In a nutshell It may seem like a love story, but it’s actually not (covers can be deceiving!), which is why I decided to read it. This story, set around the depression era, is about Jacob who almost graduates from an Ivy League school with a degree in veterinary sciences. Upon finding out his parents’…
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Uncensored version of ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ published!!
Over 120 years after it was condemned as ‘vulgar’ and ‘unclean’, an uncensored version of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is published by Harvard University Press. Revised after it was condemned in the British press over 130 years ago as “vulgar”, “unclean”, “poisonous” and “discreditable”, an uncensored version of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture…
Meet & Greet Shamini, Author of Inspector Singh Investigates Series!
Why, oh why on a weekday…? *sob* Anyway,…if you’re nearby, remember to meet up with Shamini Flint! Shamini writes children’s books with cultural and environmental themes including Jungle Blues and Turtle takes a Trip as well as the ‘Sasha’ series of children’s books. She also writes crime fiction, the first two books are Inspector Singh…
Author of Three Cups of Tea, fabricated his memoir?
Read this on themalaysianinsider.com, and started googling. These are what I found: 1) The author’s charity organization has taken credit for schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan that don’t exist. 2) The porters who accompanied him say he was never lost, and went back to the village a year after his first trip. 3) Mortenson also…
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Title/Author: Norwegian Wood/Haruki Murakami (Translated by Jay Rubin)Publisher: Vintage Books USAPages: 400ISBN 13: 9780099554561 Expect no flying elephants, man-eating cats, or any of those surrealist eccentricities that you’d normally find in a Murakami novel. Norwegian Wood is a rather straight forward, coming of age novel of nostalgia. What stayed though is its quiet, still and…
THE ONE AND ONLY, THE GREATEST of THE GREATEST, MOST DEVIOUS DJINNI IS BAAAACK! :D
Oh yes….my dear ol’ friend, Bartimaeus IS BACK!!! The Ring of Solomon is prequel to the Bartimaeus Trilogy written by Jonathan Stroud. Here is a plot introduction I nicked from Wikipedia: It is the year 950 b.c. and King Solomon of Israel rules his empire from Jerusalem with a steely hand. Upon which rests a…
Freddie and the Fairy by Julia Donaldson & Karen George
Title/Author: Freddie and the Fairy/Julia Donaldson & Karen George Publisher: Macmillan Pages: 28 ISBN 13: 978-0-330-51118-6 In a nutshell Freedie meets Bessie-Belle, a fairy whom he rescued from a tree. In return, she offers to grant his every wish. But Bessie-Belle can’t hear very well, causing Freddie’s wishes come out all wrong… What I liked…
UK’S WORLD BOOK NIGHT
Came across this article on Neil Gaiman’s tweet:On Saturday 5 March, a million books were away across the UK in the first ever World Book Night. Writers were asked which books they give as gifts and which they’ve been most pleased to receive. And children’s authors recommended books to give to children. Find out books…
Special Weekend Treats for Bookaholics!!
Dying to splurge on books? Wanna hit the bookstores this weekend? This one’s for you then 😉 Thanks for the info Justina!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. SEUSS!!!
(http://www.myspace.com/8682916) Thanks for all your great books, Dr. Seuss! You light up my life! Plan to get more of your books this weekend! :)) I hope they’ll still be there! Here’s something on Dr. Seuss from Wikipedia: Theodor Seuss Geisel (pronounced /ˈɡaɪzəl/; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American writer and cartoonist…
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