The Man Booker Longlist 2013
byThe Man Booker prize longlist for 2013 was announced this week and the books are as usual a surprise for me… Five Star Billionaire…
The Man Booker prize longlist for 2013 was announced this week and the books are as usual a surprise for me… Five Star Billionaire…
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages…
Summer 1924 On the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his…
I am finally giving up on these two books: Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand I had planned…
Last saturday, snubnose and I had an exclusive 1-1 session. We used to do this on a regular basis, but of late, she’s been…
This is a book that started with a lot of promise. Here is a nice teaser. There were three volumes in all. Dog-eared green…
Malaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed tea plantations of Cameron…
I started this book last week and it’s a lovely, leisurely read. The writing is beautiful, and I can understand why it made into…
I first encountered The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck when I visited Monterey during my stay in the Bay Area, California. I loved…
I read three thrillers back to back to back last week as I baby-sat Piglet getting him used to his school. Although it’s still…