It has been at least 15 years (although it is most probably much more than that) since I first started reading Agatha Christie. You would assume I would be bored of her writing by now. But, no, not at all. In fact, she continues to amuse and surprise me to this day. I guess I will just never grow out of her writing!
Tag: Paperback
I’ll Walk Alone (Alvirah and Willy #8) by Mary Higgins Clark
Oh my god, such a ridiculous book! I might just never read another novel by Mary Higgins Clark again!
The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3) by Jeff Kinney
Something different in the new year… Although technically it’s not new year anymore. I found this book at my parents’ place, among a pile of old books. This is one of my brother’s books, which I had never got around to reading. He does buy some interesting books!
Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
Hello, 2018! My new year’s resolution this time is to just go back to my old hobbies, or rather, actually make time for my old hobbies. That includes reading, painting, and just plain making sure there is more to my day than just going to and back from work. To commemorate my new year, I finished this book (on Jan 01, 2018) that had been on my shelf for what feels like forever.
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami [Philip Gabriel (translator)]
Murakami is one of those authors you always hear about, either in praises by other people or in people’s to-read lists. And so, Murakami was added to my to-read list, just so I could find out what the hype is all about. I knew it wasn’t going to be a straightforward story or a simple subject, but boy did I underestimate the amount of metaphor and surrealism!
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Such a long time taken to finish this novel… Such a long time that I felt like I was the narrator herself.
Carrie by Stephen King
Aah, Stephen King again… This time with a much better result… I still wouldn’t call this horror though.
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
Hey, there! First day of 2017! Is anyone else excited? No? Me either 😛
Technically, I finished reading Is Everyone Hanging in 2016, that is, on the last day of 2016. So, I’m counting this as a 2016 read and adding this book to my 2016 Goodreads Reading Challenge. (I still didn’t reach my number though… but missing by 2 seems slightly better than missing by 3, somehow.)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones #1) by Helen Fielding
Thank god for the simple joys of life…, e.g., libraries! 😀
Sometimes all you want to do is read a simple and funny story. And when there’s a library at work, you decide to go with something you wouldn’t necessarily buy otherwise. Such was Bridget Jones’s Diary for me.
The Gift by Cecelia Ahern
This is one of the books I bought about a month ago but never got around to reading. To be honest, this was just an impulse buy. It was on discount at the store… 😐
I wrote a review for The Perks of Being a Wallpaper a while ago.
This book appears to be a perfect Christmas read, it’s all about family, love, relationships, and a bit of magic. It looks to have been designed around Christmas-time sentiments, and I have mixed feelings about that. The fact that it is so theme-based made me feel put off.