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Entries from November 2008

May Wu has read ‘Doug: A Memoir’

November 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Dough : a memoir / Mort Zachter.
Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2007
Call No.: 305.89240747 ZAC
Money is a very strange thing.  It is totally extraneous, an abstract and invented notion, as some would insist, and yet its grip over people’s lives can be as extreme as any primal drive.  As Mort Zachter unveiled in […]

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Tags: Non-Fiction · Dear Reader · General

Heartlands Bookclub meets in November

November 20th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Dear friends,
Our November book meeting will be discussing one of this year’s short listed books for the Singapore Literature Prize - “Lions in Winter” by Wena Poon . 
The details:
Date/time:  4.00pm, Friday 28 November 2008
Venue:  The Activity Room, Bukit Batok Public Library
Facilitator:  Mr Paul Fitzpatrick
Title of book:  “Lions in Winter” by Wena Poon. 
Call number SING  POO
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Tags: Heartlands Book Club · Happenin' · General

Thomas has read “The Serial Killers Club”

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations
The serial killers club : a novel / Jeff Povey
New York : Warner Books, 2006.
Call No.: POV -[TH] 
The Serial Killers Club is a suspense, yet comedic fiction written by Jeff Povey.
The book starts with telling how the narrator after accidentally kills his attacker, realizes that the latter is a serial […]

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Tags: Thriller/Mystery · Fiction · Who's Reading What · Dear Reader · General

DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) is back!

November 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Drop Everything And Read (DEAR)
The National Library Board will be launching its D.E.A.R promotion once again from 1 Nov 2008 to 31 January 2009.
During the D.E.A.R promotion, we encourage you to Double Up on Your Reading - basic members can borrow up to 8 items* and premium members up to 16 items**.
* The 4 extra […]

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Tags: Public Events in the Library · Dear Reader · Happenin' · General