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The Idea of LoveLouise DeanLondon : Penguin Books, c2008.Call No.: English DEAAvailable at NLB libraries “What is love?”That is the eternal question that has haunted humanity for all time. This fleeting emotion defies definition and concept, and has been known to drive men (and women) to drink. So how can this tale by Louise Dean shed [...]

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The Good Girl’s Guide to Bad Men by Jessica Brody London : Ebury, 2009. Eng BRO It’s been some time since I read a chick-lit, and this one caught my eye with its smooth pink cover and gorgeous caricature. In my earlier days, I would unabashedly judge a book by it’s cover, and that’s what [...]

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One Fifth Avenue By Candace Bushnell Publisher: Abacus, 2008 (All Rights Reserved) Call No.: BUS To get your hands on One Fifth Avenue from the library can be quite a feat. Reason being, the title is always on loan or on reservation. So it took me some time to get to read the latest title [...]

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Title: Sundays at Tiffany’s Author: James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet Published by London: Century, 2008 Call No.: PAT -[RO] Call me a sentimental fool but I have a weakness for anything associated with Tiffany’s, the famed jeweler that Audrey Hepburn made timeless. So, it’s no surprise that this title caught my eye, especially when combined [...]

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WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations London : Bantam Press, 2001. Call No.: SPA [RO] Click here for item availability. The Audio Book is also available for borrowing at these libraries: Woodlands, Tampines, Jurong and Central Lending. Unlike typical love stories where two characters usually fall in love and have a happy ending, this novel [...]

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WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations London : Hodder, 2005. Call No.: PIC and PIC [RO] Click here and here for item availability. Chris Harte and Emily Gold have been together since they were born. The parents are best friends and neighbors. They’re inseparable, like two sides of a coin, like brother and sister, then, [...]

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WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations London: Flamingo, 1997 Call No.: HAW – [RO] Click here for item availability. This book has always been on my To-Read list ever since I learnt that the author was also the famous actor, Ethan Hawke. Who hasn’t become a fan of Ethan Hawke after his haunting portrayal of [...]

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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 [...]

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FICTION . Romance Guilford: Lyons Press, 2005 Call No.: GRE -[RO] Click here for item availability. ‘You told me that love was a pine torch,’ said Phoebe to Eros, ‘kindled in a second. There is another kind, I think. A field set afire by the slow accumulating rays of a summer sun. Sudden wings or [...]

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