22.Apr.2010 A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
You know that you’ve finished a great book when after turning the last page, you’re still thinking about the characters for days, wondering how they are, if they’re okay, as if they live in the parallel universe, breathing and going through their daily life at this moment. You would ponder about the memories that have [...]
23.Mar.2010 The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
The Slap starts with a barbeque party at suburban Melbourne. The explosion breaks when a man slaps a child who is not his own. The ripples affect everyone there: the family where the barbeque takes place, the family of man who slaps, the family of the child who is slapped, and all their family and [...]
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 [...]
