Title/Author: Rojak/Amir MuhammadPublisher: ZI PublicationsNo. of pages: 314ISBN 13: 978-967-5266-10-2 In a nutshellRojak is a collection of very short fictional stories (63 altogether, plus the extended versions), all of which tell of Malaysia and its culture. The author quoted our beloved late Yasmin Ahmad, saying “What is a nation without the stories it tells itself?”…
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Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai
Title/Author: Funny Boy/Shyam SelvaduraiPublisher: VintageNo. of pages: 314ISBN 13: 978-009-9459-21-7 In a nutshellThe story is set in the seventies, during the tumultuous times of Sri Lanka, when the Buddhist Sinhalese majority and its Hindu Tamil minority were at war (Sri Lankan Civil War). It’s basically a novel in 6 short stories, told in chronological order…
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint
Title/Author: Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder/Shamini FlintPublisher: PiatkusNo. of pages: 295ISBN 13: 978-0-7499-2975-6 In a nutshellInspector Singh from Singapore has been sent to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to solve the murder of a Malaysian heir, Alan Lee. His ex-wife, Chelsea Liew is on death row for for this murder, but she swears she…
The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka
Title/Author: The Rice Mother/Rani ManickaPublisher: SceptreNo. of pages: 468ISBN 10: 0340823887 In a nutshell“In this house, our Rice Mother is your grandmother. She is the keeper of dreams. Look careafully and you will see, she sits on her wooden throne holding all our hopes and dreams in her strong hands, big and small, yours and…
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Title/Author: A Little Princess/Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN (13): 978-0064401876 Xiao Wei talks about a book she loves dearly, and has read over and over again. What’s it about?“A Little Princess” is a magical story filled with beautiful imaginations and whimsical fantasies, hope, love and courage, despite the cold hard realities of London in the early 1900’s….
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Title/Author: The Virgin Suicides/Jeffrey EugenidesPublisher: BloomsburyNo. of pages: 249ISBN: 978-0747560593Price: RM36.50 In a nutshellThis story, set in the 1970s, is mainly about the mysterious Lisbon girls (Cecelia, 13; Lux, 14; Bonnie, 15; Mary, 16; Therese, 17) who decided to take their own lives and how their suicides affected their small suburban community. Their story is…
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Title/Author: And Then There Were None/Agatha ChristiePublisher: FontanaNo. of pages: 221ISBN: 978-0312979478 In a nutshellA whodunit story that would keep you on tenterhooks until the end. You might have seen something similar to this in a movie before, but you know, nothing beats reading! 10 people from all walks of life, have been invited to…
Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter by A.E. Moorat
Title/Author: Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter/A.E.MooratPublisher: Hodder & StoughtonISBN-10: 144470026X/ISBN-13: 978-1444700268 In a nutshellA.E.Moorat is the pseudonym of author Andrew Holmes whose first novel, Sleb, was shortlisted for the 2002 WHSmith New Talent Award in the UK. His other novels are All Fur Coat, 64 Clarke, and Rain Dogs and Love Cats, all of them dark,…
One Day by David Nicholls
Title/Author: One Day/David NichollsPublisher: Hodder & StoughtonNo. of pages: 437ISBN: 978 0 340 89698 3/99468 9 In a nutshell:Boy meets girl, girl likes boy (very, very much), ‘hooked up’ on graduation night and had a short date the day after. Confident, rich, handsome Dexter and independent, one-liner queen, Emma, continue to meet on the same…
Fantastic Giveaways for Mother’s Day!
This May, in conjunction with Mother’s Day, Hooked On Bookz is giving away some really fantastic, great reads! Summer at the Villa Rosa by Nicky Pellegrino (Rated 5 stars in Amazon.com)Raffaella Moretti is the new housekeeper at the Villa Rosa in the Italian town of Triento. But this is not the life she imagined for…
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