Title/Author: Brothers/Yu HuaPublisher: Picador USANo. of Pages: 600ISBN 13: 9780330452755 In a nutshell‘Brothers’ is about two stepbrothers, Baldy Li and Song Gang, who were brought together by death. Song Gang’s dad married Baldy Li’s mom after Baldy Li’s birth dad died tragically in a grotesque and comical incident. In the beginning I was a little…
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World Book Night 2011!!!
I really think this is suuuper cool! Saw this on the internet. Check this out:World Book Night represents the most ambitious and far-reaching celebration of adult books and reading ever attempted in the UK and Ireland. On Saturday, 5 March 2011, two days after World Book Day, with the full support of the Publishers Association,…
Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein
Title/Author: Tokyo Vice/Jake AdelsteinPublisher: Pantheon BooksNo. of pages: 328ISBN 13: 978-0-307-37879-8 In a nutshell(Edited from the book flap) At nineteen, Jake Adelstein started his life as a journalist at the prestigious Yomiuri Shinbun. For 12 years of 48-hour workweeks, he ventures deep into the Yakuza underworld where murder, corruption and human trafficking are as common…
Radiance by Alyson Noel
Title/Author: Radiance/Alyson NoelPublisher: MacmillanNo. of pages: 183ISBN 13: 978-0-330-52691-3 In a nutshellRiley Bloom crossed the bridge into the afterlife following a car crash – with her parents and beloved dog, Buttercup. In her afterlife, she has been assigned a job as a Soul Catcher, with Bodhi as her guide. Her first assignment takes her back…
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Title/Author: Fight Club/Chuck PalahniukPublisher: VintageNo. of pages: 352ISBN 13: 9780099552154Price: RM29.90 In a nutshellI’ve seen Fight Club. I loved it. I’ve also just read the book. Loved it too. Even dreamt about being in Fight Club with Pitt and Norton last night! Haha yes, for real, ok 😛 So. Everyone knows about fight club and…
Drawing Blood by Scarfe
Title/Author: Drawing Blood/ScarfePublisher: Bloomsbury PublishingNo. of pages: 352ISBN 10: 0 316 72952 3Price: RM59.90 (Discounted price) In a nutshell(I’m just gonna take it from the book flap) This is Scarfe’s first collected volume of his work for twenty years, with amusing and poignant anecdotes to present the drawings and other works that have established him…
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Title/Author: Eat Pray Love/Elizabeth GilbertPublisher: Bloomsbury PublishingNo. of pages: 349ISBN 13: 9780747589358Price: RM10.00 (Discounted price) In a nutshellThe whole world knows what Eat Pray Love is all about, so I’m going to skip this bit. Ok. Maybe a short description. It’s mainly about Liz going on a self-discovery journey that revolves around the Pursuit of…
Sky Burial by Xinran
Title/Author: Sky Burial/XinranPublisher: Random House CanadaNo. of pages: 206ISBN 10: 0-679-31360-5Price: RM20.00 (Discounted price. Hardcover) In a nutshellXinran received a phone call from a listener of her programme asking her to meet a woman who had just crossed the border from Tibet to China. Xinran made a trip and met Shu Wen who recounted the…
Everything Asian by Sung J. Woo
Title/Author: Everything Asian/Sung J. WooPublisher: Thomas Dunne BooksNo. of pages: 328ISBN 13: 978-0-312-53885-9Price: RM49.90In a nutshellDavid Kim, his fifteen-year-old sister and mom arrived in New Jersey a month ago to be with his dad whom he’s meeting for the first time in five years. He’s finding it hard to cope, his sister is feeling miserable…
A Year in Tibet by Sun Shuyun
Title/Author: A Year in Tibet/Sun ShuyunPublisher: Harper PerennialNo. of pages: 246ISBN 13: 978-0-00-726512-1Price: RM19.90 (Discounted price) In a nutshellThe idea of writing this book came about when Sun Shuyun was asked to direct a documentary series about a year in the life of ordinary Tibetans. So, the author and her crew spent a year in…
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