There is a place I like to go to on Saturdays, and it’s a little second hand bookstore called Sultana Book Store. It’s located inside Peace Centre on Sophia Road, a walking distance from Dhoby Ghaut MRT station. I chanced upon it in my first week of Singapore back in April 2011, and have alwaysContinue reading “My favourite bookstore in Singapore”
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Books 2011
For all of 2008/2009, I read a total of 8 books. In 2010, I read 9 books (hurrah!). Last year in 2011, I read a whopping 28 books thanks to my non-existent social life when I first arrived in Singapore. For 2012, I do not aim to beat this record as my social life isContinue reading “Books 2011”
Reasons why I like Christopher Boone
I recently read the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-time by Mark Haddon. It is one of the best books I’ve read this year as I absolutely loved the main character, Christopher Boone. In fact, sometimes I think I might be autistic myself… 1. He hates crowds and so do I.Continue reading “Reasons why I like Christopher Boone”
Picture of the day
Is it me or does anyone see the striking similarity between my Kleenex tissue boxes and Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird book cover? Stranger things have not happened…
The magic of love
Sometimes you read a book and there is a line, a phrase or a paragraph that completely sums up the entire story. Today, I finished Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997), about 14 years too late. Surprisingly, this is the paragraph that sums up the entire Potter saga, right here in the ending ofContinue reading “The magic of love”
When we feel for the bad guys
The greatest writers in the world create the most human characters; characters who remind us of ourselves, of people we know, characters we love and characters we love to hate. But what happens when you fall in love with characters you shouldn’t, like the bad guy? I have been watching too many films and readingContinue reading “When we feel for the bad guys”
Who are you consuming in the media?
I was clearing my bookshelf at home in Penang this morning when I came across the first Sweet Valley book I bought at the age of nine. Most girls have read Sweet Valley, a series of books on the lives of blonde identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield. The multi-authored series spans from Sweet ValleyContinue reading “Who are you consuming in the media?”
Easy to make me happy
My ideal weekend is one where I’m left alone to read and devour magazines, hang around in my dressing gown all day and eat student food ie. pasta with frankfurters. I read an interview recently with a young writer, Rachel Thorpe, who said something that made me thankful I wasn’t the only one out thereContinue reading “Easy to make me happy”
Wan Phing Lim 