Sunday, December 21, 2014

Dreams of Joy, Lisa See



Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
4/5
RM20

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In her most powerful novel yet, acclaimed author Lisa See returns to the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl’s strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy. Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, Joy runs away to Shanghai in early 1957 to find her birth father—the artist Z. G. Li, with whom both May and Pearl were once in love. Dazzled by him, and blinded by idealism and defiance, Joy throws herself into the New Society of Red China, heedless of the dangers in the Communist regime. Devastated by Joy’s flight and terrified for her safety, Pearl is determined to save her daughter, no matter the personal cost. From the crowded city to remote villages, Pearl confronts old demons and almost insurmountable challenges as she follows Joy, hoping for reconciliation. Yet even as Joy’s and Pearl’s separate journeys converge, one of the most tragic episodes in China’s history threatens their very lives.

Friday, December 19, 2014

Lipstick Jungle, Candace Bushnell (hardcover)


Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell (Hardcover)
5/5
RM30

The new novel that fans of the bestselling author have been waiting for, about three sexy, powerful career women who will do anything to stay at the top of their fields

Victory Ford is the darling of the fashion world. Single, attractive, and iconoclastic, she has worked for years to create her own signature line. As Victory struggles to keep her company afloat, she learns crucial lessons about what she really wants in a relationship.

Nico O'Neilly is the glamorous, brilliant editor of Bonfire Magazine—the pop-culture bible for fashion, show business, and politics. Considered one of the most powerful women in publishing, she seems to have it all. But in a mid-life crisis, she suddenly realizes this isn't enough.

Wendy Healy's chutzpah has propelled her to the very top of the cut-throat movie industry. When it becomes clear that a competitor is trying to oust her, something has to give—and Wendy must decide between her career and her marriage.

In Lipstick Jungle, Bushnell once again delivers an addictive page-turner of sex and scandal that will keep readers enthralled and guessing to the very last page.

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Twilight Saga: New Moon, Stephenie Meyer


Twilight Saga: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
3.5/5
RM20

I knew we were both in mortal danger. Still, in that instant, I felt well. Whole. I could feel my heart racing in my chest, the blood pulsing hot and fast through my veins again. My lungs filled deep with the sweet scent that came off his skin. It was like there had never been any hole in my chest.
I was perfect - not healed, but as if there had never been a wound in the first place.

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Cocktails for Three, Madeleine Wickham


Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham
4.8/5
RM25 (Free Pos Daftar)

Each month, three staffers of The Londoner gather at a nearby lounge for an evening of cocktails and gossip. One April evening, Maggie relishes her last weeks of normalcy before the birth of her first child, while Roxanne breezes through between glamorous foreign assignments. But Candice’s chance encounter with a girl from her past reveals secret depths in the clean-scrubbed reporter, and the events that follow have permanent repercussions for the trio.

Sunday, August 3, 2014

At First Sight, Nicholas Sparks



At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
4.8/5
RM25 (Free Pos Daftar)

There are a few things Jeremy Marsh was sure he'd never do: he'd never leave New York City; never give his heart away again after barely surviving one failed marriage; and, most of all, never become a parent. Now, Jeremy is living in the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie Darnell, the love of his life, and anticipating the birth of their daughter. But just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, an unsettling and mysterious message re-opens old wounds and sets off a chain of events that will forever change the course of this young couple's marriage.

Dramatic, heartbreaking and surprising, this is a story about the love between a man and a woman and between a parent and a child. More than that, it is a story that beautifully portrays how the same emotion that can break your heart is also the one that will ultimately heal it.

Saturday, August 2, 2014

The Last Empress, Anchee Min (#2)

The Last Empress by Anchee Min
4.8/5
RM25 (Free Pos Daftar)

The last decades of the nineteenth century were a violent period in China’s history, marked by humiliating foreign incursions and domestic rebellions and ending in the demise of the Ch’ing Dynasty. The only constant during this tumultuous time was the power wielded by one woman, the resilient, ever-resourceful Tsu Hsi -- or Empress Orchid, as readers came to know her in Anchee Min’s critically acclaimed, best-selling novel covering her rise to power.
The Last Empress is the story of Orchid’s dramatic transition from a strong-willed, instinctive young woman to a wise and politically savvy leader who ruled China for more than four decades. In this concluding volume Min gives us a compelling, very human leader who assumed power reluctantly and sacrificed all to protect those she loved and an empire that was doomed to die.

Friday, August 1, 2014

Something Borrowed, Emily Giffin

Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
Now a major movie starring Kate Hudson & Ginnifer Goodwin !
4.8/5
RM25 (Free Pos Daftar)

Luke Greenfield's Something Borrowed stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Rachel, a 30-year-old lawyer always able to put aside what she wants for the betterment of her BFF since childhood, Darcy Kate Hudson, a sexy extrovert who never met a party or a drink she didn't like. Darcy is marrying Dex Colin Egglesfield, Rachel's study partner from law school, and the guy she's had a massive crush on since they took their first Torts class together. When Dex and Rachel finally hook up just months before the wedding, he realizes he might be marrying the wrong woman, but pressures from his parents corner him into going through with his duties, even if it's not what his heart wants. Meanwhile, Rachel's other best friend, Ethan John Krasinski, does his best to convince her to make a big play for Dex before it's too late.

Thursday, January 2, 2014

The Time of My Life, Cecelia Ahern (Hardcover)


The Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahern (Hardcover)
4/5
RM36

Lucy Silchester has an appointment with her life – and she’s going to have to keep it.
Lying on Lucy Silchester’s carpet one day when she returns from work is a gold envelope. Inside is an invitation – to a meeting with Life. Her life. It turns out she's been ignoring itand it needs to meet with her face to face.
It sounds peculiar, but Lucy’s read about this in a magazine. Anyway, she can’t make the date: she’s much too busy despising her job, skipping out on her friends and avoiding her family.

But Lucy’s life isn’t what it seems. Some of the choices she’s made – and stories she’s told – aren’t what they seem either. From the moment she meets the man who introduces himself as her life, her stubborn half-truths are going to be revealed in all their glory – unless Lucy learns to tell the truth about what really matters to her.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Message in a Bottle, Nicholas Sparks

Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
4.8/5
RM25 (Free Pos Daftar)

Divorced and disillusioned about relationships, Theresa Osborne is jogging when she finds a bottle on the beach. Inside is a letter of love and longing to "Catherine," signed simply "Garrett." Challenged by the mystery and pulled by emotions she doesn't fully understand, Theresa begins a search for this man that will change her life. What happens to her is unexpected, perhaps miraculous-an encounter that embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting.... Nicholas Sparks exquisitely chronicles the human heart. In his first bestselling novel, The Notebook, he created a testament to romantic love that touched readers around the world. Now in this New York Times bestseller, he renews our faith in destiny, in the ability of lovers to find each other no matter where, no matter when...

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Books for RM5 & below

 Goosebumps by R.L.Stine
Fear Street by R.L.Stine
Spooksville by Christopher Pike
2.5/5 
Yellowed pages
1 for RM3
5 for RM10 
SOLD:
The Thrill Club, The Confession, Runaway, Escape From the Carnival of Horrors,  One Day at Horrorland, College Weekend, Ski Weekend, The Stepsister, Stay Out of the Basement, Evil House, Silent Night, Silent Night 2
Available
Monster Blood III, Monster Blood IV, The Haunted Cave (CP)


 Penguin Popular Classics
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte SOLD
Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott Available
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde SOLD
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne Available
 2.5/5
RM5 each 

Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit  SOLD
Wordsworth Classics: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins Available
3/5
RM2 each


The Doctor's Sweetheart by L.M. Montgomery
The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
3/5
Yellowed Pages
RM4 each
Both for RM6
Both SOLD

Tex by S.E. Hinton
 Cat in the Crypt by Lucy Daniels
2.5/5
Yellowed Pages
RM5 each
Both for RM8
SOLD


Archie's Annual Digest Magazine #67
3/5
Yellowed Pages
RM4
SOLD

Thursday, November 28, 2013

The Gift, Cecilia Ahern (Hardcover)


 The Gift by Cecilia Ahern (Hardcover)
4/5
RM36

If you could wish for one gift this Christmas, what would it be?

Lou Suffern wishes he could be in two places at once. His constant battle with the clock is a sensitive issue with his wife and family.
Gabe is the homeless man who sits outside Lou’s office. When Lou invites Gabe into the building and into his life, Lou’s world is changed beyond all measure...
An enchanting and thoughtful Christmas story that speaks to all of us about the value of time and what is truly important in life.
 

Monday, November 25, 2013

The Garden of Eden and other Criminal Delights, Faye Kellerman

The Garden of Eden and other Criminal Delights by Faye Kellerman
4/5
RM15

The author of the international bestsellers Straight into Darkness and Street Dreams returns with a reveting collection of stories of murder, jealousy, stalking, kidnapping and prostitution.

From Officer Cindy Decker's debut in BULL'S EYE, to SMALL MIRACLES, the real-life story of the day Faye apprehended a mugger, let yourself be gripped by these tales of suspense and chilling authenticity.

Faye Kellerman masterfully explores complex and disturbed relationships - and all aspects of human nature - while bringing the rough streets of modern-day America vividly to life.

The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain

  Great Illustrated Classics - The Adventure of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 
(hardcover)
3/5
Yellowed Pages
RM 10

Join Tom Sawyer and his friends in a series of fantastic adventures: forming secret societies, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funerals, and even solving a murder. Travel down the Mississippi River to a small town in Missouri where each day brings a new adventure and find out jut how exciting a boy's life can be!

Friday, November 22, 2013

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
**CHINESE VERSION**
Part 1
Part 2
4/5
RM20 each
Buy both for RM42 inclusive Registered Post

There is a Door at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror? 


Here are just a few things on Harry's mind: 

-A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey.
-A venomous, disgruntled house-elf.
-Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
-The looming terror of the end-of-term Ordinary Wizarding Level exams


... and of course, the growing threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. In the richest installment yet of J. K. Rowling's seven-part story, Harry Potter is faced with the unreliability of the very government of the magical world and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts. 


Despite this (or perhaps because of it), he finds depth and strength in his friends, beyond what even he knew; boundless loyalty; and unbearable sacrifice. 



Though thick runs the plot (as well as the spine), readers will race through these pages and leave Hogwarts, like Harry, wishing only for the next train back.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Nightmares Special Edition Vol. 2, Pugalenthii

Nightmares Special Edition Vol. 2 by Pugalenthii
3.5/5
RM5

Can you survive the midnight hour all alone reading this book? The creatures... they come alive in this book. Don't scream too loud... they might hear you.
The relentless terror awaits you... be alert and be aware. This book is gripping from start to finish. Read it if you dare. When you think of horror, there is only Nightmares.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Teenage Books, Jean Ure

Teenage Books by Jean Ure
Gone Missing Available
Hunky Dory Available
Over the Moon Available
Boys Beware Available
Sugar and Spice SOLD
Skinny Melon and Me SOLD
Is Anybody There? SOLD
3.5/5
1st 3 books RM10
Latter 4 books RM5
Buy as a set (4 books) for RM35 inclusive Registered Postage

Is Anybody There?:
'Last year I did this reallly dumb thing. I got into a car with someone I didn't know...'
If Mum had been an ordinary mum, she might have got the truth out of me. But she's not an ordinary mum, she's a clairvoyant, and she's always very careful not to pry. I didn't even tell Dee and Chloe, my two best friends. And now I'm not the only one in trouble...


Skinny Melon and Me:
This is the diary of me, Cherry Louise Waterton, and I am writing for posterity, in other words the future. And do I have a lot to write! Mum's just re-married, but how could she marry a man called Roland Butter-what kind of a name is that? He's a total dweeb who sends me coded messages and calls me Cherry Pie. Yuck!
If thins get too bad at home I could always drown myself in the school-dinner special-curried compost heap. I've got my best friend, Skinny Melon, to cheer me up but I'm not sure if even she can save me from Roland and his message, or work out what Mum's big secret is...

 Sugar and Spice:
Shay was totally drop-dead gorgeous. Why would a person that looked like a model want to sit next to me - an insignificant weed with a brace on her teeth? And glasses.

Boys Beware:
Even though Tash and Emily go to a nunnery (well, an all girls' school, which amounts to the same thing!), they are into boys in a BIG WAY. They're also stepsisters and the hugest of best friends. So when their mum and dad have to go Peru for work for a couple of months, leaving the girls in their own flat in Aunty Jay's house, they are seriously excited. Of course they've got to take their weird elder sister, Ali, hundreds of her Star Trek videos and Fat Man the cat, but apart from that they are INDEPENDENT GIRLS. And when they find out that there's a dishy boy living in the flat downstairs, they just can't believe their luck...  

Over the Moon:
More comedy, calamity and cool characters from Jean Ure, the queen of teen. Scarlett is finding out that life is full of ups and downs. One minute she's over the moon and the next she's down in the dumps. She's bright, attractive and twelve years old, but she has to rely on more than just her looks to get her the grades she needs to qualify for the Founder's Day dinner and dance. And what's she going to do when her eyes mysteriously puff up? Who's going to want to take her to the dance in that state, least of all a dish like golden-haired Sun God Matt?

  Gone Missing:
Fourteen-year-old Jade is fed up with fighting with her mum and step-dad, and her shy sixteen-year-old friend, Honey is having a miserable time with her mum, but when Jade decides they should both run away, Honey isn't so sure. It's only when they get to London and things don't work out quite how they expected that Honey shows she has hidden depths, and Jade realises that home is not so bad after all! This book deals with very real problems in a humorous, entertaining, and accessible way that will leave young readers with hope. 

Hunky Dory:
A classic Jean Ure story for girls AND boys, about a boy who's driving girls wild...Dorian Jones is an 11-year-old boy who is having 'terrible trouble with girls'. They just won't leave him alone. Girls at school and his annoying younger sisters' friends have massive crushes on him, but Dory's passion is for dinosaurs and he is happiest excavating his back garden. His best friend at school is Aaron and his best friend out of school is a girl called the Herb. How will Dory stop girls throwing themselves at him? Why is Aaron holding hands with Sophy Timms? And why is the Herb acting so strange around Dory all of a sudden!