tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848620772908416660.post7140871539601297969..comments2024-03-05T22:56:35.116+08:00Comments on A Kindle in Hong Kong: Bookspotting: Week 9Shannon Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375300716238391523noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848620772908416660.post-1844699482961626922011-03-30T13:55:22.470+08:002011-03-30T13:55:22.470+08:00Joyce it sounds like you live in reader's heav...Joyce it sounds like you live in reader's heaven even when you're not at the library. I hope the preparations for your Hong Kong move are going well!<br /><br />I heard about a book that was published this year called "Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way." I believe that would win for the least boring book title ever.<br /><br />Mark, I will accept some books for review, and I'll be putting up a page shortly with the full details. Generally I prefer travel memoirs, books with a Hong Kong connection, and books about Asia. You can email me at snyoung88@gmail.com.Shannon Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375300716238391523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848620772908416660.post-47654539468506310372011-03-30T13:06:26.637+08:002011-03-30T13:06:26.637+08:00I spent the weekend getting people to join in my w...I spent the weekend getting people to join in my workshop in a bookstore called Kinokuniya in Singapore. Many people were hiding behind the shelves.<br /><br />by the way, do you do book reviews?Mark Chewhttp://markliveaei.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848620772908416660.post-70187044513336965902011-03-30T03:47:02.448+08:002011-03-30T03:47:02.448+08:00That sounds like it might win World's Most Bor...That sounds like it might win World's Most Boring Book Title prize, no wonder it was abandoned!Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04457861370241862301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848620772908416660.post-2944206665052835102011-03-29T10:00:31.270+08:002011-03-29T10:00:31.270+08:00At a fencing tournament in Arizona: a man carrying...At a fencing tournament in Arizona: a man carrying a hardback copy of Christopher Paolini's "Eragon" and, laying abandoned on the floor, a textbook: "Integer Combinatorial Optimization."Julie Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02412877288589970249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848620772908416660.post-14635617934024061752011-03-29T00:40:12.565+08:002011-03-29T00:40:12.565+08:00Weekend away with girlfriends...reading material i...Weekend away with girlfriends...reading material included: Kate Atkinson, Alice Sebold, Sieg Larrsen, Emma Donoghue.Husband reading John Grisham.Son reading Michael Connolly Lincoln Lawyer as he's just been to see the movie. At work, kids reading teen novels by Stephanie Meyer, Gaby Halberstam, Craig Simpson, Cathy Hopkins as well as the usual slew of Jacqueline Wilson, Roald Dahl, Jodie Picoult. For projects, I've had music classes researching the stories behind the musicals, art classes looking at books about Magritte, Picass and Bellany.Non fiction books taken out includebooks about disability, drug misuse, football (soccer), autism, how to look after a chinchilla...and it's only Monday! Three more days of work left then I start packing for move to HK. Arrival date is 28th April.Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04457861370241862301noreply@blogger.com