Huckleberry Finn is a poor boy who tries to run away from his drunken father. After being kidnapped by his father who only interested in his fortune, Huck fakes his own death. He hides out on a nearby island, where he meets another runaway: Jim, a slave who tries to…
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." This first line has become one of the most famous in English literature. When Mr. Bingley arrives at Netherfield, Mrs. Bennet sees this as an opportunity for…
This story is set in 1920’s when the old Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) under the British influence and the elite society emerged from the central Colombo. There were two main characters in this story, Annalukshmi and Balendran, at different stages of their lives, both learning how to control their…
A legendary heatwave occurs in London in 1976. An Irish family, just like other families, experienced water shortages and droughts due to the heatwave. The usage of water is only limited to drinking, shower, washing of clothes and toilets. However, what can be more worse than this Irish family is…
In this third book, Khaled Hosseini has a different narration style compared with the two novels before this. The story has been separated into nine stories with each chapter is told from a different character's point of view. Each story consists of various humans' traits such as greed, selfishness, materialistic,…
This thriller story is quite good and I almost rated 4 out 5 stars for it. The reason I gave 3 out of 5 is because it seems the story is a bit lengthy and repetitive. When it comes to the middle of the story, it seems the author is…
This thriller sets in Beijing and Los Angeles during 90s which involves of the characters, Liu Hulan (a police detective) and David Stark (a US attorney) that team up to solve the mystery of the two deaths, the U.S. Ambassador's son and the corpse of a Red Prince. The…
I felt it was quite difficult for me to finish this book especially for the last few chapters but I have to complete the book by end of this week. Luckily, the story was not that complicated to understand. I bought this book a few months ago, together with other…
After graduated from London University in art history, Adam Woods travels to Venice to take a post as an English tutor. Unfortunately, Mr. Gondolini's son gets the maid's daughter pregnant and has to send his son to New York to avoid any repercussions, thus causing Adam unemployed. However, with the…
Here are some of my favourite quotes from 'The Kite Runner': "Children aren't colouring books. You don't get to fill them with your favourite colours." "Self-defense has nothing to do with meanness." "God has granted you a special talent. It is now your duty to…