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The Games of Throne by George R. R. Martin
Sometimes it takes a colleague who insisted or a friend who encouraged you to read something new. Truth be told I read all of Harry Potters, Hunger Games, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, No. 1 Ladies Detective, the Twilight Series books and movies and I don’t own any of it. It’s with scepticism that … Continue reading
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Do you always suspect there is something wrong with you but you can’t put a name or a finger on it? Do you feel inadequate when you are in a large crowd and don’t quite know how to blend in? Do you feel the need to be alone to recharge after being around people for … Continue reading
Becoming by Michelle Obama
They say behind every successful man there is a woman (so is his downfall!). This woman that I’m reading about is successful in her own rights but faced many of the same dilemma women with children often feel, between their career and family, between self-fulfilment and also fulfilling the duty and love to their children. Except Michelle Obama, born Robinson, was born not with a silver spoon nor a head start in life, but was born into the impoverished South Side of Chicago. She held on to her ambition and dream, with the support of her parents, mentors and husband, emerged at the pinnacle of the eyes of the world as the First Lady of the United State (FLOTUS). Continue reading
The Chimp Paradox by Dr Steve Peters
What if I tell you I have read one of the most important book of my life? What if I tell you I have read decades of self improvement books and many are full of waffling and rambling to make up the pages but you take away a few things that you think may help … Continue reading
Virtual Love by Andrew Blackman
Until I read this book, I look around and wonder why there isn’t a novel that explores our internet and online psyche more closely than a few mention of messaging and chats as a contemporary mean of communication? With Virtual Love, I finally found the one. The book is broken into chapters with at least … Continue reading
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Last year saw this book appearing in everyone’s top read of the year and it has been compared to The Night Circus, which I thought was ok but not my cup of tea, but The Snow Child was said to be better than The Night Circus. With Claire (Word by Word)‘s opinion whom I trust, … Continue reading
Finally I succumbed to the new world of reading …….
Last Saturday, 1 December 2012, is the day I took a massive leap into technology of reading. My husband bought me a Kindle!! The 4th generation Kindle comes in several versions. There is the Kindle Fire, Paperwhite, touchscreen and the very basic one I got here. For a long time I can’t see myself jumping … Continue reading
Purge by Sofi Oksanen
I won this book from Zee@Notes from the North last year. I have an extra copy to give away. The giveaway gave me the impetus to read this book. There was a stranger at the door step…. It’s 1992 (just before the closing of the iron curtain), Aliide Truu is an old woman living alone in a … Continue reading
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel is one of the definitive accounts of WW1. The narrator of All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul Bäumer, is a German soldier who was urged by his school master to join the war. He is not yet 20 years old when he begins his narrative, but the horrors he … Continue reading
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart tells the story of Okonkwo, a proud and highly respected Igbo from Umuofia, somewhere near theLower Niger. Okonkwo’s clan are farmers and they grow Yam and cassava and practice ancient rituals, some virtuous and some ritual practices may make the readers cringed with dread. It begins with Okonkwo’s father, Unoka, who is lazy … Continue reading
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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. - Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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