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Perfect Strangers - Tasmina Perry
Perfect Strangers
Tasmina Perry
The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir - Anh Do
The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir
Anh Do
The Captain's Daughter - Leah Fleming
The Captain's Daughter
Leah Fleming
The Trader of Saigon - Lucy Cruickshanks
The Trader of Saigon
Lucy Cruickshanks
Someone: A Novel - Alice McDermott
Someone: A Novel
Alice McDermott
The Wolves of Midwinter - Anne Rice
The Wolves of Midwinter
Anne Rice
A Killing of Angels - Kate Rhodes
A Killing of Angels
Kate Rhodes
Gravity of Birds Pb -
Gravity of Birds Pb
The Return - Michael Gruber
The Return
Michael Gruber
The Twenty-Seventh City - Jonathan Franzen
The Twenty-Seventh City
Jonathan Franzen

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The Proposal - Tasmina Perry
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing - Eimear McBride
Perfect Strangers - Tasmina Perry
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reviewed: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
I liked it as it wasn't all 'sweetness and sorrow' like all sibling-relationship type novel (enough with the missing brother/...
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves - Karen Joy Fowler
finished reading:
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves - Karen Joy Fowler
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Karen Joy Fowler
December 2013
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A Dance of Ghosts - Kevin Brooks
A Dance of Ghosts Kevin Brooks
December 2013
10
reviewed: Original Skin (An Aector McAvoy Novel)
I feel dirty, but in a good way after reading this - David Mark is punching above his weight with his second novel and his au...
Original Skin - David John Mark
finished reading:
Original Skin - David John Mark
Original Skin David John Mark
December 2013
01
reviewed: Some Day I'll Find You
It's not bad. It's just not very good too. I couldn't give it 1 1/2 stars, but I would be doing it a disservice claiming it w...
Some Day I'll Find You - Richard Madeley
finished reading:
Some Day I'll Find You - Richard Madeley
Some Day I'll Find You Richard Madeley
November 2013
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Say You're Sorry - Michael Robotham
Say You're Sorry Michael Robotham
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In the Darkness: An Inspector Sejer Novel (Inspector Sejer 1) - Karin Fossum, James Anderson
In the Darkness: An Inspector Sejer Novel (Inspector Sejer 1) Karin Fossum, James Anderson
November 2013
26
reviewed: The Wrong Hostage
A good read - why didn't I know her books before I read JP's rubbish? She is a much better author than JP will ever be and he...
The Wrong Hostage - Elizabeth Lowell
reviewed: The Green Rose
It's not a bad read but the problem with it is that the narrator 'tells' instead of 'shows' and everything is told literally ...
The Green Rose - Sharmila Mukherjee
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The Wrong Hostage - Elizabeth Lowell
The Wrong Hostage Elizabeth Lowell
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The Green Rose - Sharmila Mukherjee
The Green Rose Sharmila Mukherjee
November 2013
24
reviewed: The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One
It is unfortunate when the editor for a major book design/publishing company compiles an anthology of short stories - he is f...
The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One - Jason Erik Lundberg, Ann Ang, Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Felix Cheong, Dave Chua, Justin Ker, Koh Choon Hwee, Karen Kwek, Wei Fen Lee, Amanda Lee Koe, Vinita Ramani Mohan, Eleanor Neo, Ng Yi-Sheng, O. Thiam Chin, Alvin Pang, Phan Ming Yen, Alfian Sa'at, Verena Tay, Jeremy Tian
reviewed: The Sound of Things Falling: A Novel
From the chance encounter with a fellow billiard player to the possession of a tape (remember that, kids?) which turns out to...
The Sound of Things Falling - Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Anne McLean
finished reading:
The Sound of Things Falling - Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Anne McLean
The Sound of Things Falling Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Anne McLean
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The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One - Jason Erik Lundberg, Ann Ang, Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Felix Cheong, Dave Chua, Justin Ker, Koh Choon Hwee, Karen Kwek, Wei Fen Lee, Amanda Lee Koe, Vinita Ramani Mohan, Eleanor Neo, Ng Yi-Sheng, O. Thiam Chin, Alvin Pang, Phan Ming Yen, Alfian Sa'at, Verena Tay, Jeremy Tian
The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One Jason Erik Lundberg, Ann Ang, Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Felix Cheong, Dave Chua, Justin Ker, Koh Choon Hwee, Karen Kwek, Wei Fen Lee, Amanda Lee Koe, Vinita Ramani Mohan, Eleanor Neo, Ng Yi-Sheng, O. Thiam Chin, Alvin Pang, Phan Ming Yen, Alfian Sa'at, Verena Tay, Jeremy Tian
November 2013
21
reviewed: Aunty Lee's Delights: A Singaporean Mystery
I feel almost evil commenting on Ovidia Yu - THE Ovidia Yu who wrote all those wonderful plays but I promised her I was going...
Aunty Lee's Delights: A Singaporean Mystery - Ovidia Yu
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Aunty Lee's Delights: A Singaporean Mystery - Ovidia Yu
Aunty Lee's Delights: A Singaporean Mystery Ovidia Yu
November 2013
19
reviewed: Princess Play
The main characters makes a mockery of all the female sleuths out there in crime fiction (provincial or otherwise). She does...
Princess Play - Barbara Ismail
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Princess Play - Barbara Ismail
Princess Play Barbara Ismail
November 2013
17
reviewed: Night Film
Duh: Fell for the House Of Leaves Redux.
Night Film - Marisha Pessl
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Night Film - Marisha Pessl
Night Film Marisha Pessl
November 2013
16
reviewed: Pure
This is such an inventive, word-play, kinetic book which seems to bounce from idea to idea, from paragraph to paragraph. It a...
Pure - Timothy Mo
November 2013
14
reviewed: Gun Games: A Decker/Lazarus Novel (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus)
I thought it was fine as a novel but I do question the sensibility of having a 14 year old falling in love with a 15 year old...
Gun Games: A Decker/Lazarus Novel - Faye Kellerman
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Linda, As in the Linda Murder - Leif G.W. Persson
Linda, As in the Linda Murder Leif G.W. Persson
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Gun Games: A Decker/Lazarus Novel - Faye Kellerman
Gun Games: A Decker/Lazarus Novel Faye Kellerman
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Office Politics -
Office Politics
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Lexicon - Max Barry
Lexicon Max Barry
November 2013
13
reviewed: The Good, the Bad and the PSLE: Trials of an Almost Kiasu Mother
Yup. This looks like a grant sponsored exercise in semi-vanity publishing and a thinly disguised series of blog postings whic...
The Good, the Bad and the PSLE: Trials of an Almost Kiasu Mother - Monica Lim
November 2013
11
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Waiting for Wednesday - Nicci French
Waiting for Wednesday Nicci French
November 2013
10
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The Blue Fox - Sjon
The Blue Fox Sjon
November 2013
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The Rest of Your Life and Everything That Comes With It - O. Thiam Chin
The Rest of Your Life and Everything That Comes With It O. Thiam Chin
November 2013
08
reviewed: Sherlock Sam and the Alien Encounter on Pulau Ubin (Sherlock Sam, #4)
Local writers (especially children writers) should be encouraged but 4 books in quick succession before the year is up has ce...
Sherlock Sam and the Alien Encounter on Pulau Ubin (Sherlock Sam, #4) - A.J. Low, Adan Jimenez, Felicia Low-Jimenez
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Sherlock Sam and the Alien Encounter on Pulau Ubin (Sherlock Sam, #4) - A.J. Low, Adan Jimenez, Felicia Low-Jimenez
Sherlock Sam and the Alien Encounter on Pulau Ubin (Sherlock Sam, #4) A.J. Low, Adan Jimenez, Felicia Low-Jimenez
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