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…
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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…
Stop the Bullying! by Andrew Matthews
This is a book every parent and teacher should and must read. In a nutshell This book is about: why bullies bully, why bullied kids don’t tell their pareents, and how bullied kids can make a stand. It is also about: how parents sometimes create bullies, what schools can do about bullying, bullying in the…
Eugenides HAS A NEW BOOK!
Finally. FINALLY! Another book from the author who wrote one of my favourite books of all times. He’s back with, THE MARRIAGE PLOT, which comes out in October, somewhere mid I think. It’s another love story, and it’s a book about other books. As some of you may already know, I’m not into love stories,…
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