04.Nov.2008 Offbeat Bride by Ariel Meadow Stallings
Offbeat Bride: Taffeta-free Alternatives for Independent Brides Can the hint be any clearer than this? Yup, I’m getting married! Of course, I’m not the type of girl who dreams of her perfect wedding since she was 5. If I could, I possibly would opt to skip the entire wedding ordeal and go straight to marriage. [...]
12.Oct.2008 Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
I LOVE this book! I’ve watched Persepolis movie twice and thought that the graphic novel would be just like the movie (good, but similar). But it’s not! It’s BETTER! The book discusses more sensitive topics around religion and the government in Iran. More social classes issues, more demonstrations, more cruelties. Satrapi is truly one of [...]
06.Oct.2008 Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
I was looking for Persepolis for ages, but it’s always checked out at my library. A few days ago, not only did I find Persepolis (first, but not the second one), but also another graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, called Embroideries. Embroideries is entertaining reading about the sex lives of Iranian women. After the afternoon [...]
25.Sep.2008 A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
This book is a memoir of Ishmael Beah, an ex child soldier during wartime in Sierra Leone. His journey started when the rebels arrived at his village. He was chased from village to village by the war that spread further and further. The places he visited destroyed and his family and brothers killed. Until he [...]
04.Aug.2008 Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
I got this book from a friend names Cliff. Cliff likes to give me books to read that he himself doesn’t feel like reading. This, for example, and another one, Losing My Virginity by Richard Branson. (The latter I haven’t read, maybe because it’s thick. Thick fiction doesn’t scare me, but thick non-fiction a little [...]
11.Apr.2008 I Choose to Live by Sabine Dardenne
In 1996 Sabine Dardenne was kidnapped by Marc Dutroux, the man who turned out to be one of Belgium’s most heinous paedophiles. She was 12 years old. She was his prisoner for 80 long days. Surviving, at the age of 20 years old, she finally decided to write this book, for three reasons: “so that [...]
26.Oct.2007 Lucky by Alice Sebold
This book was released at Singapore OBCZ (Official Bookcrossing Zone) Moonriver Cafe. So instead of reading Lovely Bones first, I read this book by Alice Sebold. I feel compelled to read Lovely Bones because everybody’s reading it (will do soon). Lucky caught my interest because it’s a true story of the author. I’m a sucker [...]
01.Aug.2007 Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter
1st pass: Honestly, I’m reading it now mainly to know what the hype is all about. I know, it’s a bit late, it’s kind of old news, but somehow a few people around me recommended it almost at the same time. So let’s see what I can get ;> 2nd pass: Okay, finished reading it! [...]
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World by John Wood
I’ve been following Room to Read for a while before they published this book. Such a good book for more insights about how things came to be. John Wood himself fits my perfect image of a 20th century hero. He worked at Microsoft as the Marketing Director for Asia Pacific region when one day he [...]
Boy Meets Girl by Joshua Harris
Joshua Harris’s second book (first being I Kissed Dating Goodbye). Whereas IKDG talks about single life, Boy Meets Girl talks about the next phase, when you actually meet someone and pursue marriage through biblical courtship. I don’t know why I read the book. I knew I wasn’t gonna follow whatever things he’s trying to teach. [...]
