I heard a podcast (about 43:36) on this book’s author Clarissa Goenawan and found her interesting. She’s an Indonesian-born Singaporean who writes stories based in Japan about Japanese characters. She is an author who is obsessed with Japan but I’m not sure if she has actually lived there. Anyway, the book they were reviewing was…
Tag: fiction
Book Review – Before the coffee gets cold
This book was recently given to me as a Christmas gift. I have been reading it during my holiday in Canberra. I totally enjoyed it. I cried and laughed. It’s quite a heart-warming story about friendship and love between friends, lovers, husband and wife, sisters, and mother and daughter. Highly recommended! This book was originally…
Book Review – Halo – Cryptum
I borrowed this book by Greg Bear 3 months ago and it’s taken me only this time to finish it. I actually didn’t know about Halo. I just liked the cover when it arrived in my library as a new item. So I borrowed it. As I started reading it, I found more about Halo….
Book Review – Impossible
When this book was ready to be picked up from my library, I had forgotten why I reserved it. Then I started reading it and yes I did remember eventually. I was doing some research on multiverses in fiction. The other book I’ve read with the same subject matter was The World Between Blinks, which…
Book Review – The World Between Blinks
Ok, I don’t normally read junior fiction but I’m doing some research on multiverse and how it’s applied in fiction and in particular to younger readers. I searched by my library’s catalogue under the subject – multiverse and this came up as one of the titles. It sounded interesting so I borrowed it. This is…
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