Some months back, I stumbled on The Happiness Project, written by Gretchen Rubin, on the Overdrive app (an excellent app that allows you to borrow and read ebooks from the National Library on your iPad). Without going into too many
Manga: The Embalmer
I just read seven volumes of The Embalmer online, and am wishing that more volumes were available in English. I love this manga! It is about Shinjyurou Mamiya, a half-American and half-Japanese medical student who decides to abandon his medical studies
Manga: What Did You Eat Yesterday Vol. 1
What did I eat yesterday? I indulged in gluttony. I had an Egg McMuffin meal for breafast, durian ice cream for tea, and delicious zichar (seafood horfun, fried pork ribs, sambal kangkong and homemade tofu) at Por Kee in Tiong Bahru. I
Reading With Overdrive
I just discovered Overdrive Media Console, a cool app which lets me find, check-out and read ebooks from the local library on my iPad. The app is free on the iTunes store and you do not have to pay anything
The Housekeeper And The Professor By Yoko Ogawa
I read The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa recently, and loved it. The main protaganists in the story are not given actual names, and are simply known as the Professor, the Housekeeper and her son, Root. The Professor
Brunch With Lang Leav
As we approach the end of 2013, I did a quick review of the hectic year that has sailed past. One of the interesting things that I did this year was to have brunch with a writer. The writer, Lang
The Cuckoo’s Calling
I stopped reading Harry Potter after the second book because I lost interest somewhere along the way. I might pick up from where I left off one of these days, but before I do that, I am going to read
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
I ended my reading drought with an excellent book, The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis. Although it is a children’s novel, the book is definitely a highly enjoyable read for adults. The novel revolves around the life of a 11-year old
March 2013 Reading List
I am trying to get myself back onto a reading routine. I am feeling a bit sheepish about reading so little in 2012, but I just could not get hold of any satisfying reads. What happened to the days when
Manga: Gokudou Meshi
I am reading another food-themed manga called Gokudou Meshi on JManga. This manga has a very interesting setting – in a Japanese prison! How does one spin a food-themed yarn in a prison…? I have only read Volume 1 so
Manga: Ekiben Hitoritabi
I have recently started reading this really interesting gourmet manga called Ekiben Hitoritabi on JManga, a manga portal. JManga allows manga readers access to their mangas online using a point system. I purchase a certain number of JManga points with
Manga: The Drops Of God
Last Christmas, I gave TBH the first two volumes of The Drops of God , a Japanese manga about wine as his Christmas present. I saw the manga being reviewed positively on a number of manga blogs. Since the husband
All-Of-A-Kind Family
Thanks to my bookish friends, I have recently been introduced to some good reads in children books and young adult fiction. When I was a child, the storybooks that I favoured were Enid Blyton (such as The Secret Seven,