Title/Author: The Help by Kathryn Stockett Publisher: The Berkley Publishing Group Pages: 530 ISBN: 978-0-425-24513-2 In a nutshell The Help is set in the 1960’s and told by Aibileen, Minny and Skeeter’s perspective. Aibileen and Minny are maids who worked for white families and regularly exchanged stories about their bosses they served. Eugena “Skeeter” Phelan…
Moloka’i by Alan Brennert
Title/Author: Moloka’i by Alan BrennertPublisher: St Martin’s GriffinPages: 383ISBN: 978-0-312-30435-5 In a nutshell This novel is set in the 18t90’s to 1970’s. The female protagonist, Rachel Kalama grew up in Honolulu and is part of a big Hawaiian family. Her father, was a merchant seaman and she dreamt that she’d travel to places her dad…
Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
Title/Author: Alice I Have Been by Melanie BenjaminPublisher: Bantam BooksPages: 365ISBN: 978-0-385-34414-2 In a nutshellAlice Liddell Hargreaves is the ‘Alice’ in Wonderland; the girl who followed the White Rabbit into a land of quirky characters such as the Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts and the Cheshire Cat. If not for Alice, Lewis Carroll wouldn’t have…
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Title/Author: The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel Garcia MarquezPublisher: Vintage InternationalPages: 106ISBN: 0-679-72205-x In a nutshellIn February 1955, eight crew members of the Caladas, a Colombian destroyer, were washed over-alive, on a deserted beach in northern Colombia. Several of them drowned shortly before arriving at the port of Cartagena de Indias due to…
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin
I’ve been trying to finish reading my ebooks for a very very very long time and am still half way through most of them. I NEVER HAD TROUBLE FINISHING A BOOK BEFORE (except for really sleep-inducing ones)! So I told myself to stop with the ebooks and get back to paperbacks (I don’t really fancy…
Would you let your children read these??
I’m a sucker for children’s books; anything for ages 0 – 10; especially those written by Roald Dahl, Dr. Seuss, Julia Donaldson and Eric Carle. I normally pick books which are: * entertaining* simple but educational* has good vocab * well written and conceptualised* great illustrations! (for picture books) Recently, I came across this article which…
Awesome book clutches!
Look what I found while reading Vanity Fair – awesome, pretty book clutches! Find all of them here. Now, guess the price. They start from 490 pounds 😛
Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
Title/Author: Handle with Care / Jodi Picoult Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Pages: 548 ISBN 13: 978-0340979044 In a nutshellWillow is born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (commonly known as Brittle Bones disease) and her mom, Charloote, is offered a lifeline – to file a wrongful birth – suggesting that Sean and Charlotte (the mother) should have been…
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
Title/Author: The Marriage Plot / Jeffrey Eugenides Publisher: FSG New YorkPages: 406ISBN 13: 978-0-374-53325-0 In a nutshell I’d say this novel is a combination of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and One Day by David Nicholls. It’s a love story with lots of teenage angst. What helped it score a notch higher than the other two…
Found in Malaysia Vol 2 by The Nut Graph
Title/Author: Found in Malaysia Vol. 2/The Nut Graph Publisher: Zi Publications Pages: 256 ISBN 13: 978-9675-26622-5 In a nutshell Found In Malaysia Vol. 2 consists of 50 interviews. This volume is divided into 7 sections – 1930’s right up to the 1980’s and an ‘Exclusive’ (never-before published interviews) section which include personalities such as Lillian…
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