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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;For you, a thousand times over.&#8221; These words still bring tears to my eyes and cause a lump in my throat, even now, weeks after I finished reading and very proudly displayed Khaled Hosseini&#8217;s The Kite Runner on my book-shelf. These simple words uttered by Hassan to Amir, a child servant to his master&#8217;s son, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingmonk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4684826&amp;post=432&amp;subd=readingmonk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[20th Century Ghosts is a collection of short stories by Joe Hill, whose real identity is Joseph Hillstrom King &#8211; son of the horror-meister, Stephen King. My wife got this book for me as a Valentine&#8217;s Day gift because I&#8217;d been harping on about how good the reviews were. I quickly finished the other books [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingmonk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4684826&amp;post=434&amp;subd=readingmonk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Road, by Cormac McCarthy won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007 and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 2006. It was also adapted into a movie starring Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as the Man and Boy, respectively. Oprah&#8217;s Book Club picked this book as one of its selections for 2007. McCarthy is also the author [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingmonk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4684826&amp;post=399&amp;subd=readingmonk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Ghosts Speak, by Mary Ann Winkowski</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always been fascinated by books on the paranormal &#8211; spirit hauntings especially. I am reluctant to say this but I have had my share of personal experiences with ethereal entities; all non-threatening thus far, thank God. Over the years, I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that these entities are just souls that are either lost [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingmonk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4684826&amp;post=409&amp;subd=readingmonk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This is an excerpt of my book review written for Culturazzi Cognoscente Club with whom I am currently collaborating and contributing to. The full review may be read by clicking on this link.) I finished reading this book many weeks ago but held off writing a review about it in order that time and some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingmonk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4684826&amp;post=378&amp;subd=readingmonk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wondered what it would be like to have an argument with your parents, tell them you wished they were dead, go to bed and wake up the next morning to discover that you are all alone in your house with everyone else all missing? This is the plot for No Time for Goodbye in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingmonk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4684826&amp;post=388&amp;subd=readingmonk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Gift of Rain, by Tan Twan Eng</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng’s debut novel is a tale about the bonds of friendship and family, set amidst Penang Island in the turbulent years leading up to and after the Second World War. The story is told from the point of view of the protagonist, Philip Khoo-Hutton, a man in his twilight years who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingmonk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4684826&amp;post=369&amp;subd=readingmonk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ken Lee, by Mariah Carey</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a clip from the audition stage of &#8220;Bulgarian Idol&#8221;. This Idol wannabe chooses Mariah Carey&#8217;s &#8216;Ken Lee&#8217;. You know, the English version. Oh, and to think I&#8217;m stressed about getting the lyrics wrong when I sing. Posted in 1, Amusing Videos, General Musings, Television<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingmonk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4684826&amp;post=363&amp;subd=readingmonk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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