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Big Bad Wolf Book Sales Are Worth It!

November 13th, 2010

I love books. I can’t deny that I am a bookworm; a geek, a nerd, minus the spectacles. Lucky for me I do not have eyes problem up until this point. But the truth remains – I love books. Of all genres.

So when the Big Bad Wolf Book Sales comes this year, I do not want to miss it like I did last year. By hook, or by crook, I want to see what they have to offers. That’s when impulse takes over me and I end up buying 22 books for RM192. Wheee~~~ rolling on the floor

What books that I bought? Some of it are..

The Golden Compass novels – 1 complete set! Wheee~

I have been looking for these books for three years! After I watched the movie, I am completely in love with it and I started looking for the books, only to find it this time! Yeayyy!!! big grin

And the price is so damn cheap – it’s only RM8 per book! RM 8!!!!!!

That’s like quarter of the original price and the books are still in good quality. OMG!

Oh, I am ecstatic! This is a heaven for bookworms out there. winking

Total of 22 books bought. big grin

Now, let me list the books that I’ve bought there:

  • The Golden Compass (a.k.a The Northern Lights) – Philip Pullman
  • The Subtle Knife (2nd books of The Golden Compass) – Philip Pullman
  • The Amber Spyglass (3rd books of The Golden Compass) – Philip Pullman
  • Perfect Match – Jodi Picoult (her books are sold out on the first day. Damn..)
  • A Child Called ‘It’ – Dave Pelzer
  • Fatal Kiss (set of Horror High) – R.L. Stine
  • Grave Intentions (set of Horror High) – R.L. Stine
  • Deadly Rumours (set of Horror High) – R.L. Stine
  • Toxic Beauty (set of Horror High) – Caroline B. Cooney
  • Date with Death (set of Horror High) – Diane Hoh
  • Killer Instinct (set of Horror High) – Caroline B. Cooney
  • True Crime – Martin Fido and David Southwell
  • Genesis – Karin Slaughter
  • Everything Sucks – Hannah Friedman
  • I Lost My Mobile At The Mall – Wendy Harmer
  • Inspector Singh Investigates: The Singapore School of Villainy – Shamini Flint
  • The Magical World of Harry Potter – David Colbert
  • The Greatest Blogger in the World – Andrew McDonald
  • Does My Head Look Big In This? – Randa Abdel-Fattah
  • Start Up and Run Your Own Business – Jonathan Reuvid
  • The Art and Science of Javascript – Sitepoint Publishers
  • The Principles of Project Management – Sitepoint Publishers

So you see how diverse my reading materials? From IT, business, chic lit, movies adaptation novels, horror children novels, family crisis novels, crime novels, religious novel, autobiography, and teenagers novels. HEHEHEHE laughing

Well, that’s me – I love reading all good stuffs. The novel “Does My Head Look Big In This” touches on the issue of wearing hijab and tudung and how the perception of wearing it occurs in UK, so I am looking forward on reading the authors opinion inside it winking

Best thing: the price.

Most of the books mentioned are priced at RM8. The IT books from Sitepoint costs me RM12 each. And the biography “True Crime” costs me RM10 (and it contains a lot of pictures and news inside it. Nice book).

What else can you expect from Big Bad Wolf? Low price, crowded people, quality books, heaven. That’s all about it.

So, expect me to be home most weekends because I want to read my books. Hehehehehe! big grin

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Review: Jodi Picoult – Plain Truth

September 2nd, 2010

It’s been a while since I review a book, eh? Here’s another review about a novel that I’ve managed to complete last two weeks – Jodi Picoult’s Plain Truth. I’ve bought it online last two months if I’m not mistaken, and only managed to complete it quite recently.

The story begins with a scene describing an eighteen years old Amish girl delivering a baby by her own self in a barnyard at two o’clock in the morning. She managed to deliver the baby, cut the cords, and cuddling her baby; and then she felt asleep due to exhaustion. She prayed that the baby would be gone since it is conceived out of wedlock, and nobody knew that she’s been pregnant. When she woke up some hours later, the baby is gone.

It seems that her prayers have been answered. Or did they?

A few hours later, when the morning sun has beautifully shine the farm, the child’s body is found – lying dead covered in hay — and of course, Katie Fisher is the prime suspect in murdering her own child.

Or did she?

This novel has beautifully described the Amish community; a group of devoted Christian that lived in a traditional way without technology and even electricity. The mindfuck factor in this novel is: how can a devoted Christian girl be willingly having sex and be pregnant out of wedlock, and even goes further by murdering her own child? It reveals the most misguided emotions of human and how does a mother would react in protecting her child, maternal issues, and it also goes beyond that – it argues about neonaticide instinct in a mother.

Somehow, someway, I would recommend this book to those kids who have been throwing away their babies on the street. It reflects how a religious community can still be misguided and how love can be misinterpreted into something physical act that leds to another. Not only that, it also describes how certain mothers would do anything just to get a baby – which is being portrayed by the character Ellie, Katie’s defense attorney.

Jodi Picoult as usual makes her novels to be gripping at the start, slowing down in the middle, add more conflicts while nearing the end, and ended it with a bang and twisted closing. If you have been enjoying “Keeping Faith”, or “Nineteen Minutes”, then this book follows that kinda trend of writing. The advantage of this book is that the ending is so unexpected winking

It’s not so depressing, but it can give you mindfuck momentarily. Suitable to be read while in stress (since the issue of maternity can be quite soothing and it is slow), and it is not so stressing compared to other book like Sister Keeper’s. Yeah, it’s introduction is gripping that you will not let go in the first five to six chapters, but then the middle is quite slow you can break the reading into multiple days. But again, the ending might make you goes WTF! laughing

So, mommy, mommy-to-be: this can be a good read for you too. Jamie, maybe this book will give you a different perspective on parenting.  Dils, wanna try? Disclaimer: Not suitable for those pregnant woman. Nad, tunggu kau bersalin boleh la baca kot. Kang anak kau mengikut ke terkenan ke aku tak bertanggungjawab! laughing

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