18.Dec.2009 Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith and Andrew Sachs (Audiobook/Podcasts)
Corduroy Mansions is officially my first audiobook, and podcast! What a whole new world I had discovered when I discovered both! Can’t believe what I’d been missing all this time!
To trace back a little, I am never a good listener. As in I often miss what people say in general, even in my first language [...]
07.May.2008 Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
This is the second book for the The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. I thought it’s better than the first. When the first consists of several short cases, this one is more flowing with only a couple of cases (I found myself reading faster when it’s flowing, rather than pausing every so often), and [...]
16.Feb.2008 The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
I’ve finished this book a while ago, but just have time to write about it now. It’s very light reading. Like someone said, reading it feels like having a holiday in Africa, with people’s and places’ funny names and all. The setting is in Botswana, about a lady detective called Mma Ramotswe. She’s on for [...]
17.Dec.2007 Folktales from Africa: The Girl Who Married A Lion by Alexander McCall Smith
I finished the book a while ago. Borrowed it from Hailey. In fact, I was the one recommended the book to her on one book fair in Expo many moons ago. But there’s really nothing much to say about the book, because it’s just far too simplistic. The most interesting about it is probably the [...]
