HELLO.
"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." Through the Looking-Glass; Lewis Carroll
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Through the Looking-Glass; Lewis Carroll |
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 2:08 PM
THOU SHALT NOT COVET Christmas Wishlist '08  A while ago, Jodi Picoult arrived in Singapore to promote this book. It was probably by luck that I had been at the library (JE) that day to study and I saw the poster promoting her book talk. I remember badgering the librarian at the information counter later on for details on how to get to Central Library. Then there was this huge crowd at the door - people standing, sitting, half-lying down and all. And it was really hilarious cos we were all trying to peek around the transparent glass border of the door (which was mainly frosted, opaque glass) and when it finally opened there was this mad scramble to get good seats and the door had to be kept open cos there were so many people crowding in from the hall. The author did readings from some parts of the book (the bits by Lucius) and it turned out that she was pretty much a good voice actor (I suppose all writers need that) and the story, even though it was only read from one POV that day (her books generally encompass more than one character's POV) it was already really interesting and I guess that Lucius is probably my favourite character in there if I had one (*winks conspiratorically at Monkey and Premier*) so if anyone gets me this, I suppose I'd be indebted, since my budget-drawstring was tightened last night by Monkey and Mad Doll informing me that dinner at NYNY was a lot more expensive than I had supposed. |