Book Review: The Alchemist

This week, I read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Overall, I found the story beautiful, magical and easy to absorb. However, the work uses personification exhaustively without giving thought to character development. The over-usage had somehow cheapened the experience for…

All U.K. Borders book stores to close before Christmas

This morning I received a member’s newsletter in my Inbox to notify me of a closeout sale happening in the U.K. at the moment.

Am I the only one who got the news about Borders book…