Of great read and authors..

[madmansg]

On local authors, Philip Jeyaratnam's Ragtime Raffles Place and Abraham's Promise
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please lar this yellow belly lawyer say dare not join oppostion but defend them when paid !

 

[lolabunny]

i dont read fictions any more.. got non fictions to recommend?

what do you want to know about? what's so bad about fiction?

 

[lolabunny]

On local authors, Philip Jeyaratnam's Ragtime Raffles Place and Abraham's Promise
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please lar this yellow belly lawyer say dare not join oppostion but defend them when paid !

these two books are a joke please. esp RPR, it's so stupid and pretentious and full of hang ups, probably aimed to capture the whole "yuppy" late 1980s feel and failed miserably.

the teenage textbook was way better. it did capture the teen spirit at that time.

 

[vamjok]

recently i kapo a friend blog. seems like there is a craze over some silly vampire book call twilight. prehaps its just her gang.

 

[yinyang]

...two books are a joke please. esp RPR, it's so stupid and pretentious and full of hang ups, probably aimed to capture the whole "yuppy" late 1980s feel and failed miserably.

Not disagree both are fluff... pocket size pick ups, that some of us chanced upon in our youth. Just a moment of my cheek, expecting some others to take a breather from more topical headliners or politics folder:p And sure enough..

...yellow belly lawyer say dare not join oppostion but defend them when paid !

 

[Neh_Neh_Pok]

of course bible is a must read...but you can expand your horizon by read other books too....

you will realized most of the stories will end up proven what is right in the bible.

The 'Brable' is for you cockernathan chrikukustians read only

 

[pfingo]

are you really a man? :p

danielle steele's narrative voice is the useless drivel of a whiny woman. it's so bad, i don't actually know what she's talking about. and i'm a girl.

at least jackie collins and sidney sheldon has dialogue instead of some weird inner monologue in long sentences.

... not 2 4get douglas lee fatal seductions I/II

 

[yinyang]

Just starting on Robert Goddard's latest

 

[pfingo]

u guys think those trump & kawasaki (sic) financial gurus books really good?

 

[lolabunny]

I actually liked Bridget Jones' Diary and Roald Dahl's books.

I think i'm really shallow, don't read that much hard hitting non fiction. :p

Do cookbooks count?

 

[VIBGYOR]

this guy gets to live to tell his story....unlike other fiction bullshits.

 

[yinyang]

Truth stranger than fiction? Guess it could not make local bestseller list :p

this guy gets to live to tell his story....unlike other fiction bullshits.

Nah, we can also read for leisure ..and not just for holy grail in quest for knowledge etc. On cookbooks, isn't the salivating pics part of essential ingredients?

..liked Bridget Jones' Diary and Roald Dahl's books. I think i'm really shallow, don't read that much hard hitting non fiction.
Do cookbooks count?

 

[jw5]

I actually liked Bridget Jones' Diary and Roald Dahl's books.

I think i'm really shallow, don't read that much hard hitting non fiction. :p

Do cookbooks count?

Roald Dahl is a great author.
His books always have hidden meanings, nice analogies and surprise endings.

 

[lolabunny]

Roald Dahl is a great author.
His books always have hidden meanings, nice analogies and surprise endings.

Like what kind of hidden meaning?

I hate the surprise endings. I only read the whole collection because it was a gift and I felt bad.

 

[yinyang]

Any good reads lately?

Any good reads lately?

Chanced on 2 works by jap authors (translation) couple years back.

One was gruesome "Out" by Natsuo Kirino... few urbanised (but displaced) ladies helped out their crony with dismember a rotten guy..

Other was more palatable Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood

 

[dysentry]

Re: Any good reads lately?

reading lotsa bukowski lately...

memorable book of recent years ... On Parole

 

[JWNY]

Currently into an old one...Bangkok Haunts by John Burdett

JWNY

 

[shOUTloud]

Read Peter Hamilton's Commonwealth and Confederates series. Fucking rocks for sci-fi.

http://www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/

 

[yinyang]

Poughing through Stig Larsson's 2nd part of his trilogy (translated from swedish): The girl who played with fire

Anyone with interesting reads, lately? That bookshop (Page?) in Viviocity is not bad

 

[_AXL_]

Anyone with interesting reads, lately? That bookshop (Page?) in Viviocity is not bad

my bro, hope this finds u well.

graphic novel can or not??? managed to pick up a copy of first print "V for Vendetta" recently. reminds me of a very familiar political situation.