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Entries from February 2009

Heartlands meets to discuss “Last Boy”

February 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Dear Friends, Fresh from the recent announcement of the Singapore Literature Prize 2008 (English category), poet Ng Yi-Sheng has graciously accepted our invitation to join us in February’s book discussion.  The details: Date/time:  4.00pm, Friday 27 February Venure:  The Activity Room, Bukit Batok Public Library Author/Title:  Mr Ng Yi-Sheng.  “Last Boy”.  Call no.  SING  S821 [...]

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Tags: Dear Reader · Heartlands Book Club · Public Events in the Library

Felicia has read “Uglies”

February 15th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Uglies by  Scott Westerfeld. New York : Simon Pulse, 2005. Call No.: Y WES Uglies was a book that was recommended to me more than once and when I picked it up, I was not disappointed. It is not just a well thought through book, it is also a page turner that would make a [...]

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Tags: Dear Reader · Fiction · General Fiction

“Dest” has read ‘Case Histories’ by Kate Atkinson

February 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Case Histories Kate Atkinson 2004, New York: Little, Brown and Company Call No.: ATK -[MY] I have not been inspired to do a proper review of an adult’s book since college, but this time I had to skip over all my recent children/young adult fantasy reads to laud Kate Atkinson’s Case Histories. I picked up [...]

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Tags: Dear Reader · Fiction · General · Thriller/Mystery