The trouble with our libraries

Interesting article in The Star’s Kuala Lumpur Metro today. Reading at book stores the rage now (strangely, the online metro said “book sores”) basically says that Malaysians prefer to read at book stores than libraries.
Honestly, this is old news for me. I used to spend every Sunday curled [...]

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Getting lost in the library

Was back at the apartment yesterday and decided to pick a book from my library to read. My little library is a wonder. It’s filled to the brim with books – nearly 1,000 of them, and 60% of them I’ve not read!
Unfortunately, I couldn’t decide what book to read. Almost all the books there are [...]

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Su Tong’s allure

Some people consider Su Tong China’s best writer in the 21st (and 20th) century, and they’re right. Well, I consider him that.
I got to know about Su Tong after watching the immortal Zhang Yimou movie Raise the Red Lantern. Then I found his book, Rice, and was enthralled. In the book, you get to see [...]

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A Cold Heart by Jonathan Kellerman

Whoowee! Like, how long since I graced this blog already? Never mind, don’t answer that.

Since reading Michael Connelly, I’ve been delving more and more into mysteries. Discovered a new author called Jonathan Kellerman while going through the books cabinet at the office and decided to have a go. Honestly, he isn’t as good as Connelly. [...]

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