This was really an excellent book. David Moody, a frustrated writer, took to writing his first novel online. His book, "Autumn", is about survivors of an illness (not clear what illness) outbreak that caused most of the living human beings to die. Several days later, the dead rose up again.
February 12, 2012
The last two books of Susan Cooper's "Dark is Rising" sequence provide high entertainment, magic and adventure!
January 25, 2012
The sixth book in Derek Landy's Skulduggery Pleasant saga, "Death Bringer", has to be the most satisfying read since the first book.
January 16, 2012
After reading Harry Potter, I had Skulduggery Pleasant “Dark Days” on the book shelf. Problem was – I couldn’t remember much about books 1-3. I know I enjoyed them, but they kind of merged together. In fact, when I was reading book 3 “The Faceless Ones“, I couldn’t remember some of the storylines of books… [Read more…]
July 22, 2011
Finally finished reading Gaiman & Sarrantonio's "Stories - All New Tales". As expected, all but one story were gems!
July 1, 2011
Helping your child to get fit, by Ceri Roberts, is a fantastic book on how to motivate your child to exercise, and also empower her with the tools of choosing a healthier lifestyle.
June 18, 2011
Sharmini Flint is an Asian writer, with a 'new' detective, Inspector Singh, who is all set to tackle the murder mysteries of South East Asia. I have to say that she her plot was intriguing up to the midway point, then she threw in too many political subplots.
June 18, 2011
Went to Book Excess yesterday and bought four books for less than RM80: Darren Shan: The City: Book Two - Hell's Horizon & The City: Book Three - City of the Snakes; Neil Gaiman & Neil Sarrantonio: Stories - All New Tales; and, Ceri Roberts: Helping your child get fit.
June 3, 2011
I’ve decided that it’s about time I stop with Agatha Christie (re-reads, no less!) and start on a classics pilgrimage. I did this when I was a law undergrad, every summer select a list of classics to read, then get to it. This was way before you could blog about it though… Among the books… [Read more…]
March 20, 2011
Finally got three books I've been looking for for ages! Agatha Christie's "Black Coffee", and Jeff Somer's "The Eternal Prison" & "Terminal State".
December 19, 2010
Neil Gaiman has a new book out, and I can't wait to get my hands on it!
November 30, 2010
What I've been reading since I last wrote.
November 24, 2010
The BBC compiled a list of books, and it believes most people will have read only six of the 100 books listed here. I've read 22, so more than double of 'most people'.
November 21, 2010
That's Agatha Christie for you. I have been so absorbed with her books since May this year, and I have almost read all of Poirot's and Tommy & Tuppence books.
February 18, 2012
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