How I spent my Labour Day

'Nuff said!

Limited Edition from Kinokuniya

Yesterday, I went straight to Kinokuniya after work and look for the limited edition The Garden of Evening Mists. Conveniently located just next to the entrance, it's impossible for anyone to miss it.

I couldn't agree more!

Something said by Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng that I couldn't agree more:

“The popularity of e-book readers will keep rising, but I believe that a beautifully produced book, one that was created with a great deal of care and attention to detail, will always find a home on the book-lover’s shelf.”
Quoted from The Star Online, 28 April 2013.

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.