My plans for graduate studies have been pushed-back for another year, but I’ve decided to not waste any time either. In the coming year, I want to learn about as many new things as I can. I just ordered a few books from Flipkart.com—which is, by the way, fast becoming my favourite Indian book store—and [...]
I haven’t updated my blog in ages. I don’t know why, for the last few months, I just couldn’t write. I write in order to help myself think. Putting concrete words to my thoughts is the best way (that I know of) of clearing my head, and enforcing some sort of order to the chaos [...]
Do read China Meiville’s Five Reasons Tolkien Rocks—very interesting.
Yes, I’m still here. Just thought I’d drop by and let you know what I’ve been up to recently. Or more precisely, what I’ve been reading lately. Work has been hectic, but I’m nowhere near busy enough to stop reading. I’ve read quite a few great books recently. John Scalzi’s The Ghost Brigades and The [...]
Along with my monthly stock of new books, I ordered two copies of Heroes Die today. I already have a copy, but I figure I’ll keep one as a spare, and one to maybe gift to some nascent bibliophile. Blade of Tyshalle is already sold out (and secondhand copies are selling for upwards of 40US$), [...]
(In which I pontificate, and generally try to sound like I know what I’m talking about) Part 1: The Problem with eBooks I just love books. I don’t think anything is ever going to replace the sheer joy of reading an actual, physical book. One you can touch and smell and feel. That said, I [...]
On my last count, there were 74 books I own that I haven’t read. Some I’m planning to, some I’ve half-read and given up for whatever reason, some I have just put away for so long that I’ve forgotten about them, and some are short story collections (I can never finish those, short stories exhaust [...]
Jim Butcher Fool Moon [The Dresden Files 02] Grave Peril [The Dresden Files 03] Summer Knight [The Dresden Files 04] Death Masks [The Dresden Files 05] Neal Stephenson The Confusion [Baroque Cycle 02] The System of the World [Baroque Cycle 03] Caitlin Sweet A Telling of Stars Rob Kutner Apocalypse How: Turn the End-Times into [...]
I placed an order for two books (Caine Black Knife and Toll of Hounds) from Amazon.com way back in July. The estimated delivery date was November 20 (these were pre-order items). The first surprise was that I got a discount of $2.80 after my order was placed: Amazon guarantees the lowest price on pre-ordered books, [...]