Callosum has read ‘The Gun Seller’ by Hugh Laurie
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations London: Arrow Books, 1997 Call No.: LAU Click here and here for item availability. You may know him as the acerbic Dr House or the dad from Stuart Little or maybe even as the clueless Wodehousian anti-hero Bertram Wooster. But comedian-actor Hugh Laurie is not just an actor: he’s...
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Book-related blogs in Singapore
HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets Discovered this blog recently and found their reviews pretty good. I couldn’t confirm if the authors of the blog, Claudine & Adelynn, are Singaporeans but since I learnt about this blog from a local forum, I figured they must be (wish they’d put an About page). So, check...
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‘Lust’ by Harold Pinter
HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets All about LUST. [HB editor: Sorry people, the link has been removed – but you can check out this link for more original poetry by Harold Pinter. What do you think? Know of any interesting book-related news? Want to join the Hb Squad? Email us at HBeditor@nlb.gov.sg
Rana has read ‘About a Boy’ by Nick Hornby
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations London: Gollancz, 1998 Call No.: HOR Click here, here, here and here for item availability. Warm and funny, About A Boy is one of the most enjoyable books I have read this year. Nick Hornby is one of the most popular British novelists today. And almost page bears shining...
Lee Ping has read ‘For All She Was Worth’ by Miyuki Miyabe
Who’s Reading What . reader recommendations London: Orion Books Limited, 1998 Call No.: MIY Click here for item availability. No particular reason why I picked up this book – the cover just caught my eye. At first, I thought it was going to be one of those bizarre Takashi Miike romances – where violence and...
Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight by Sharon Heller
QUIRKY THEMES: I Hate Love. book reviews New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2002 Call No.: 155.911 HEL Click here for item availability. Being sensory defensive herself, the author states that 15 per cent of the population feel overwhelmed by the stimuli of the environment, factors that could be overlooked and adjusted by many in our...
‘Written on the Body’ by Jeanette Winterson
QUIRKY THEMES: I Hate Love. book reviews London: Vintage, 1996 Call No.: WIN [RO] Click here for item availability. Jeanette Winterson, a highly controversial writer, adds a creative spark in her novel by withholding the gender of the narrator from the reader. The love between the two protagonists is not one without pain with a...
Sharon Teng has read ‘Giovanni’s Light: The Story of a Town Where Time Stopped for Christmas’ by Phyllis Theroux
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations New York: Scribner, 2002 Call No.: THE Click here for item availability. I was looking for a nice read over the Christmas holidays, something light, not too ponderous or intellectual and hopefully something in-sync with the festive mood of the season… and chanced upon this book. With a picture...
Alvin is reading L.E. Modesitt Jr’s ‘Saga of Recluce’
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations Have you read any of L.E. Modesitt Jr‘s books? His Saga of Recluce fantasy series are fantastic. He’s well known for constructing whole elaborate worlds based on systems that might just work, and the way Recluce‘s magical systems combine physics and magic is superb. Most of his major themes...
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52 books in 52 weeks
HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets Billy Tan has started a project called 52 books in 52 weeks – in which erm, he’ll read 52 books in 52 weeks. We at High Browse think that that’s one of the best ways to spend your time -good for you, Billy! Check out his reviews here....
Heartlands Book Club: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima
HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events New York: Vintage Books, 1994 (Originally published in New York: Knopf, 1959) Call No.: MIS Click here for item availability. NLB has a few book clubs running along [click this link for more information on book clubs in NLB]. One that is meeting regularly is at Bukit Batok Community Library...
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All about her mother: An interview with Amy Tan
HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets In an interview with the Guardian, Amy Tan recounted an amusing tête-à-tête with the Queen at a dinner at the British Embassy in Washington: “She came up to me and I had my little dog and she was petting my dog and she said” – Tan puts on...
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