Here’s another trashy book from the rubbish pile. I only picked it up because I like the cover – so cool! (Note: the background image is an actual scene taken in 1874 of boatmen searching for bodies at the scene of the Regent’s Park explosion) It was actually hard for me to read this especially…
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Book review – Dumplin’
Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy is a story of a plump (I’m being politically correct here but let’s just say she’s fat) teenage girl name Willowdean who lives in a fictitious town called Clover City in the USA (state of Texas). Nothing much happens in this town except for the town’s beauty pageant event. Willowdean’s mum…
Book Review – Mammoth
Ok this might be the first ever book review for this year. Oh wait, maybe not…I think I wrote a book review sometime back in February this year. It was the Library Book – a historical overview of public libraries in the USA revolving around the story on the LA Public Library fire, which happened…
Reading Project 2015 – The Decision book: Fifty models for strategic thinking #9
This book was a serendipity find. I was in fact looking for a fictional book in my local library when I came across this beauty. I could have read it in one seating but I wanted to savour every detail and learning from it. So, I read it every morning at breakfast time. And what a great…
Reading Project 2015 – Forever yours: Australia’s hidden love letters #7
Geez. Who writes love letters nowadays? Not me. Although, I did once. I had butterflies and felt elated every time I passed his classroom (yes he was a teacher) or when I saw him down the corridor. I was in love! (infatuated? had a crush? lust? delusional?). So one day, I decided I was going to…