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Novels by Sam Bourne

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The Righteous Men or The Last Testament.....which first?

Pearson & Penguin Warehouse Sales

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The Preview Sales is on starting tomorrow, 1st October 2009. I'm only able to go for the sales next week. :(

Tersias by GP Taylor

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This book was given to me and it sat in my bookshelf for about 2 years. A few times I picked it up and contemplated reading it but for some reason, it didn’t appeal to me. At one point, I even put it in a box with other books that I want to dispose off…… but for some reason, I put it back in the shelf. It was early this year that I started to read it after having nothing interesting to read on hand. Surprising, it was quiet entertaining and I moved on from chapter to chapter and at the same time thanked my lucky star that I didn’t trash it. That feeling of thankfulness didn’t last long. Halfway through, I started to get bored with the book. I didn’t enjoy it, find it a pain to read and the characters were just plain boring! I didn’t really enjoy the storyline and from something that was quite promising, the story went downhill and all I want to do is to complete it for completing sake. I have not read any books by GP Taylor. The jacket of the book claimed that this is the ‘ eagerly ant

Playing James by Sarah Mason

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I’m reading this book right now. From the title and from the cover, you can tell that it’s a lite chic/chick. It’s actually the author’s first book as stated in the acknowledgement page. I googled Sarah Mason and found out that she has writing 3 books since this one. Playing James was first published in 2002. Anyway, the sypnosis goes like this…Holly Closhannon, a budding reporter thought things couldn’t get worse than covering pet funerals. Then she assigned to be the crime reporter at Bristol Gazette where she works. As part of their PR exercise, the police department wanted her to shadow Detective James Sabine and to write a daily column, tackily called ‘The Real Dick Tracy’s Diary’ by her editor. Needless to say both did not hit off but I don’t a crystal ball to tell me that they will more than hit off at the end of the book. Playing james is quite fun to read on a rainy afternoon or a boring day. The heroine is quirky but you find yourself warming up to her as she’s just full of l

Pearson & Penguin Book - Warehouse Sales

The Pearson & Penguin Book WAREHOUSE SALE is back! Date : 2nd - 11th October 2009 Time : 10.00 am - 7.00 pm Address : Pearson Malaysia Sdn Bhd Lot 2, Jalan 215, Off Jalam Templer 46050 Petaling Jaya Selangor DE Malaysia Happy Shopping! See you there!