Quarterly Rhapsody: Rating Books
We love reading books. Unfortunately, we don’t love all the books that we read. Every book is obviously different, catering to various people with various tastes.…
Read articleA Farewell To Arms – Ernest Hemingway
Who bought it: Me. What is it: A driver and a nurse falling in love in the midst of the war. Hmm. When: June 10, 2011…
Read articleLolita – Vladimir Nabokov
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It’s about this middle-aged, or even older, man lusting after a young teenager. When: June 10, 2011 Where: Power…
Read articleThe White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
Date Started: June 25, 2011. 6 PM. In front of a blaring TV. I seem to notice a trend among the Booker winners of the second…
Read articleThe Remains Of The Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
Who bought it: Me. What is it: Uhm, is this about a butler? When: June 10, 2011 Where: Book Sale – SM Mall of Asia Why:…
Read articleOne Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Who bought it: Me. What is it: I think it’s about camp life during World War II. When: June 10, 2011 Where: Book Sale – SM…
Read articleMartin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer – Steven Millhauser
Intro After writing about nonfiction for the last three weeks, this comes to me as a new break. Perhaps I tired myself reading those essays back…
Read articleRemembering Babylon – David Malouf
Remembering Babylon – David Malouf Who bought it: Me. What is it: I read the blurb, but I can’t recall it now. An obvious sign of…
Read articleBrideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
Who bought it: Me. What is it: I don’t know, haha. What’s new? Anyway, an online friend mentioned that there is a homosexual scene here. Boys…
Read articleRagtime – E. L. Doctorow
Date Started: May 20, 2011. 2 PM. On the train. I don’t know why I have been underestimating this work for so long. Now I am just…
Read articleThe Rainbow – D. H. Lawrence
Who bought it: Me. What is it: Oh, I don’t know. When: June 6, 2011 Where: Bookay-Ukay Why: It’s listed in one of the book lists…
Read articleWaiting For Godot – Samuel Beckett
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It’s a play. I have never read a single play yet. I think I should read one. When: June 6,…
Read articleHow to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays – Umberto Eco
Intro After I adored Sedaris and sort of got tired of him, I went over to Eco. He is also a humorous writer, but I think there is…
Read articleAndersonville – MacKinlay Kantor
Who bought it: Me. What is it: I think it’s a civil war novel? When: June 6, 2011 Where: Bookay-Ukay Why: This is also another victim…
Read articleHouse Made Of Dawn – N. Scott Momaday
Who bought it: Me. What is it: I have no idea. I have this weird feeling that the setting is in Alaska. Of course, that’s unreliable.…
Read articleOne Of Ours – Willa Cather
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It looks like a war novel. My copy has a watercolor painting of a soldier. Okay, I know it’s…
Read articleDeath Comes For The Archbishop – Willa Cather
Date Started: June 11, 2011. 2:15 AM. I am glad that I paused on A Passage To India and switch to this one instead. I think…
Read articleThe Virgin Suicides – Jeffrey Eugenides
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It’s about five sisters who commit mass suicide. Ooh. What drove them to do that? When: June 4, 2011…
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