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It is more usual on the last day of the year to look backwards, and contemplate the year past. I am not going to do that. I want to look forward.To all the good things ahead. January: Another chance to … Continue reading
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I almost didn’t go and see this film. I liked the book so much, and the film seem to garner a lot of poor reviews – but today we went anyway. And I enjoyed it, mostly. Mind you, I could … Continue reading
Compare and contrast, and guess which is the tourist accommodation.Click to enlarge. Photos from eastern Sabah and the Sulu Sea. … Continue reading
Over the years, there has been repeated soul searching about the reading habits of Malaysians, and how to get them to read more. Occasionally some public figure – businessman or politician – will be interviewed and he (usually it is … Continue reading
I have a marked reluctance to read the second book of a trilogy if I haven’t read the first. It’s usually tough going, and sometimes just about impossible to make sense of what is going on. Back in 2004, books … Continue reading
My Christmas was great. My family might not have been around, except for my husband, but friends were and we had two very pleasant days of eating and drinking far too much and talking a lot.You can’t beat good company … Continue reading
The other day someone told me he thought it might be better if I turned my talents to writing mainstream fiction because he didn’t think I did much of job giving fantasy readers what they wanted. Ouch.I sincerely hope that … Continue reading
This from nytimes.com via Making Light. Love it. (For those who don’t follow US politics, Mr Huckabee is a Republican presidential hopeful.) “Who is your favorite author?” Aleya Deatsch, 7, of West Des Moines asked Mr. Huckabee in one of … Continue reading
Yesterday was the festival of Eid Al-Adha. For my husband’s family, this year was more special than usual, as one of his sisters was off performing the Hajj. Next week is Christmas – yet another Xmas which I don’t spend … Continue reading
Over at Deep Genre, there was a discussion that started off talking about the film, The Golden Compass, but ended up much more interesting to my mind. An author made this remark: “The book was morally manipulative to the 9th … Continue reading