasha develop a meaningful friendship. The animosity that they harbored against each other…
Read articleWar And Peace Diaries, V
Day 17: 878 – 935 It’s high time that I finally finish these diaries. It’s been too long. I have finished the book almost a month…
Read articleCandide – Voltaire
Intro I was never really interested in this book. I know it’s a popular satire, but the only reason that I got my hands on this…
Read articleBee Season – Myla Goldberg
Who bought it: A cousin, but it was given by a different cousin because the owner cousin forgot that the book is in the care of…
Read articleBalthazar – Lawrence Durrell
Who bought it: Me. What is it: Again, I have no idea. But I do know that it is set in Alexandria, Egypt. When: March 19,…
Read articleSaint Joan – George Bernard Shaw
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It is a play about Joan of Arc. Okay, that’s stupid. I don’t know what it’s about. When: March…
Read articleCall It Sleep – Henry Roth
Who bought it: Me. What is it: No idea. When: March 19, 2011 Where: Book Sale – SM Mall of Asia Why: I am quite sure that…
Read articleIndependent People – Halldór Laxness
Date Started: March 15, 2011. 3:30 AM. Just read the introduction and the first chapter of the first part of the first book. Having a hard…
Read articleOffshore – Penelope Fitzgerald
Date Started: March 12, 2011. 10 PM. I had another book in mind, but when I saw how economical this novel is, I decided to read…
Read articleThe Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Date Started: March 10, 2011. 4:27 PM. On a bus bound for MIA. I remember the place and time because upon starting this book, I checked…
Read articleBee Season – Myla Goldberg
Intro I’m a little reluctant to include this in The Rhapsodies. Yes, I discriminate the books that make it here. This is my blog anyway. And…
Read articleWar And Peace Diaries, IV
Day 13: 644 – 682 This is the second half of Volume Three, Part One. We see here Nikolai in the battlefield. He is already an…
Read articleBrave New World – Aldous Huxley
Who bought it: Me. What is it: A dystopian novel. This work is always brought up every time 1984 is mentioned. When: March 4, 2011 Where:…
Read articleHunger – Knut Hamsun
Date Started: March 8, 2011. 3 AM. If I didn’t start reading this at such a deathly hour, I might have finished it one sitting. Or…
Read articleA Thousand Acres – Jane Smiley
Intro When I was still the editor-in-chief of our college publication, I hauled all the books that I own to our office. I had a little…
Read articleCloud Atlas – David Mitchell
From the Publisher From David Mitchell, the Booker Prize nominee, award-winning writer and one of the featured authors in Granta’s “Best of Young British Novelists 2003”…
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