books
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Today, I got out of bed quite late at 10am. My alarm went off at 7am but I ended up going back to sleep. I had breakfast and a coffee and packed my bag for the library. Since today is a Saturday it would be the public library rather than the university library that was Read more
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One great book I picked up and read recently was ‘Ponti’ by Sharlene Teo. The author went to primary and high school in Singapore but then went to university in England. The fictional story is done from the perspective of an actress Amisa, the actress’s daughter Szu, and the actress’s daughter’s friend Circe. The title Read more
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An excellent little book that I picked up in my charity shop was that of Wilbur Smith’s Cry Wolf. An elderly American man was chatting to me one day (while his wife was trying on clothes). He asked me if I had ever read Edgar Allen Poe or Wilbur Smith? I replied I hadn’t heard Read more
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I originally read ‘Kingdom by the Sea’ by Mr Theroux and reviewed it on this blog site. That book is especially funny and probably the book I enjoyed the most. However Mr Theroux does have some other interesting books especially his Dark Star Safari. This is the book where he travels from Cairo to Cape Read more
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It’s a very warm Friday here in Inverness and I am sitting inside in the cool shade of my bedroom on my laptop. Recently I have been reading the classic books of the brilliant Charles Dickens. I mostly read them when I am sitting around in the shop where I work. I have read the Read more
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When I was in Budapest recently, in a cafe, drinking my coffee, I saw a man with a sort of cart full of second hand books outside. I asked him if he had any English books and he pointed me to a section. I purchased Paul Theroux’s Kingdom by the Sea for a bit over Read more
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One of my favourite books since I discovered it in a library is Graham Greene’s Quiet American. I first read Brighton Rock after I found it by my Dad’s bedside when I was a teenager. My father often influenced my reading growing up. I was intrigued about Quiet American when I read the synopsis on Read more
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An exceptional book I just finished reading yesterday is ‘hard boiled wonderland and the end of the world’ by Murakami. Murakami also wrote Norwegian Wood which I also loved when I read it. This book was recommended to me by my favourite Waterstones employee in Inverness. ‘Hard boiled wonderland and the End of the world’ Read more
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I’ve just finished reading ‘Under the Skin’ by Michel Faber. The book is exceptionally well written which is what I wanted when I approached my local Waterstones staff member about a book recommendation for the Christmas holidays. The story however is quite horrifying. I’ll not bother trying to hide spoiler details. The book is about Read more
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