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Dec. 31st, 2014 09:21 amI need a mental health day, but all the libraries are closed.
Dec. 31st, 2014
Books read, 2014
Dec. 31st, 2014 05:42 pmNon-Fiction
John Blofield. Bodhisattva of Compassion: the Mystical Tradition of Kuan Yin.
Michael Coogan. The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction.
Barbara Demick. Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea.
Luciano Florido. Information: a Very Short Introduction.
Swami Harshanansa. Devī and her Aspects.
Luke Timothy Johnson. The New Testament: a Very Short Introduction.
Peter Lowe. The Korean War.
Sally Morgan. My Place.
J.H. Patterson. The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo.
Salman Rushdie. The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey.
Eric Schlosser. Command and Control. Couldn't put it down.
Ronald Takaki. Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb.
Fiction
Alfred Bester. Extro.
Janet Frame. Owls Do Cry.
Nalo Hopkinson. The New Moon's Arms.
Andrey Kurkov. Death and the Penguin. Strangely difficult to put down.
John le Carré. The Looking-Glass War.
Mary McCarthy. Memories of a Catholic Girlhood.
Atiq Rahami. A Thousand Rooms of Dreams and Fear.
Steven Sherrill. The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break.
Bram Stoker. The Jewel of Seven Stars. I read an abridged version of this in primary school and was so bewildered by the conclusion that I thought "abridged" meant they had shortened the book by removing its ending. Now I see why my infant self was puzzled.
Koushun Takami. Battle Royale. (Trans. Yuji Oniki.) You must read this and then watch the movie, or vice versa.
Philippe Vasset. ScriptGenerator©®™.
Fay Weldon. Watching Me, Watching You. Breathtaking.
Manga
Hatori Bisco. Ouran High School Host Club vol 1.
Hino Matsuri. Vampire Knight vols 1-9.
Kishimoto Masashi. Naruto, vol 5.
Tite Kubo. Bleach volume 3.
Mayu Shinja. Ai Ore volume 8. Well that was confusing.
Yana Toboso. Black Butler, vol 1. Holy ^&*$^%$. vols 2-11
( Books borrowed and bought )
John Blofield. Bodhisattva of Compassion: the Mystical Tradition of Kuan Yin.
Michael Coogan. The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction.
Barbara Demick. Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea.
Luciano Florido. Information: a Very Short Introduction.
Swami Harshanansa. Devī and her Aspects.
Luke Timothy Johnson. The New Testament: a Very Short Introduction.
Peter Lowe. The Korean War.
Sally Morgan. My Place.
J.H. Patterson. The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo.
Salman Rushdie. The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey.
Eric Schlosser. Command and Control. Couldn't put it down.
Ronald Takaki. Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb.
Fiction
Alfred Bester. Extro.
Janet Frame. Owls Do Cry.
Nalo Hopkinson. The New Moon's Arms.
Andrey Kurkov. Death and the Penguin. Strangely difficult to put down.
John le Carré. The Looking-Glass War.
Mary McCarthy. Memories of a Catholic Girlhood.
Atiq Rahami. A Thousand Rooms of Dreams and Fear.
Steven Sherrill. The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break.
Bram Stoker. The Jewel of Seven Stars. I read an abridged version of this in primary school and was so bewildered by the conclusion that I thought "abridged" meant they had shortened the book by removing its ending. Now I see why my infant self was puzzled.
Koushun Takami. Battle Royale. (Trans. Yuji Oniki.) You must read this and then watch the movie, or vice versa.
Philippe Vasset. ScriptGenerator©®™.
Fay Weldon. Watching Me, Watching You. Breathtaking.
Manga
Hatori Bisco. Ouran High School Host Club vol 1.
Hino Matsuri. Vampire Knight vols 1-9.
Kishimoto Masashi. Naruto, vol 5.
Tite Kubo. Bleach volume 3.
Mayu Shinja. Ai Ore volume 8. Well that was confusing.
Yana Toboso. Black Butler, vol 1. Holy ^&*$^%$. vols 2-11
( Books borrowed and bought )
Completed Writing Projects, 2014
Dec. 31st, 2014 10:04 pmPlaying For Time, short story
Why Robbie Can't Dance, short story (published as Robbie Can't Dance in Cosmos magazine, 13 October 2014)
The Ambassador from Wolf-Rayet 134, short story
Why Robbie Can't Dance, short story (published as Robbie Can't Dance in Cosmos magazine, 13 October 2014)
The Ambassador from Wolf-Rayet 134, short story