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“After Dark” by Haruki Murakami
Page 206: That people’s memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importance or not, it doesn’t matter as far as the maintenance of life is concerned. They’re all just fuel.After Dark by Haruki Murakami tells the story of what happens to a few particular persons between… — read more
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“Fooled by Randomness” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I revisited this book again in August this year for a book discussion with my colleague, Eugene Foong. He was preparing a presentation for his Masters degree based on the same book. One day during lunch, he asked if I’ve read Nassim Taleb’s FOOLED BY RANDOMNESS and I answered yes. That’s how the book discussion… — read more
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“Gossamer” by Lois Lowry
GOSSAMER is my first Lois Lowry book and definitely not the last. It’s an interesting and delightful read. I’m intrigued by the dream-givers, especially Littlest One. I could almost hear her tiny soft voice whenever she speaks, or asks this and that while she follows her teacher on duty to bestow dreams. Littlest One is… — read more
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“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” by Roald Dahl
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY by Roald Dahl is my first Roald Dahl book and I must say I love it! This highly imaginative book is a gem and one that’s full of lessons. I like the little boy Charlie very much and like most children, he is full of curiosity. He is also obedient… — read more
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“Nights in Rodanthe” by Nicholas Sparks
WARNING: Do not read this in public. Please also be ready with a box of tissues because NIGHTS IN RODANTHE is a tear-jerker. Nicholas Sparks always makes me cry. Adrienne Willis is a 60-year-old divorced woman and a mother of three grown children. She retells her story—a flashback of love and redemption, loss and grief—out… — read more
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“Book by Book” by Michael Dirda
Michael Dirda, a Pulitzer-winning critic and longtime columnist for Washington Post Book World shares his love of literature and books in BOOK BY BOOK. This book ignites the passion for classics in me and in my opinion, is an effortless read. In BOOK BY BOOK, Dirda speaks not only of classics but he also covers… — read more
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The Haunted Bookshop: BOOK MORALITY
Reading third chapter into THE HAUNTED BOOKSHOP (my post here), I came across a text that I liked very much, and which Roger Mifflin the proprietor of The Haunted Bookshop is also very much fond of. He had it hung over his own desk while I’ve reproduced it below:ON THE RETURN OF A BOOK LENT… — read more
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“The Haunted Bookshop” by Christopher Morley
The Haunted Bookshop draws me straight into its story. I’m intrigued by its title and this American classic first catches my attention when I read Wendy’s review Musings of a Bookish Kitty. It’s a story book-lovers will enjoy—a romance with books and a mystery to be solved—and there’s nothing haunted or spooky about it.Roger Mifflin… — read more
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Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth
INDIANA JONES AND THE HOLLOW EARTH by Max McCoy takes us on an adventure with Indy traversing the Arctic to retrieve a canister that contains the crystal skull. With a team of military folks, they fly the B-18P (P for Polar), also affectionately called the Penguin by Indy’s copilot friend, Clarence. The name seems to… — read more
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“The Hollow” by Nora Roberts (Book 2)
THE HOLLOW by Nora Roberts (NR) is the second book of the Sign of Seven Trilogy. In the first book, the story romantically links Caleb and Quinn together and in this one, we see Fox and Layla together. Book 2 builds on the suspense from book 1 and the nightmare is about to begin. Fox… — read more
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