20.Mar.2009 The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
The Complete Maus is a memoir presented as a graphic novel. The complete story was published in 2 volumes: Part I: My Father Bleeds History in 1986 and Part II: And Here My Troubles Began in 1991. It recounts the struggle of Spiegelman’s father to survive the holocaust and also the troubled relationships between the [...]
17.Mar.2009 Sugarbabe by Holly Hill
Holly Hill got depressed after she was left by her wealthy married boyfriend and found herself totally broke. After a few days of soul searching and a help from a friend, she picked herself up and decided to find a sugar daddy, who’d pay for her with no strings attached. That way, she wouldn’t find [...]
18.Feb.2009 Escape by Carolyn Jessop
Escape is a haunting biography of Carolyn Jessop, a woman who was born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints community, a religious group in United States around Utah and Arizona. A religious group who believes in polygamy, woman degradation, absolute obedience, children brainwashing, apocalypse with resurrected Indian heroes and evil black [...]
08.Dec.2008 Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi
I had Coraline and Persepolis 2 on my hands, and I reckon I’d have time to read only 1 before I leave Singapore. So I chose Persepolis 2, because it seemed to be shorter, and is also part of a series. I really love the first one. In the second Persepolis, it tells the story [...]
24.Nov.2008 No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty
No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days is a book by Chris Baty, the founder of NaNoWriMo. Here Chris emphasizes how novel can be a great creativity outlet and to just have fun with writing it. Just as much as nobody expects your first drawing to be [...]
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 [...]