Can’t stop reading

Michael from Eyeris may have started a trend of sorts! I’m picking up the post started by Michael and continued by Grace Shu: Where/when do I read?
Yes, us voracious readers just find time to read a few words here and there. On average, I read about 4 to 5 books a month. Unfortunately, I buy [...]

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My not-so-detailed list

Because my books are in the apartment, and I’m in my parents’ house. So this list was dredged up from my not-so reliable memory.Meaning, some of the titles may not be 100% accurate.
Here are the beauties I bought:
1. Oriental mythology
2. Titans and Olympians
3. Introduction to the Romans
4. The Outremer saga, Books 1 to [...]

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Another book sale: Popular 3-day Crazy Deal

As if my wallet is not suffering enough; Popular Bookstore has to sic a book sale on me. The Book Review Blog alerted me about the sale.
Venue: Amcorp Mall at the concourse area, Petaling Jaya, Persiaran Barat
How long? From today until this Sunday (June 27th).
Deals? Apparently “rebates up to 70%” as reported by the blog.
Will [...]

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Dazed at the Times warehouse sale

One word. Fantastic!
I didn’t want to go, honestly. I have no $. Yes, I have a credit card, but this lady is really seriously in debt. But when Daphne (who also reported about it) told me how good it was I just had to go. I’d never forgive myself if I missed out good [...]

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Salam Pax: The Baghdad Blogger by Salam Pax

It’s interesting to see that bloggers are now getting published. I followed Salam Pax’s blog during the US-Iraq war, and was as concerned as many when he stopped blogging when the US forces attacked.

Salam Pax does not blog as much as he used to, something I find a little sad. Perhaps it’s because of the [...]

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Bookaholic

I’m perhaps, one of the few Malaysians whose parents would beg once in a while to “stop buying books.”
If there’s one weakness I have, especially when it concerns my wallet, is my inability to turn away from a good book. Bookstores like Kinokuniya and Pay Less are “traps” for me. I so often find good [...]

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The Face by Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz’s books are a guilty pleasure. Most of the time they’re really cheesy, but they’re so darn enjoyable. Maybe because the stories are often outlandish and weird.

I was introduced to Dean Koontz by Alex and his wife Susan, the owners of Reader’s Corner at Subang Parade (it’s a rent-a-book store). I started with Strangers, [...]

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Look what I’ve got!

Bought these two beauties at Popular Bookstore at Summit, USJ Subang Jaya (Selangor). They’re only below RM20 each; fully illustrated, and with nice-looking fonts too! (Weird, I know. But fonts have to look a certain way for me – not too big, hopefully serif fonts – for me [...]

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My favourite Star Trek novels

Listing my favourite ST novels turned out to be a more difficult enterprise than I anticipated. Not only do I not remember many of the titles, I also don’t have that many favourites to list! But here are the books in no particular order:
Star Trek Voyager
Mosaic by Jeri [...]

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Star Trek novels

TV Tie-ins (books based on television shows). Love ‘em. Hate ‘em. Actually, most of the time I dislike them. Yet, you just can’t stay away – especially when your favourite television series is on a hiatus and you can’t wait for more stories.
Of all TV tie-ins out there, the Star Trek novels are near-legendary. Not [...]

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