VISION IN WHITE by Nora Roberts is the first book in the Bride Quartet. Here we meet childhood friends Parker, Emma, Laurel, and Mac, and their love stories. Together, they are the co-owners of Vows, one of Connecticut’s well known wedding planning companies.

Book 1 begins with the story of Mackensie “Mac” Elliot, the lady behind the camera. Her character resonates with me because I’m familiar with the exhilarating feeling of getting behind the camera shooting. [...]

Mac does not believe in happily-ever-afters because she sees the truth in her own family—until Carter Maguire shows up in her life, that is.

Mak Buruk yang tua dan uzur, Tuminah janda muda, Dalim adik Tuminah, Zainab gadis belasan tahun yang dipaksa berkahwin dengan seorang lelaki tiga kali usianya, Tompang yang buta, Basir yang membawa makanan kepada Tuminah dan menidurinya sebagai balasan, merupakan beberapa watak yang terpaut dalam fikiran walaupun telah lama saya habis membaca buku ini.

Air mata turut membasahi pipi apabila terkenang penderitaan sekumpulan orang ini akibat peperangan. […]

CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR by Roald Dahl is the last book I read for the marathon. The story here continues with the adventures of Charlie Bucket, his family and Mr Willy Wonka—all eight of them shooting into the sky in a glass elevator. And then things get out of control. The glass elevator overshoots and goes into orbit!

THE WITCHES by Roald Dahl is the fourth book I have completed for the Roald Dahl Reading Marathon.

“She” (in the quote above) is the Grand High Witch and along with many other witches, they are having an annual meeting at the same hotel where Boy (we do not know his name) and his grandmother is having a holiday. Boy stumbles into this meeting by accident when he is looking for a quiet spot to train his two pet mice. The meeting room was vacant at first, but soon the participants (a group of ladies) enter. Slowly he realizes that these women are, in fact, witches!

MATILDA is the third book I have completed for the Roald Dahl Reading Marathon and it’s my favourite! I started reading it at 11 PM (Saturday) and finished at 1.18 AM (Sunday). Snuggled up in my reading chair, I did feel a little sleepy and feared I might not be able to finish the book but the moment I got started, I knew completing the book would be a breeze. It is quite impossible to resist a book that begins with the chapter “The Reader of Books”… […]

THE BFG is the second book I completed for the Roald Dahl Reading Marathon. I started reading THE BFG in the late afternoon, managed to throw in an afternoon nap, and completed it just in time before dinner.

The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) is indeed a special giant. It’s another fun book and an imaginative one to boot. On the cover with the BFG is little Sophie who was kidsnatched out of her bedroom into Giantland. So this time I’m off on another fantastical journey that involves even the Queen of England! […]

What a fun way to begin the weekend on a beautiful Saturday by reading Roald Dahl’s JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH! This book—along with four others—is part of my Roald Dahl Reading Marathon. The goal is to read all the five books within two days.

My first Roald Dahl book was CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, which I read last year in September. I’ve enjoyed it very much and JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH did not disappoint. It’s a fun book and an imaginative one. Loved the cover too! Here, I went on a fantastical peachy journey with a little boy named James Henry Trotter. […]