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Dead, dead, dead: Charlaine Harris and the Southern Vampire Mysteries

Kat — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:25:02 +0000

There’s been a lot of talk recently about Charlaine Harris’ novels, ever since Alan Ball (creator of Six Feet Under) turned her books into a TV series. TrueBlood has been described as ‘trailer trash vampires’, so I decided to take a look at what the fuss was all about. And I can tell you, Read more

A tale of two many cities: The City and The City

Kat — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:16:47 +0000

The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the most valuable investment a writer can make with his time. It pays off slowly, your agent will sneer at it, your publisher will misunderstand it, and it will take people you have never heard of to convince them by slow degrees that the Read more

Postmodern excavations: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Justin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:47:29 +0000

I didn’t read this book. I listened to it. All 29+ hours of Haruki Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle! It took me nearly four and a half months to get through it all, partly due to an ipod malfunction and partly due to the book’s occasional inability to hold onto the reader/listener. Read more