Victoria Chan's Profile

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Victoria is Currently Reading

Victoria Chan gave

to:

Read Real Japanese Fiction: Short Stories by Contemporary Writers [With CD with Audio Narrations]

by Michael Emmerich

bookshelves: japanese, currently-reading

read in November, 2008

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Victoria Chan said: "I wrote a nice review, but bloody page lost it. So here I summarise: Loved it, esp the story, 神様."

Jun 18, 2009 12:22pm · see review

Victoria Chan gave

to:

Read Real Japanese Essays: Contemporary Writings by Popular Authors [With CD with Audio Narrations]

by Janet Ashby

bookshelves: japanese, non-fiction, currently-reading

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Jun 18, 2009 12:20pm

Victoria Chan gave

to:

Pro Drupal Development: Learn How to Use the Content Management Framework to Create Powerful Customized Web Sites

by John K. VanDyk

bookshelves: currently-reading, computer-book, non-fiction, instructional

read in June, 2009

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progress:

(page 109 of 667)
"Very good book, but again, quite heavy reading. Maybe I'm really a bimbo. Hrmm." — Jun 18, 2009 11:07am

Jun 18, 2009 11:08am

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Victoria Chan gave to: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro recommended to Victoria Chan by: Peter Collingridge read in July, 2009	My rating:
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Jul 05, 2009 10:33am · see review
Victoria Chan gave to: Read Real Japanese Fiction: Short Stories by Contemporary Writers [With CD with Audio Narrations] by Michael Emmerich read in November, 2008	My rating:
I wrote a nice review, but bloody page lost it. So here I summarise: Loved it, esp the story, 神様.
Jun 18, 2009 12:22pm · see review
Victoria Chan gave to: Read Real Japanese Essays: Contemporary Writings by Popular Authors [With CD with Audio Narrations] by Janet Ashby	My rating:
Jun 18, 2009 12:20pm
Victoria Chan gave to: The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas read in May, 2009	My rating:
The book is quite a strange hybrid of philosophy/science (quantum physics, evolution)/bad science (homoeopathy, alchemy). It reads rather like a teenage novel with a childish, girly, sexually-deviant (just to keep male readers happy, I guess) narrato...more
Jun 18, 2009 11:49am · see review
Victoria Chan gave to: The Difference Engine by William Gibson recommended to Victoria Chan by: Andrew Chapman read in April, 2009	My rating:
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Jun 18, 2009 11:24am · see review
Victoria Chan gave to: Pro Drupal Development: Learn How to Use the Content Management Framework to Create Powerful Customized Web Sites by John K. VanDyk read in June, 2009	My rating:
Jun 18, 2009 11:08am
Victoria Chan is on page 109 of 667 of Pro Drupal Development: Very good book, but again, quite heavy reading. Maybe I'm really a bimbo. Hrmm. Pro Drupal Development: Learn How to Use the Content Management Framework to Create Powerful Customized Web Sites by John K. VanDyk progress:	My rating:
Jun 18, 2009 11:07am · like · see status
Victoria Chan gave to: Teach Yourself Go by Charles Matthews recommended to Victoria Chan by: Peter Collingridge recommended for: anyone learning to play Go read in June, 2008	My rating:
Jun 18, 2009 10:52am
Victoria Chan gave to: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter read in March, 2006	My rating:
Jun 18, 2009 10:48am