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24 June 2013

Slow reading required

If you're not accustomed to old American literature, reading "The Red Badge of Courage" make take some getting use to. I had to read it slowly to understand the book and took me over two weeks to finish despite it being deceptively thin for a novel.

Living green

Want to know what it would take to live green? This book might give you some ideas.

The Garden of Evening Mists

Finally finished reading "The Garden of Evening Mists" last Wednesday! How did I feel after finishing? Satisfied! The same way I felt after reading "The Gift of Rain".

Surviving the apocalypse

The post-apocalyptic worlds that we've seen showing in the movies and TVs lately were zombie infestation, viral outbreaks, alien invasions, doomsday prophecies, etc. It's getting a bit over-repetitive and boring, too much drama, and there were so many of such movies that came out before and after our supposedly the end of the world (Remember 21 December 2012?). I suppose that why reading this book was much more refreshing and has more sense of reality to it.

Man In The Dark

What would you do if you can’t sleep at night? Drink some warm milk? Do some light exercise? Listen to the radio? Stay in bed and do absolutely nothing? August Brill had no choice but to stay in bed that night. But he wasn’t doing absolutely nothing. He tells himself a story. Not just because he tried to keep his mind occupied while waiting for sleep to come, but to stop himself from thinking about the tragedies that happened to him, his daughter and grand-daughter.

Have you been brainwashed to smoke cigarette?

Remember your roots

Glory and Guilt

A long-delayed review of two books I've finished reading long ago, and I'm already half-way through my current book too.

What will happen if we're gone?

It's a mere coincidence that I read this book just after the end-of-the-world craze last year. This book talks about what would happen to our planet if the human race was to suddenly disappear from the face of the earth.

Swear fest!!

After reading the first few pages, first thing came to my mind was, "You kiss your mom with that mouth?!"

How far would you go to save a dog?

That seems to the question I asked myself after reading this book. How far would I go to rescue a dog if I was in the author's position?

Where's your common sense?

Surely many people heard about Lehman Brothers, how this financial powerhouse fell from grace. But how did it happen? How did one of the top institutions, with abundant talents under its disposal, left its name in infamy?

Finished this thick book in record time of seven days! I’ve finally managed to regain my usual free time to read my books. Hopefully I can finish reading more before the coming BBW sale.

I had enough of mangoes!!

Well, not really. I do enjoy the occasional mango treats. It's just that it took me longer than necessary to finish reading "A Case of Exploding Mangoes", as I had to spend more time looking after the new puppy while no one was home.