Category Archives: literature

What the Dog Saw

Posted on October 30, 2009 by

Borders was having 30% off. I like this book. It says that people who do well in school don’t necessarily do well outside of school. I’m not an ‘A’ student.

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no one may build their happiness on another’s pain

Posted on October 30, 2009 by

Recently I fired up my DailyLit account again and subscribed to Many Thoughts of Many Minds and, after consulting Oprah’s Book Club’s past selections, Anna Karenina. Everyday, a chapter of each pops up in my inbox. I was quite moved … Continue reading →

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stream of consciousness / gleaning of knowledge

Posted on October 11, 2009 by

google: 500 Days of Summer > zooey deschanel > franny & zooey > JD Salinger > Glass Family > Zachary Martin “Zooey” Glass – He is characteristically misanthropic which he attributes to Seymour and Buddy’s imposition of their college-age infatuation … Continue reading →

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Coincidence? w.r.t. Hermann Hesse.

Posted on April 6, 2009 by

I very recently read Hermann Hesse’s Siddhharta and was completely struck. Of course, I now feel the urge to read more of Hesse’s work, but hadn’t really thought about which one to read next, though I really felt Siddharta still … Continue reading →

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Have a good weekend!

Posted on April 4, 2009 by

How difficult is it to paint a SHOE, OMG. Help. * * I came across this quote on Design Crush and found it to be quite touching. I was wanting to paint an elephant, only, which I had envisioned to … Continue reading →

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To-read list

Posted on March 2, 2009 by

(1) Fear of Flying – Erica Jong (2) Long Walk to Freedom – Nelson Mandela (3) Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky (4) 1984 – George Orwell

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I don’t seem to be sufficiently well-read in terms of BBC’s Top 100 Books list

Posted on March 2, 2009 by

1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series – JK Rowling 5 To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee 6 The Bible … Continue reading →

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I Feel Bad About My Neck

Posted on January 15, 2009 by

I’ve never been one to give much thought to aging or anti-aging skin care. For a long while, eye-cream was the only anti-aging step in my skin care ‘routine’. I started with this only a few years back after a … Continue reading →

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Veronika Decides to Die

Posted on December 21, 2008 by

I’m a big fan of Paulo Coelho’s work and am very excited about the Veronika Decides to Die movie depite being dubious about it being varnished with hollywood and starring Serah Michelle Gellar. It’s time to fish the book from … Continue reading →

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When I am an old woman I shall wear purple with a red hat which doesn’t go

Posted on November 27, 2008 by

When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves and satin sandles, And say we’ve no money … Continue reading →

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