Yen Yen has read The Devotion of Suspect X
Title: The Devotion of Suspect X Author: Keigo Higashino Call No.: English HIG – [MY] Publisher: New York: Minotaur Books, 2011 The Devotion of suspect X is not your typical whodunit mystery story. By the second chapter, the readers would know the culprit and just how the murder was committed. Yusako leads a simple life,...
Seniors’ Reading Club June 2012
For June’s session of Seniors’ Reading Club at Central Public Library, we’ll be discussing the Read!Singapore title ‘The Help’ (Call No.: English STO) by Kathryn Stockett. About the book: Limited and persecuted by racial divides in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, three women, including an African-American maid, her sassy and chronically unemployed friend, and a recently graduated...
Cover Story: Taft 2012
Image: All Rights Reserved, Quirk Books, c2012. Title: Taft 2012 : a novel Author: Jason Heller Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa.: Quirk Books, c2012. Call No.: HEL With the recent debate over the Sticker Lady case in Singapore and the upcoming US Presidential Elections, I thought that my chancing upon this book was pretty serendipitous. Picking it...
Wan Ni has read 52 Loaves
While I was researching the list of stunt non-fiction, I came across William Alexander’s 52 loaves: one man’s relentless pursuit of truth, meaning, and the perfect crust. This book chronicles the author’s search for the perfect recipe and technique for a simple rustic country loaf. His search will lead him to an apprenticeship in a...
Heartlands Book Club in June – Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire
At the next meeting of the Heartlands Book CLub, we will discussing the landmark play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Date/time: 29 June 2012, 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm Title/author: A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. Call No.: 812.54 WIL Venue: Activity Room, Bukit Batok Public Library About the play: Blanche is...
Fiction Alert: Questions in Titles
I picked up a fiction book from our collection titled Is This What Other Women Feel Too? and was instantly intrigued. Perhaps by posing a question, regardless rhetorical or not, an answer is expected. That opens possibilities and expectations about the book. Of course, the question need not be answered at all (though I may...
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