"Modern times are dominated by Satan and will be more so in the future. The conflict with Hell cannot be engaged by men, even the most clever. The Immaculata alone has from God the promise of victory over Satan."This is a short biography of St. Maximilian Kolbe, beginning from…
Jack and Grace host a dinner party to welcome Rufus and Esther, who just moved to their area. Adam is also Jack's colleague and his wife, Diane, are invited to the dinner as well. Throughout the entire dinner, Grace seems obsessive to have everything to be in perfection to impress…
I have to take a momentary break for every few pages that I’ve read. This is a heartwrenching story of Sachiko recounting her memories during the Nagasaki bombing when she was six years old. Sachiko and her sister Misa were among the 134 children that survived within 0.6…
Mei Mei is a masseuse at Happy Palace, a massage parlour located in Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur. The entire story mainly sets in Chow Kit, which is well-known as one of the major red-light districts in Kuala Lumpur. The story instantly begins with the climax and offers the readers the…
This story is set in the 1840s in the town of St Petersburg located in Missouri. Tom Sawyer, an orphan boy, lives with his mother's sister, Aunt Polly. Aunt Polly loves Tom dearly and very strict with him. Tom is a fun-loving, quick-witted, and adventurous boy who always finds his…
I'm already dumbfounded when I read just a few pages at the beginning of the book. I was preparing for long-winded descriptions with extensive use of difficult vocabulary words, but surprisingly, this is not the case. I never expect Malcolm Turnbull has a great storytelling skill. His writing is straight…
The story begins with introducing Asrul is a religious teenage boy who lives in a small town in Kedah, Malaysia. Asrul is a hardcore punk fan and a rebellious teenager that is easily influenced by new ideas. Asrul's traumatic experience in the hands of a group of Indian thugs has…
Book 1 - April - June Book 2 - July - September Book 3 - October - December Two moons. Janacek Sinfonietta. Cult. Little People. While listening to classical music in a taxi during heavy traffic, Aomame thinks of the composer's history and the origin of her name. She imagines…
Aunt Eloise invites Nancy to New York City to meet her detective friend for a mystery case in Illinois. Detective Boyce tells the story of a wounded French missionary in 1680. The French missionary was nursed and regained consciousness only long enough to say 'Valuable message in hollow oak.'…
Mr Drew has a client Lawrence Baker who owns a summer cottage at Misty Lake. Before Mr Baker leaves to Europe, he rented his place for two weeks to a young woman called Cecily Curtis. The caretaker Henry Winch leaves the key and a note to Mr Drew, asking Mr…