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Title: The Wildings Author: Nilanjana Roy Set in: Delhi, India Pages: 338 Source: Library Genre: Adult Fiction Awards/ Nominations: Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize (2013), DSC Prize Nominee for South Asian Literature for Longlist (2014) Rating: 4/5 My thoughts: This is story about a colony of strays, a story where cats are the main characters.... Continue Reading →
Title: Dear Leader Author: Jang Jin-Sung Genre: Memoir Rating: 5/5 Thoughts: This book is amazing. If there is one book you read on North Korea, let it be this one. I’ve read 2 books based in North Korea so far – Jia and Long Road Home but they have both been more of personal struggles.... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Title: Schoolgirl Author: Osamu Dazai (Translated by Allison Markin Powell) Paperback: 100 pages Publisher: One Peace Books (October 1, 2011) Genre: Fiction/ Novella Source: Review Copy Set in: Japan Challenge: East and SouthEast Asia Challenge Rating: 3 out of 5 My thoughts: I was very interested in this book because it's considered a Japanese modern... Continue Reading →
Title: Call of the Litany Bird by Susan Gibbs Author: Susan Gibbs Source: Review Copy Rating: 4 out of 5 My thoughts: To say I didn’t know anything about the Rhodesian Bush war is an understatement. I’m overwhelmed by African war history. Ironically, the only reason I accepted this book to review is because it’s... Continue Reading →
Title: The Long Way Home (The Homelanders Book Two) Author: Andrew Klavan Genre: YA thriller Hardcover: 352 pages Source: Review Copy Rating: 4 out of 5 My Thoughts: I've had this book for some time now but what kept me from reading it was that it was the second book in the Homelanders Series. So... Continue Reading →
Title: Dispatches from the Edge Author: Anderson Cooper Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: HarperCollins; First Edition edition (May 23, 2006) Source: Library Genre: Non-Fiction Rating: 4.5 out of 5 My thoughts: I love reading books on War Correspondence but sadly out of all I've read I've only liked two. But Dispatches from the Edge I loved.... Continue Reading →
Title: Bonobo Handshake Author: Vanessa Woods Genre: Non-Fiction Source: Library Rating: 5 out of 5 My thoughts: Bonobo Handshake by Vanessa Woods is based in Congo Africa. Vanessa Woods is a research scientist in California. She is also an author and has worked for NatGeo. Bonobo Handshake is, yes you guessed it right, about Bonobos.... Continue Reading →
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