PURPLE QUEEN FAIRY READS

Synopsis : September 11th changed Reacher's drifter lifestyle in one practical way. As well as his folding toothbrush, he now carries photo ID.  Yet he is still as close to untraceable as a human being in America can get.  So when a member of his old Army unit finds a way to get a message to him, he knows it must be deadly serious. You do not mess with the Special Investigators.  They always watched each other's backs.  Now one of them has shown up dead in the California desert. And six others can't be found at all. You do not mess with Jack Reacher. His old buddies are in big trouble, and he won't let that go.  Not now, not ever. It is not too difficult to read Bad Luck and Trouble .  First of all, the chapters are all rather short, between 3 to 6 pages long.  Second, the writing is rather crisp and straight to the point with a lot of 'he said' and 'she said' and 'they said'.  It can get rather descriptive at some point but nothing...

These are what I am reading now. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, reading a free e-version from my tablet.  Progressing very slowly.  It's very different from the musical or the movie that's for sure.  I'll tell you more about it another time.  Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway just won their Golden Globe recently for their respective role as Jean Valjean and Fantine so I'm rather motivated to read about these characters in the book.  I'm taking my time with this particular one. I am also reading The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien and currently in Chapter 2 (out of 18 chapters).  The Hobbit , first movie of the trilogy is currently showing in the local cinema.  I haven't seen it yet. I quite like to wait for all the movies to be out before I watch them all at once.  I kinda dislike having to wait for the next part so, ya,  in the meantime, book first. I started reading this quite a while back but not frequent with it.  Only when I feel ...

I should think everyone know what a bookmark is.  If you need a definition, a bookmark is define as a marker, most commonly made of paper or fabric or even leather and plastic.  It is used by readers to place in a section of a book, most probably to remind them of the pages where they have read so that it would be easier when they decided to continue from where they left off.  In a more casual context, they are accessories to books. :)   This is my collection of bookmarks.  I kept them in a little plastic container.  I have quite a lot as I'm not particular and anything can be a bookmark for me. It can be a nicely printed purpose made bookmark like this pretty twin set that I bought some time ago. It can also be a homemade version that was given to me.  I do cherish such bookmarks as quite a lot of effort went into making it.  Heck, a bookmark for me can even be clothes' tags.  Here's a few really cute ones. I even use...

Synopsis : Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets: Secrets from her boyfriend: I’ve always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken. Secrets from her mother: I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur. Secrets she wouldn’t share with anyone in the world: I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is. Until she spills them all to a handsome stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger.…Until Emma comes face-to-face with Jack Harper, the company’s elusive CEO, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her Here I am, once again, with my Sophie Kinsella fix.  I thought I can do without her for quite a long time but obviously I can't last too long without a dose of what she has to offer now and then. I would think this is the 2nd time I read Can you keep a secret ? Like the rest of...

Synopsis : I still think about Peter, the man I loved most in the world, all the time. At two in the afternoon, when he would come and pick me up and take me for rides, at five, when I would read to him, head on his chest, in the despair at seven pm, when he would hold me and rub my belly for an hour; in the despair again at nine pm, when we would go fora night ride, down to the Royal Cliffs Diner in Englewood Cliffs where I would buy a cup of coffee with precisely seven sugars and a lot of cream. We were friends, soul mates and lovers. I was seven. He was fifty-one. Let me warn you that this is a rather disturbing book to read.  Especially if you are a mother. Even more so if you are a mother with young children.  Such, it's rather disturbing for me to share this review with you.  I read this book sometimes toward the end of last year and I have put aside doing this review for quite a while. First, it was that I didn't want to end the year with a review of such...

Happy New Year everyone. I am having a great start to the new year. I must quickly say that this is not an attempt to review Les Miserables , the novel by Victor Hugo.  Far by it.  This post is just to let you know where I have been disappearing to for the past few weeks.  You can say I have caught the Les Miz bug and I have been hooked, line and sinker. I have downloaded the book in my tablet, downloaded the songs and practically live, breath and eat Les Miz for the past few weekends.  I count Jean Valjean, Fantine, Cossette, Javier, Marius, Eponine and Enjolras my personal friends for now!  Currently I'm still in Part 1 - Just A Man of the novel. I don't know when I'll complete it but with 1800+ pages, I will certainly be still at it ' when tomorrow comes ' and I probably need lots of ' one day more ' to complete the book :) But I'm not complaining. I will take my time and come out for air once in a while. However, the most unique si...