Heng Liang has read The Neverending Story
Translated books are generally not my cup of tea. I usually don’t like them because the nuances of language are often lost in translation, and they end up reading in a stilted fashion. However, when I first picked up The Neverending Story, I did not realize it had been translated from the German. The story was...
Roy has read The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
And I would walk 500 miles And I would walk 500 more Just to be the man who walked 1,000 miles To fall down at your door - The Proclaimers, I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) Don’t be thrown off by the quote from the Proclaimers’ infectious pop hit. While Rachel Joyce’s debut novel, The Unlikely...
Idzhana has read ‘The Fault in Our Stars’
Title: The Fault in Our Stars Author: John Green Publisher: New York: Dutton Books, c2012. Call number: Y GRE It has been quite a long while since I last read a fiction book, so imagine my trepidation of having to find the proverbial needle in the haystack. I ended up asking a fellow bookworm for...
Carmen has read (and seen) The Bridges of Madison County
I always start writing book reviews by first reading reviews by others. No – I do not do it in hopes to copy opinions or emulate descriptions. I do it to obtain a sweeping sentiment of how others regard the book. It helps me gauge whether I need to be defensive in my review. It...
Nusaibyah has read Norwegian Wood
Being a born-and-bred city girl, there is nothing I find less compelling than trees. Sure, forests are splendid places and many a beautiful picture has been taken with breathtakingly tall and majestic trees, but there is probably nothing more boring than plain old wood. With that said, Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood is a far cry...
Nicole has read The Pact
She had loved him. He knew this; he had never doubted it. But she had also asked him to kill her. It’s bad enough when one person attempts suicide; what if it’s two? And what happens when one of them is left behind, charged with the murder of the other? These are all difficult questions,...
Carmen has read ‘When You Reach Me’ and ‘A Wrinkle in Time’
I usually stay clear of Science Fiction, especially where time travel is involved – the mere idea of it is just too much for my conservative mind. I won’t even attempt to explain how it works in my two latest reads – When You Reach Me and A Wrinkle in Time. What I...
Heng Liang has read American Gods
The first time I read Neil Gaiman I was not impressed. The book was Stardust, and while it was a decent read, I did not understand the hype over Gaiman. Years later, I read his version of the Sandman graphic novel series, and was utterly blown away by the way he managed to tie so...
Carmen has read Wolf Hall
When it comes to film adaptations of books, I am a strong advocate of reading the book first. But I waver when it comes to Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall. Winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize, I had expected a captivating page-turner of the intrigues of the Tudor court and a storyline that paid genuine...
Roy has read Disgrace
I honestly can’t remember the last time I read a Booker Prize-winning work; in fact, I can’t remember the last time I read something written by someone who’s won the Booker Prize (much less won it twice). So, this review of J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace marks something I haven’t done in a while, and since...
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,...
Carmen has read The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Title: The Art of Hearing Heartbeats: A Novel Author: Jan-Phillipp Sendker Publisher: New York: Other Press [2011], c2006 Call No.: English SEN Imagine being blind, and possessing such acute hearing that you could hear heartbeats – of a yet unhatched chick, or of a loved one standing across the room. Meet Tin Win, father of...
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