PURPLE QUEEN FAIRY READS

Wishing everyone celebrating a very  HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 2017 新年快乐        

Synopsis : It’s four days before Christmas and things are not looking merry for fugitive apprehension agent Stephanie Plum. She hasn’t got a tree. She hasn’t bought any presents. The malls are jam-packed with staggering shoppers. There’s not a twinkle light anywhere to be seen in her apartment. And there’s a strange man in her kitchen. Sure, this has happened to Stephanie Plum before. Strangers, weirdos, felons, creeps, and lunatics are always finding their way to her front door. But this guy is different. This guy is mysterious, sexy–and he has his own agenda. His name is Diesel and he is a man on a mission. Diesel is unlike anyone Stephanie has ever met before in her life. The question is, What does he want with her? Can he help her find a little old toy maker who has skipped out on his bail right before Christmas? Can he survive the Plum family holiday dinner? Can he get Stephanie a tree that doesn’t look like it was grown next to a nuclear power plant? These q...

Synopsis : EVERY DAY THE SAME Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. UNTIL TODAY And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel goes to the police. But is she really as unreliable as they say? Soon she is deeply entangled not only in the investigation but in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good? The Girl On The Train is a psychological thriller b y Paula Hawkins who has a few chic lite titles under her belt (under a pseudo name).   A ccording to an interview that...

Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Haji Adenan Satem (third from left). Image from his FB page Quote : "I can tell you that the worst thing in life is being stupid. And stupidity comes because you are ignorant. And ignorance comes because you never read any books in your life. When I read a book, I am transported into another world. When I read War and Peace, I think of Russia and the Napoleonic Wars. When I read about the civil war in America, I'm a soldier. When I read Shakespeare, I'm back in the Elizabethan age. Thank you to the efforts of Asia Foundation, University of Malaya, Pustaka Sarawak & Sarawak Foundation for the joint efforts to provide books for the people in Sarawak to read." The above is a quote from Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Haji Adenan Satem in February 2016 during a launching event. In another separate event I attended in 2015, his wife who was the Guest of Honour for that event said that Datuk Patinggi was a great reader and lov...

Synopsis : Once upon a time, Tracy Whitney made the people who destroyed her family account for their sins. Now someone is looking for payback . . . Tracy Whitney never thought she wanted to settle down. With her suave and handsome partner, Jeff Stevens, she'd been responsible for some of the world's most astounding heists, relishing the danger and intensity of life on the wild side.  At first, "going straight" feels like a new adventure. Tracy makes plans for a family, while Jeff indulges his passion for antiquities working at the British Museum. When a mysterious and beautiful stranger enters their lives, Tracy and Jeff's once unbreakable partnership is suddenly blown wide open. Jeff wakes one morning to find Tracy gone, vanished without a trace. For more than a decade, a broken Jeff struggles to carry on knowing Tracy is out there somewhere. But the rest of the world believes Tracy Whitney is dead . . . until a series of murders leads a...

I hope it's not too late to wish everyone here a very Happy New Year 2017 ! We have been away on a Christmas and New Year family vacation and even though we didn't really travel far (we just went to a rather historical town :), it was a very good time spent together and for the first time in quite a while, we had a good view of the countdown fireworks without leaving the comfort of our hotel room! With three days into the new year and today being the first day to work and school, we still have three hundred and sixty two days to go before we have to say good bye to this year, there's plenty to look forward to and plenty to do. One of my resolution this year would be to clear as many of my TBR books as possible and yes, I did managed to complete two books during the vacation especially during flight time and that's about 1% of the total TBR but hey, I have three hundred and sixty two days to do so! *confident & fingers crossed* Another resolution would...