Amazon Window Shop: Lazy shoppers, rejoice!

OK, I’m not going to talk about my laziness which might take a whole trilogy to document.. lets instead talk about where I found my heaven. Sitting back and browsing through Amazon’s lists of new books and bestsllers is nice. Having someone read the book description for you is even nicer.. combining all that with [...]

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It’s the door with many portals..I want to live everywhere

The idea of a castle that moves through the meadows and is operated by a fire demon that has a pact with the tenant wizard is just enchanting. Add to this that the castle has a door that links to many portals in many cities and it becomes mind blowing. How’ls Moving Castle by Diana [...]

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Make the internet a better place: introduce authors to web designers

Apparently, most authors and novel writers have weblogs. They unusually have so much interesting stuff to write about. I mean, that’s what they do: they write! And there’s no more joy, to me, than to read a post in a writer’s blog. But the thing that cannot pass unnoticed is that authors need serious web [...]

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Most Outrageous Opening Lines in Literature

My personal favorites are:
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-eight million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still [...]

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Are you sure it’s Fantasy?

Lord of fantasy Neil Gaiman once wrote in a comic called The Books of Magic:
All the characters, human or otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the faerie folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof.

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How Writers Keep Their Income Flowing

If reading had a drawback it would be the post-reading depression. Fan fiction doesn’t even come close to solving the problem or easing the pain of not having more..

A smart writer will keep her fans hooked and her income flowing by the ways and methods of a writer. A fellow marketer would say: ” Post-reading [...]

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Jane Eyre

What a book!
But I guess my current mental state (i.e. surprised) is the result of not reading classics save Jane Austen’s. Jane Eyre was such a unique story. Though it lacks the elements I prefer in Jane Austen books: playfulness, smart dialogues and the social theme, I loved Jane Eyre. It’s mysterious events, Gothic atmosphere, [...]

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Audio Books and Hobbits

I’m generally not a fan of audio books. I feel like the events I’m reading won’t be registered unless I’ve read them. And what’s the point from gaining an addition to my vocab. without even knowing the spelling. But I’ve had great audio books experiences. Like the time when I almost went crazy because I [...]

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Favorite Study: Poison Study

Hello my new neat blog!
While I enjoy the suspense of my current book: Jane Eyer, I though I should not wait till enthusiasm of establishing a new blog fades away. I’ll review my favorite books. And I’ll start with the inspiration of my blog’s name: Poison Study.
Poison Study is, in my opinion, one of the [...]

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Hello Reading world!

Here’s where I write about my reading experience!
I’ll add reviews about my readings, track the books I’ve read, talk about my wish list and books I’m anticipating to read.

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