Title: Growing up Bin Laden Author: Jean Sasson (with Najwa Bin Laden and Omar Bin Laden) 352 pages Publisher: St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition (October 27, 2009) Set in: Saudi Arabia Genre: Non-Fiction (memoir) Rating: 4.5 out of 5 My thoughts: Having read and loved most of Jean Sasson's books, I'm always happy when... Continue Reading →
Year of the Tiger by David Miller
Title: Year of the Tiger Author: David Miller Source: Review Copy Set in: Singapore Paperback, 278 pages Monsoon Books Pte Ltd Rating: 4 out of 5 My Thoughts: My only reason for accepting this book for review was that it was set in Singapore. If you read my blog regularly you might know I don't... Continue Reading →
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Title: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Author: Ransom Riggs Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Quirk Books; Book Club edition (June 7, 2011) My thoughts: Here is a completely different take on a very popular topic. Mr. Riggs has taken the plotline that many fantasy novels have today and turned it into something completely different...in a... Continue Reading →
The Informationist by Taylor Stevens
Title: The Informationist Author: Taylor Stevens Genre: Thriller (Adult fiction) Source: Review Copy Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Crown; First Edition edition (March 8, 2011) Rating: 4.5 out of 5 My Thoughts: I usually don't read a lot of thrillers. I used to read many but mostly by Sidney Sheldon, Robin Cook or Mary Higgins Clark.... Continue Reading →
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Title: Lola and the Boy Next Door Author: Stephanie Perkins Source: Library Set in: San Francisco (U.S) Genre: Young Adult Rating: 4.5 out of 5 My thoughts: I think I was probably the last ones to read Anna and the French kiss. I read it a couple of months back and although I didn't love... Continue Reading →