<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?><rss version='2.0'><channel><title>My Blog Feed</title><link>http://www.tblog.com/</link><description>A tBlog Blog!</description><lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:27:22 -0700</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA[IMPORTANT: CHANGE OF BLOG ADDRESS]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/1969814089</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/1969814089</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[My Bookcrossing blog moves tobookmaniac70.blogspot.com... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/1969814089'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[My summer reads so far]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/1969774224</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/1969774224</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This is a list of the books I read through my summer holidays.1."Thinking in Pictures" by Temple Grandin (very good) 2.While I Was Gone by Sue Miller (good) ... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/1969774224'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books for holidays]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/1969719051</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/1969719051</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I`m taking the following books with me to read during the holidays: The Kite Runner by Khaled Husseini (excellent)  Harry Potter#6  The Virgin`s Lover by Philippa Gregory (very g... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/1969719051'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[A book of mine was caught!]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/1969707012</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/1969707012</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I have been a bookcrosser for two years but today I got my first catch! A book which I released during a trip to Austria,was journalled! This has never happened to me before,the feeling is wonderful!... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/1969707012'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[List of Books read in 2005]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/1969698820</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/1969698820</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As the journal entry with this list went too far in the archives, I decided to copy it here for easier update. "Blue Suburbia" by Laurie Lico Albanese(good) "Ladi... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/1969698820'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting into reading "shape"]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/451293</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/451293</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After a "lazy" reading period, I devoured "The Amateur Marriage" in two days and "Sputnik Sweetheart" by Murakami in one day. I`m quite pleased with myself:-))."Sputnik Sweetheart" was a wonde... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/451293'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, I`m not in a reading mood...obviously...]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/443708</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/443708</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I have noticed this before that I go through periods of intense reading which alternate with periods of relative lack of wish/or will to read.Seems I cannot do anything about it...So because of go... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/443708'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/435100</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/435100</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I just finished "Falling Angels" by Chevalier and it was quite a good read.I have read so far "Girl with a pearl earing" and "The Lady and the Unicorn" and my opinion of the quialities of Chevalier`s ... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/435100'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfectly Correct by Phillipa Gregory]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/414130</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/414130</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Dr.Louise Case leads a perfectly correct life by her standarts. She has a new cottage,a long-term commitment-free relationship with a colleague,and a feminist friend.One day a van with a strange woman... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/414130'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zelda` s Cut finished]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/413715</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/413715</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Now reading "Brick Lane" by Monica Ali and "Perfectly Correct" by Philippa Gregory. Reading "Brick Lane" goes slow but steady:-)); "Perfectly Correct" is funny, a genre not too familar to me- critics ... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/413715'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zelda`s Cut by Philippa Gregory]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/411904</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/411904</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I started reading it today.I shall try to read also "Brick Lane" by Monica Ali.... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/411904'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Got two books]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/408234</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/408234</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Received two books in the mail:The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler"The Pleasing Hour" by Lili King"The Amateur Marriage" is the last (so far) novel by Tyler,and I like Tyler very... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/408234'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/408135</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/408135</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I am hardly able to comment this book.I can only say it was awfully good. I shall not give any more hints about the story; enough there are from the synopsis in the previous entry.Murakami just drags ... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/408135'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[I received four books today!]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/405104</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/405104</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Today is a kind of a book day for me; I got four books from the mail:Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami (This book was sent to me by a Russian bookcrosser; it is in Russian)Ar... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/405104'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA["Notes On A Scandal" finished]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/404354</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/404354</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[First of all,let me say I liked and enjoyed this book a lot.I`m not surprised at all that it was shortlisted for Booker Prize.The story and the characters are drawn with true mastery.The characters an... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/404354'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Notes On  A Scandal by Zoe Heller]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/403838</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/403838</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Received this today from a fellow-bookcrosser.Started reading immediately.Very interesting,psychologically insightful.... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/403838'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Case Histories by Kate Atkinson]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/398414</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/398414</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I borrowed this book from the library.Some time ago I tried to read "Behind the Scenes at the Museum" by the same author but somehow couldn`t get into but this one grabbed immediately my attention.... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/398414'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Received Books]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/396888</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/396888</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This week I received in the mail the following books:"Simon Rattle- The Making of a Conductor"- non-fiction book about the famous English conductor,now chief conductor of Berlin Philhar... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/396888'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two books received today]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/384948</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/384948</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I received two books from bookrings/rays today:The Time Traveller`s Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerBella Tuscany by Frances MayesThe first is quite popular amo... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/384948'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bought a book today]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/382149</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/382149</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Today I bought the Bulgarian translation of "The Curious Incident with A Dog at Night-Time" by Mark Haddon. Read few pages. Looks intriguing!Update 01/22Read the whole book in o... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/382149'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[84, Charing Cross Road]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/379773</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/379773</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Yesterday I saw the old movie "84,Charing Cross Road", with Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft. I liked it(suprisingly)very much. I think it is difficult to make a script from a novel based on correspo... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/379773'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books I read so far]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/378847</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/378847</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I liked the idea of keeping track of my books, so I`m going to do it also through this year.This month I read:"Blue Suburbia" by Laurie Lico Albanese(good)"Ladies` Detective Age... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/378847'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA["Ladies` Detective Agency"- first book finished in 2005]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/375688</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/375688</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The first book I read and finished this year is "Ladies` Detective Agency No.1" by Alexander Smith. It was a quick and pleasant read; a bit too superficial and simple but there is a charm in it, de... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/375688'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books I started the New Year with]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/373017</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/373017</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Currently reading:"Blue Suburbia" by Laurie Lico Albanese (touching and beautiful,written in white verses)"Dance,Dance,Dance" by Haruki Murakami"A Gathering Light" by Jeniffer Donnelly... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/373017'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before the New Year]]></title><link>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/370018</link><guid>http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/370018</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Well, 2005 is getting very close,and I feel an urge to make a brief summary of my readings in 2004.I think 2004 was a good reading year for me.I haven`t kept records of the number of read book... <a href='http://bookmaniac70.tblog.com/post/370018'>more from bookmaniac70...</a>]]></description></item></channel></rss>