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.

Alternative cover

An alternative cover of Tan Twan Eng's first book "The Gift of Rain" was revealed!

What's next?

After reading a soul-soothing and emotional book, time for something purely entertaining and exciting!

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.

Another great news for Tan Twan Eng!

Our proud Malaysia author Tan Twan Eng's second book The Garden of Evening Mists was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction!!

Two great books to read next!!

My next two books to read:

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.

2013 Man Asian Literary Prize winner coming to MPH Subang Parade!

Funny, being a self-proclaimed book lover and I totally forgot to mentioned about our proud Malaysian writer winning the 2013 Man Asian Literary Prize, Tan Twan Eng. He'll be showing at MPH Subang Parade on 7 April 2013.

I've read his first book "The Gift of Rain" and I loved it! I'm hoping to buy "The Garden of Evening Mists" soon. Maybe I'll go there this Sunday, bring my copy of his first book, buy his second book and have him autograph both! That'd be cool!

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.

Swear fest!!

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

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.

Little Hut of Leaping Fishes

Reading this book reminded me of all those Chinese TV series VCDs and DVDs mom still watches.

The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-Time

The White Tiger

Fahrenheit 451

Written in 1953, the novel revolves around Guy Montag in a future, dystopian American society where books were banned. Montag was a fireman. Instead of fire-fighting, Montag's job was to actually burn books.

Review: “The Camel Club”

Review: “The Harmony Silk Factory”

Review: “Bad Luck and Trouble”

Bad Luck and Trouble is the 11^th book in Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series. I got this for free from my colleague after she had finished it.