Dominique’s blog Vox 2008-07-10T00:46:42Z Dominique http://dominiquekane.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00cdf3a56428cb8f/ Bookish stuff: Gifts and finished this month tag:vox.com,2008-07-09:asset-6a00cdf3a56428cb8f00fae8ca6846000b 2008-07-09T13:42:57Z 2008-07-10T00:46:42Z Dominique http://dominiquekane.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Boat The Portrait of a Lady (Penguin Classics) A Geisha's Journey: My Life As a Kyoto Apprentice The Host Never Let Me Go Love in the Time of Cholera Peony in Love: A Novel

Gosh lately my posts are so few and far between and always related to books! For my birthday on Sunday I got the following books: The Boat by Nam Le: I got this from Neh, we always give eachother a list of books we want for our birthdays...

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]]> Love in the Time of Cholera and other bookish stuff... tag:vox.com,2008-05-26:asset-6a00cdf3a56428cb8f00fae8bcebc8000b 2008-05-26T12:23:35Z 2008-05-26T15:42:59Z Dominique http://dominiquekane.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Love in the Time of Cholera Half of a Yellow Sun Amsterdam: A Novel Mansfield Park (Penguin Classics) The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) The House of the Spirits Curious Pursuits: Occasional Writing

I bought this a few days ago and have just started reading it. I'm completely hooked. Marquez's style is just so beautiful and the story is so involving and poetic that I haven't wanted to put it down at all. I can just tell this book is going to...

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]]> Re-energising my vox tag:vox.com,2008-05-13:asset-6a00cdf3a56428cb8f00e398f926b30005 2008-05-13T05:01:58Z 2008-05-13T05:15:57Z Dominique http://dominiquekane.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Mansfield Park (Penguin Classics) Amsterdam: A Novel Half of a Yellow Sun Paula: A Memoir (P.S.) The Sum of Our Days: A Memoir House of the Spirits, the Peony in Love: A Novel

My web presence has been shamefully absent from this vox this year so far, so this is a part of one of my upteenth resolutions to post more regularly. Last month was a really poor reading effort - nothing was finished. This month things are looki...

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]]> QotD: Fictional Friend tag:vox.com,2008-05-09:asset-6a00cdf3a56428cb8f00f48cf63f400003 2008-05-09T02:11:33Z 2008-05-12T03:10:53Z Dominique http://dominiquekane.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Great Gatsby 13mari.1.600 25597090

What fictional character do you relate to most and why? To be honest I think that which character I relate to most is entirely changeable and dependant on what's going on in my life and my mood at the time. Also I guess the beauty of fiction is ...

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]]> Vox Hunt: Treat Your Feet tag:vox.com,2008-05-04:asset-6a00cdf3a56428cb8f00f48cf49d000002 2008-05-04T05:31:03Z 2008-05-04T05:31:03Z Dominique http://dominiquekane.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Show us your favorite pair of shoes. Ohhhhh this is such a hard question! I'm one of those stereotypical females who just LOVES shoes. Ok hmmm lets see: These are a pair I bought this season from Pulp's Noir range, they're very vintage looking...

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]]> My favourite photographs from 2007 tag:vox.com,2008-01-05:asset-6a00cdf3a56428cb8f00e398cf14d30005 2008-01-05T10:29:41Z 2008-01-05T10:29:41Z Dominique http://dominiquekane.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Ok so these are my favourite photos from 2007. It includes some ones from my Japan trip (which I tried to keep to a minimum and failed). There are some ones from that trip I haven't already posted on the book club though :) Enjoy! Sailboats fro...

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]]> My favourite books of 2007 tag:vox.com,2008-01-05:asset-6a00cdf3a56428cb8f00e398cefd820002 2008-01-05T09:40:52Z 2008-01-05T09:40:52Z Dominique http://dominiquekane.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Virgin Suicides Special Topics in Calamity Physics Wuthering Heights (Norton Critical Editions) The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Oxford World's Classics) Atonement: A Novel The Twilight Collection (Twilight) The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel

Ok so it's been ages since I updated this blog, it's beginning to look a little abandoned. I'm going to try to post more and decided to start with a (rather copied topic) list of the best books I read in 2007. I just loved this book. The ...

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]]> Vox Hunt: What A Character tag:vox.com,2007-12-08:asset-6a00cdf3a56428cb8f00e398c5ae360002 2007-12-08T14:43:22Z 2007-12-20T22:14:48Z Dominique http://dominiquekane.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Show us your favorite literary character. I can't go past Jay Gatsby from The Great Gatsby. There's just something about him.

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]]> AND THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS! tag:vox.com,2007-11-15:asset-6a00cdf3a56428cb8f00e398bdb2450003 2007-11-15T00:28:13Z 2007-11-16T03:43:14Z Dominique http://dominiquekane.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom In under 24 hours I will have finished my 24 hour long law exam and will be free of university for three months!!!!!!! So excited!! Just have to get through this marathon of a cruel, stressful and sleep depriving task first - without spending too ...

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]]> Vox Hunt: Play It Again! tag:vox.com,2007-10-17:asset-6a00cdf3a56428cb8f00e398b3d3210005 2007-10-17T13:03:31Z 2007-10-17T13:03:31Z Dominique http://dominiquekane.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

OK Go - Here It Goes Again

Video: Show us a music video you'd gladly watch over and over again. Ok so it's a little gimmicky but I just love this video clip. I got hooked on Ok Go's hit Get Over It ages ago and while this one isn't quite as memorable it's film clip sure is!

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