| Books |
| Timeless Classics: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - hmmm... like it alot better than i did the first time i read it~ very witty tho! =) Anna Karenina* - Leo Tolstoy - russian writers~ the best! hehe...tragic story of Anna and the materialistic/irrational/lust-based life...still think Levin is boring tho. hehe..~ she muh HerO mah!? The Go-Between - LP Hartley - interesting story...innocent boy's first encounter at love~ Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - surely the second coming is at hand.. hehe.. things fall apart! chinua's famous work based on Yeats' "the Second Coming" - very powerful work about the degeneracy of society Beloved - Toni Morrison - haunting baby ghost ::shivers:: Les Miserables - Victor Hugo - aww... eponine HAO ke lien oh!! *sighS* stupid, stupid marius.. hehe.. =P Modern Fiction: Sophie's World - Jostein Gardner - if you like philosophy...vg. tie in with philosophy and a little mystery from the unknown professor and the gurl~ hmmm... the world is a bunny rabbit?! Death be not Proud - John Gunther - read this a really long time ago, so not quite sure wut it was about sorry~ just remember it was quite inspirational~ ::grinz:: The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve - ekk. i'm getting lazy. read it. =P She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb - another psychological thingy about an gurl that gets raped when she's in her teens by her next-door neighbor and finds herself obese and ridiculed..the rest of the book delves into her struggle to be accepted for who she is.... Memoirs of a Geisha* - beautiful detailed account of geisha's - fyi, mucha high-class prostitutes of japan that mainly did arts and dances and conversation instead of.. yeah~ Harry Potter (1-4) - J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter + the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Harry Potter + the Goblet of Fire) - everyone knows these... Artemis Fowl - Eoin Coifer - sick of 'goody goody' harry potter? hehe.. artemis fowl is much meaner but more directed towards younger children~ i think. put me off a little that i had to findthe book in the chldren's section, but fun to read nevertheless...^^;; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1-3) - Douglas Adams - first book i read that really made me laugh~ never got to read the 3rd book of this trilogy. if neone gets their hands on it.. send plZ? =) The Firm - John Grisham - got hooked on his books for awhile but got boring~ he writes basically the same thing, and there are a million versions of this story: antitrust, the devil's advocate.. etc etc... but good, really. the pelican brief is another one i'd recommend. Snow Falling on Cedars - David Guterson - explores prejudice against a Japanese American during WWII who is held on trial for murdering his high school friend over a land dispute The Horse Whisperer - Nicholas Evans - a mother brings her traumatized daughter and horse to be healed by the legendary Horse Whisperer Bridget Jones's Diary (1-2) - Helen Fielding - v. entertaining...mmm.. emotional f***wittage? *lol* The Princess Diaries - never saw the movie because i thought it'd be really boring or whatnot, but i really enjoyed reading the book... hehe...dunno, maybe i'll see the movie sometime lah! Fast Food Nation - very informative book recommended by Mr. Arnold that explains the dark side of the Fast Food American meal The Princess Bride - really hilarious book....i like the first half better than the second...namely because the 2nd starts reviving dead ppl! >_< but still really entertaining and fun! :) Tale of Two Cities - reading this for English, but it's a great book...really love Dicken's imagery and attention to detail! |