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Sunday, February 10, 2008

The Kite Runner


The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is one of those wonderful books that whereupon reading the last page of the book, I immediately want to reread it and gush to everyone I know about how amazingly well written the book is. I wish I could write as beautifully as him!

I also just had to Google the author (who's actually a medical doctor by profession) as well as read Wikipedia entries on Afghanistan, where parts of the book was set. I think this is one of the most fun ways of learning about another country. We should have read more books like these in school.

Thanks LL for recommending and lending me the book! Let's watch the movie together if it comes to Malaysia, k? If not, lets get the DVD! ;)

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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Orgy on books



I finally got around to using the Borders book cards that I received quite some time ago. Luckily for me, they don't have expiry dates!

I got two Tony Parsons (because I loved Man and Boy), two Jodi Picoults (because I've read so many rave reviews about her books) and The Alchemist (because I was looking for a third book to get the Borders 3 for 2 promotion). Hehe.

Someone recently asked me who my favourite author was and I was actually quite stumped which I found mildly surprising.

After giving it some thought, I think I really don't have a favourite author! Because there are so many authors whom I think write really well and yet, each of them have such diverse writing styles and write about such different topics! How can you say one is better than the other when they are so clearly different? Of course, I have never studied literature or really examined books with a miscroscopic view and hence, probably haven't read enough books in each and every genre to decide which is my favourite kind. Instead, I dabble in all types of books and most of the time, I just read because it's something fun to do.

I think I read based on my moods. Chick-lit like Shopaholics when I'm feeling frivolous and in need of a good laugh and entertainment, Sci-Fi or fantasy when I feel in the mood for reading about how Good always triumphs over Evil (I wish!), arty-farty and interestingly weird Jap books by Murakami when I want to read something different and any other books that happen to catch my attention be it by being mentioned in a movie, by it's attractive cover or by a friend's recommendation. I recently read Thousand Cranes by Kawabata, recommended to me by someone in a Book Club meeting. Quite good, and I look forward to getting some insight on what he was really trying to portray in his book!

Btw, Happy Mooncake Festival to everyone! What's your favourite flavour? Mine's the very conventional lotus paste with one egg yolk or red bean and lotsa lotsa pipping hot tea to go with it! ^_^

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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Potty about Potter

Spotted this in a bookshop at Changi Airport. Funny they actually put "Embargoed- Do not open till 21 July 7.01 am" stickers on boxes which I think actually contained the books. Very effective and eye-catching advertisement though, not that the book needs any more publicizing.


Pottermania has hit us again!

What with Movie No. 5- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix released on 11 July and the Book No. 7- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows released on 21 July, it's not hard to see why.

I think I've not been a very good fan of the series at all, since I have not pre-booked the book and neither did I wake up at 5 am on the 21st of July to queue up for a "cheaper" book at Tesco or Carrefour. I heard that the bookstores- MPH, Times have finally conceeded to sell their books at a 20% discount from RM 109.90, which is still over-priced considering the books are selling for only 5 pounds in the UK at Asda!

At least, I've watched the movie, which I thought was quite good with memorable lines like Hermione telling Ron, "You've got the emotional range of a teaspoon!" Haha. Ron's facial expression at that point and many times in the movie was simply hilarious. He's my favourite character both in the book and movie!

I've also been offered pirated PDF versions of the book. Haha. The things you can find on the Internet if you Google hard enough! However, previous experience has told me that reading the actual book is a lot kinder on the eyes so I'm wiser this time around!

Anyway, my brother told me he's already gotten a copy which I can only get next week when he has finished it. So those of you who have read the book, please don't spoil it for me, if you haven't already! =D


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