The Damian Daily is hosting today’s blog tour stop for Paul Kilduff, author of the nonfiction bestselling travel book Ruinair. Designed to be an interactive interview, Mr. Kilduff has graciously agreed to check back throughout the day to answer questions from readers. Please feel free to pose questions in the comment section of this post. Participation [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 29, 2008
Book Review: The Host by Stephenie Meyer
The Host by number-one New York Times bestselling author Stephenie Meyer is a riveting page-turner that was nearly impossible to put down. It is the kind of book that kept me up reading late into the night, and when I turned the final 619th page, I still wished for more. To describe it simply as a science fiction tale about body snatchers invading [...]
May 28, 2008
Book Review: Ruinair by Paul Kilduff
Ruinair by Dubliner Paul Kilduff remained solidly planted as the number one bestselling nonfiction book in Ireland for its first seven weeks of publication. It has since gained in popularity throughout Europe, and for obvious reason. Kilduff’s humorous (spelled ‘humourous’ on the other side of the pond) account of travelling on Ryanair and other low fares [...]
May 27, 2008
Wedded Bliss
My official job as matron of honor at my best friend’s wedding was to get her to the altar. I am happy to report that she made my job easy, and I did not have to drag her back from fleeing to Mexico before the ceremony as she jokingly threatened to do if she got nervous. Both she and [...]
May 24, 2008
Greetings from San Jose
I am writing this from a suite at the Fairmont San Jose. Tomorrow, I will be the Matron of Honor and my girls will be Flower Girls for my best friend’s wedding. She happens to be the manager at this Fairmont Hotel; thus, the complimentary suite.
This wedding weekend coincides with another event that is taking place here in San Jose, CA at [...]
May 22, 2008
Greetings from Sacramento (Finally!)
My travel day yesterday seemed to mimic a chapter from Ruinair, one of the books I’m currently reading for review. It started at Chicago O’Hare airport in the early hours of the morning with a transfer through Los Angeles (one of the world’s most ill-designed airports), continued on through San Francisco airport around midnight, and eventually ended [...]
May 18, 2008
Product Review: “Bakugan” Toys
Bakugan is quickly becoming the latest hit amongst anime character battle games. It has been selling quickly in toy stores across the U.S. and Canada, and was named one of the top toys of 2008 by Time Magazine and Newsday.
Much like Pokemon, Bakugan features both a cartoon show as well as a card game with many accessories to accompany it. The show can [...]
May 16, 2008
Elves
I often write about supernatural characters in my stories. As a child, I firmly believed that faeries, sprites, and other magical creatures lurked behind every tree in a veil of reality just beyond our immediate line of sight. I imagined that I would glimpse a momentary reflection of a water sprite playing in the mist drifting from a waterfall, or [...]
May 15, 2008
Summer Movies
The movie blockbuster season has begun. I think that I am most excited about the slew of superhero and fantasy movies on the horizon.
I just saw Iron Man, featuring the superbly cast Robert Downey Jr. as the technology super-genius turned self-created hero. I won’t bother to write a review because several other talented writers over at [...]
May 14, 2008
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
The Hachette Book Group, a division of Little, Brown and Company publishers, has kindly sent me a new box of books. I was thrilled to open it and see several pristine hardcover copies of The Host, Stephenie Meyer’s latest novel. Though independent from her highly successful Twilight vampire series, The Host still falls within the science fiction or urban fantasy genre. Just [...]
