i am back

i am back after being gone for a very long time. i really missed this blog. but i have been too busy lately to blog. and even read books.
well, i did read few books while being away, and i'll make sure i review them so soon. i am alsosetting up another new general blog. once i am done with the design and posting few things on it, i'll post a link somewhere here. so please, pay it a visit - that will make me smile! (:
uh, yeah. that is it for now!
peace! ^_^

succubus blues

yesterday was the release day for the redesigned edition of succubus blues by Richelle mead. new cover, compact size, lower price.
and ofcourse same book, for those who might think it's something else!
for those who didn't buy it yet, or knows someone that would like it as a gift, it's your chance. (:

Playing favorites with vampires and their authors

There is another voting thingie going on.
and it's for vampire novels, and their authors , so if you wish to vote for your fav, just go here.
Richelle Mead is the one with most votes (until now)- (the author of vampire academy series, and few more)
my vote was for her as well. (:

Someone Will Be with You Shortly: Notes from a Perfectly Imperfect Life

Someone Will Be with You Shortly: Notes from a Perfectly Imperfect Life

By Lisa Kogan

208 pages; HarperStudio

Fans of Lisa Kogan's column in this very magazine will revel in the characteristic deadpan wit on display in her first book, Someone Will Be with You Shortly. Like the bit of banter you don't think of until ten minutes after the dinner party has broken up, Kogan's riffs on motherhood, politics, relationships, and life itself are what we wish we'd said, only sharper and funnier. ("Johannes and I are not married in the eyes of the law," she writes about her daughter's father, who lives in Switzerland, "[but] we have privately vowed to irritate each other for as long as we both shall live.") This is good stuff. And believe us: We're not just saying that because her office is down the hall.

The Summer We Read Gatsby

The Summer We Read Gatsby

By Danielle Ganek

304 pages; Viking

A sophisticated comedy of manners about a wealthy family torn apart and brought together by the contents of a will. A bit over-the-top and rarified—as befits both the title reference and the author's history. Ganek wrote about the chi-chi New York arts scene in Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him. — Sara Nelson

Father of the Rain

Father of the Rain

By Lily King

384 pages; Atlantic

Early in Father of the Rain, 11-year-old Daley experiences a moment she'll treasure for decades: "My father grinning his biggest grin and looking at me like he loves me, truly loves me...." Never mind that he's high on martinis and the thrill of pulling a stunt that humiliates his wife and insults her dinner guests. Lily King's luminous novel centers on a child's blinding hunger for a parent's affection. King makes this well-worn theme seem fresh with her vividly drawn characters—especially Daley's father, Gardiner, a narcissistic alcoholic with an ugly temper and a magnetic charm—and a clear eye for the details of their singularly messed-up relationships. Set in the affluent East Coast seaside town where Gardiner was raised, in a world of Wasp privilege he takes for granted, the novel covers three decades starting in the mid-'70s. Daley's mother leaves Gardiner, but Daley can't give up hoping he'll change. "You want the daddy you never got," her boyfriend says. Obvious? Maybe to us. The uplifting ending comes as Daley finally sees for herself what's been clear all along. — Karen Holt