A book about a boy and a… strange library. Haruki Murakami’s The Strange Library was first published in 2005 and in December it was translated and published in English. A children’s novella that adults will like and a must-have for every Murakami fan. The illustrations […]
I have read almost all of Rainbow Rowell‘s books, the only one I haven’t finished is Attachments, and when you read Rainbow Rowell, you’ll read whatever she writes. After recently breaking up with someone, I expected it’d dry my eyes out, but I didn’t cry […]
I bought this book, on a whim. I was in Dubai Mall to meet Safia, Bookish Dubai and obviously our love of books and reading lead us to Kinokuniya. I have yet to go inside that bookstore and end up leaving with no book purchase in […]
Candi recommended The Storied Life Of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin to me on Goodreads and I’m glad she did. I strongly recommend it for book lovers! It’s a story about a bookseller. It’s about how books affect our daily lives. It has some […]
I believe I’m past the crisis of wondering whether I should be where I am right now and has been riding the wave pretty successful for quite some time until now, I realized the importance of time which is kind of frightening. Before, when I […]
The reason I joined Kickstarter was to help kick off a project, it was Jack Cheng‘s These Days book. I basically laughed at every situation which will most likely happen to me in real life. Laughed whenever Goose laughed. I was smiling whenever I wasn’t gutted or “the sponge inside […]
I’m currently reading Stop What You’re Doing and Read This!. I’m enjoying it so far and it really makes me want to read more. As if I needed to remind myself of that. My bookshelf at home filled with new and old unread books is enough. […]
Eid holiday is over. I think I need some time to get used to going back to work 8 hours a day again. Went back to the office last Tuesday and man, it was dragging. It feels like I accomplished a lot and time is […]
Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu Guo is a story about Fenfang and her adventures through life (a very light way of putting it). Here are some of my highlights People always say it’s harder to heal a wounded heart than a wounded […]
Wonder, a book by R.J. Palacio tells us the story of August “Augie” Pullman. Augie was born with a facial deformity. The book allows us to see through the different eyes of the people around him and himself and their feelings as Augie goes to a school […]