Tag: books
HBO Picks Up ‘A Game of Thrones’
by Raquel @ Wednesday, March 3 2010, on general
Winter is coming.
Having passed the last few minutes squeaking like a little (fan)girl, I have managed to settle down for enough time to write a post about this.

HBO has given the green light for the A Game of Thrones series. Ten episodes have been confirmed, and the series is expected to start airing in Spring 2011. It’s a very long time from now, but if they managed to do the series right, and considering the quality of the base material (George R. R. Martin’s A song of Ice and Fire novels), it will be worth the wait.
Anyway, read more about t, oh, all over the web. (and I wish they’d released more photos of the pilot so I wouldn’t be copycating ever single site :p )
Now excuse me while I go do a happy panda dance. :3
Pile o’ Unread Books
by Raquel @ Friday, February 26 2010, on general
I decided, partly inspired by the latest posts at Cherry Rambles, that I’d eventually make a list of all the unread novels I have laying around the house. I thought they amounted to the gazillions, but I can only remember these, some of the names and authors are a blur. I’m trying to stick to reading these instead of getting new ones, as much as I can, but being a bookaholic(?), I have problems resisting.
This is a list of my pile of unread, or partially read-but-left-behind books, in no particular order. I’m excluding the ones that are only of kitten’s interest, and I’m keeping the titles in English, despite the fact that some of the editions are in Portuguese. Also, I’ll be indicating in which year I’ve (finally) finished reading them, if that’s the case, in this page I’ve added to the blog because I’ve been bored and need more pages because of… er… stuff.
- Moby Dick
- The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas
- War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
- The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett
- Assassin’s Quest (divided in part I & Part II) by Robin Hobb
- Hogfather by Terry Pratchet
- Going Postal by Terry Pratchet
- Discworld novel by Terry Pratchet
- Discworld novel by Terry Pratchet
- Discworld novel by Terry Pratchet
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchet
- ??? by Neil Gaiman
- A Conspiração dos Antepassados by David Soares
- ??? by Arthur C. Clarke
- ??? by Arthur C. Clarke
- ??? by Arthur C. Clarke
- A Feast For Crows by George R. R. Martin
- an Elric novel by Michael Moorcock
- Conan tales vol II by Hobert E. Howard
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy vol. III by Douglas Adams
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy vol. IV by Douglas Adams
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy vol. V by Douglas Adams
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- The Chosen by Ricardo Pinto
- A Fórmula de Deus by José Rodrigues dos Santos
- Sellamillion
- Star Warped
- A Dirty Job
- The Dark Mirror by Juliet Marillier
- Star Wars: Tatooine Ghost by Troy Denning
- Star Wars – X-Wing #9: Starfighters of Adumar by Aaron Allston
- O Livro do Deslumbramento
- Star Wars: Allegiance by Timothy Zhan
- Marley & Me
- Mass Effect: Ascention
- book by japanese author
- book by japanese author
- Neuromancer by William Gibson
- Star Wars: Corellian Trilogy vol I
- Star Wars: Corellian Trilogy vol II
- Star Wars: Corellian Trilogy vol III
- Kafka on the Shore (?) by Haruki Murakami
- Orlando by Virginia Woolf
- Hunter’s Run by George R. R. Martin, Daniel Abraham, Gardner Dozois
Yes, I might have a problem…
Reading In The Rain
by Raquel @ Tuesday, February 23 2010, on 365 photos, photos
Leave a Comment :365 photos, books, photos more...Robin Hobb Novels
by Raquel @ Monday, February 22 2010, on 365 photos, photos
Leave a Comment :365 photos, books, photos more...A Geek Girl’s Guide to Valentine Gifts
by Raquel @ Tuesday, February 9 2010, on general
As I mentioned before, I don’t make a huge deal of Valentine’s day, preferring to celebrate our own anniversaries and relationship events, more than a general event for people who happen to be romantically involved. Even so, on one of my previous posts I complained about the stupid differences between the technology (and other) lists of gifts for Valentine’s there were, between gifts ‘for him’, and gifts ‘for her’, because, well, they are pretty idiotic.

It wasn’t just intended as criticism, but also as an attempt to clarify that a lot of these lists are very retarded, and far away from the truth for a lot of women. This is, however, written in my point of view, so obviously what I mention here may vary from person to person, because we’re not all the same.
As such, and before I start making the list(s), I will clarify, that I believe most women would be happy if you would cook them a yummy dinner, made a nice dessert, got her a flower or two, and surprised her with a romantic candlelight dinner at home. In my view, that shows that you care a lot more than hundreds of euros worth of gifts, or going to an amazingly expensive restaurant does. (Note that this does not apply if you’re dating Miss Shallow, in which case you will have to sell your internal organs to be able to afford to buy her everything she wants. :p) Though I’ve tried keeping in mind more affordable gifts, this list has gifts with a wide range of prices.
So, let’s move on to this geek girl’s guide to Valentine’s gifts for geeky girls. Read the rest of the post after the break.









