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The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini |
waiting in line... |
The Sleeping Doll
by Jeffery Deaver |
The second of his novel. The first one
was ...Twelveth... |
The Unquiet
by John Connolly  |
First of his novels |
7th Heaven
by James Patterson |
Will eventually have time to watch the
TV show on some digital medium on sale as the 'blue light special.' |
Book of the Dead
by Patricia Cornwell |
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Double Cross
by James Patterson  |
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Skin Privilege
by Karin Slaughter
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read december into january 2008 |
Stone Cold
by David Baldacci  |
read december |
Bones to Ashes
by Kathy Richs |
read november; ending too quick but it
was good |
The Tin Roof Blowdown
by James Lee Burke |
read september; Katrina battered New
Orleans as a backdrop...; learn soon or learn later - what's between
'now', 'soon' and 'later'? |
The Careful Use of Compliments
by Alexander McCall Smith |
read september till year end; is there
really a moral evenhandedness? if not, moral is inherent biased in
our human thinking?
what we like to do is not always we end up doing... |
Quickie
by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge |
read august; it was interesting when
Lauren was revealed as a cop,... and then all the coincidences; I
was wondering how it ended to be morally sane. |
Close
by Martina Cole |
read august...did not finish...: read
the first ten pages or so, but not latching...; re-read and still
not following, dragging on with too much history/background/was. |
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde, 1891 |
read june...only reached half of the
book; yes, it was way back when... |
Simple Genius
by David Baldacci
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read june; ok; easy reading - not the
same characters as of The Camel Club (I still have to find
that book and finish reading it) |
The 6th Target
by Patterson & Maxine Paetro |
better than 'Step on a crack'
but it is disappointing... |
Skeleton Coast
by Clive Cussler |
read apr-may; first novel on maritime
settings; words like 'stevedore'
and 'aft'; characters are clear; I can't formulate the scenes in my
head. Will read another of his book. |
Step on a crack
by Patterson and Leowidge |
[mar]: did not like it |
Triptych
by Karin Slaughter  |
[mar] read it quickly and like it |
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The Collectors
by David Baldacci
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this should be the second of his book
that I read [finished feb 2007] |
Chill Factor
by Sandra Brown |
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Pegasus Descending
by James Lee Burke |
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Broker
by John Grisham |
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Break No Bones
by Kathy Reichs |
I like 'Bones' - the TV show also; |
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| Not sure if this was
the year that I started reading paperback fictions. Though I remembered
it began at my uncle's at Toronto then. Nothing to do and he was reading
the Angels & Demons by Dan Brown and I picked it up and
read it on my return trip. Then I continued to read his other three
books: Deception Point, Digital Fortress and The
Da Vinci Code. Angels & Demons remains the best among the
four. |
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| surreptitious |
This word was used in describing the act of capturing
data from an RFID tag without knowledge of the holder of the tag (not
necessary the owner). This characteristics of RFID technology was
welcome as no line of sight was required to gather information (as
compared to barcode reading), but at the same time it creates privacy
issues for the consumer to take note. |
apr 2008 |
| diaspora |
scattering of my friend/family away from
Hong Kong; from Brent Schlender's article on Technology in Fortune
October 15 2007 issue. He talks about the 'most profound Internet
innovation' Facebook. Keeping tabs of your friends across the Globe
is not easy; this Facebook would be very useful in A2A AOLA Community. |
oct 2007 |
| colostomy |
"surgical formation of an artificial anus by
connecting the colon to an opening in the abdominal wall'!! from 'The
Tin Roof Blowdown'; when would you use this word in a social
cyber space? |
sep 2007 |
| discombobulate |
From SAT
vocabulary: upset or confuse. Not sure if these two meanings convey
similar feelings; I am 'often' upset at the deterioation of human
good nature and confuse about how others attract to this unkind nature
without hesitation. |
may 2007 |
| From reading Chill Factor by
Sandra Brown (paperback 2005) and some thoughts awaken by the reading
- wonder if there is a recipe to deal with people that possess unknowingly
of themselves the following characteristics (this and the next one): |
Nov 2006 |
| complacency (自滿的) |
self-satisfaction especially
when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
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| condesending(硬要領情) |
I don't think this Chinese translation
is exact: to assume an air of superiority |
| From reading Pegasus
Descending by James Lee Burke (hardcover 2006); I have to consult
dictionary many times reading this book - my first of his. |
Oct 2006 |
| androgynous |
having the characteristics
or nature of both male and female |
| avarice (貪婪) |
excessive or
insatiable desire for wealth or gain |
| magnanimity |
loftiness of
spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and
pettiness, and to display a noble nenerosity |
| tete-a-tete |
a private conversation between
two persons |
| hubris (傲慢) |
From Broker by John Grisham (paperback 2005),
then in SCMP about the Chief Executive's hubristic comment of...:
exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
Sep 2006 |