A Suggestion of Death by Marianne Wesson

I started this book during my weekend gateaway end of last month and it's only now that I managed to complete it.  It has been a long laborious read with plenty of distraction in between and a couple of assignments to complete which I did and submitted just today itself!

A Suggestion of Death is a legal term.  Quoting from Wikipedia, in law, it refers to calling the death of a party to the attention of a court and making it a matter of record, as a step in the revival of an action abated by the death of a party. In the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is governed by Fed.

I never knew that. Glad I learn something new just from the title.  I thought it's about murder! And reading the book, I was like wondering when is the murder going to take place and who is being killed off! hahah...talk about being off the mark!

Anyway, A Suggestion of Death isn't really that great of a book.   It was just entertaining enough without being boring and there is a mystery to be solved and at the end, a murder did take place.  

Characters that were being initially painted as being villains weren't really villains after all.  But it was pretty sad as one of the characters is pretty messed up and all due to an incident that wasn't her fault and that she couldn't remember and from which she was protected from remembering as it can caused much destruction to herself and to those around her if she does.

Book Purchase #2 - June 2018

This post is to keep track of books that I purchase this year.  However, it excludes books purchase for the princess which is for her to keep track..not me.

Happy Potter and The Deathly Hallows is the second book that I purchased this year.  I bought it as a pre-loved copy from a very nice lady from KL.  The book cost me RM8.  It's in hardcover in relatively good condition.

As we were not able to synchronize our time for a meet up, I asked her to post to me.  Needless to say the postage cost more than the book!

But still, it's a nice addition to my collection...this would be the third title that I have in the whole set so I have four titles more to go and each titles has to be this particular publication.  I guess when my collection is complete, I will share them with you.

So, welcome Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to my family of books.  Your new home would be my shelf where you will stay unread but much love...hahah...

Book purchase #1 is here.

My Visit to the Big Bad Wolf Sales July 2018

Early this month the princess and I made plans to drop by the BBW Sales one of the weekdays.

However, it was a super busy work week for me that particular week and there are official dinners being planned for a few of the evenings and that particular evening was not spared.  I was very much conflicted as I am accountable and committed to work but at the same time, I am accountable and committed to a promise made.

AT the end of the day, I decided that I have been neglecting and not been spending much time with her for the past weeks and so I choose to keep to my promise.

Off we went after dinner to the much anticipated BBW Sales in Borneo 744.

It wasn't difficult to find with the help of Waze even though it's practically in the middle of no-where.  As the BBW sales is part of the Rainforest Fringe Festival, there were other events happening at the same venue but the night we went, the events were mostly over so it was rather quiet.  Everyone that were there were just there for the BBW Sales.

What's my experience?  Well, my expectation was high but reality was disappointing.  The hall was small (Popular Bookstores Sales was much bigger) and the selection miserable.

Maybe because we were there at on the final 4 days  (we went on Wed night and sales supposed to end on Sunday night), a lot of the books were sold out.

There was the Alex Riders series but we got the set from Bookalicous a few months ago.  There were odds and ends copies of various series  and quite a fair bit of box set but I wasn't into collecting box set so they did not appeal to me.

I know that BBW did say it's just a bite size but still, I wish they didn't bother as I felt they underestimate the readers here. I am not sure if these are leftovers or not from their KL Sales as I have never been to their KL Sales.

I felt like I have been promised a slice of cake and all I saw was not even a mouthful and I didn't even bother to eat as it wasn't the flavor of my liking.

We went home empty handed but it was a priceless bonding time.

How To Get to BBW Sales @ Borneo744

taken from BBW FB page

Futher to my post here, I do have people asking me how to get to Borneo744 for the Big Bad Wolf Sales.

Well, I don't know either as I have never been there either but here's a location map to guide you.

Remember, it starts on 7 July to 15 July. Opening Hour from 11 am to 10 pm.

Hope to see you there.