17.Jun.2009 Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
A professor at a reputable University one day impulsively sleeps with a young girl who’s also his student. The events that follow push him to resign and temporarily leave the town. He goes to visit his daughter in rural South Africa. More unfortunate events befall to both that bring them to question everything– the issue [...]
09.Jun.2009 Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Purple Hibiscus’s heroine is 15 year-old Kambili who is raised in a very uptight, almost delusional, rich Catholic family in Nigeria. The family that is run by tyrannical Papa, who is truthfully a very frustrating and depressing character, because he doesn’t just abuse. He abuses in the name of God and cries like he’s forced [...]
01.Jul.2008 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
I read this book from beginning to end on Sunday during the 24 hour read-a-thon. I think I roughly spent about 8 hours for all 272 pages (yea I’m a slow reader). Funny, I got 3 copies of the book. I got one as a surprise RABCK (Random Act of Bookcrossing Kindness) – free, one [...]
