It takes a special author to be able to write about space travel and an even more special one to make the story come alive so cinematically in your head. Ahhh. After reading it.. my heart. cannot. ❤️‍🩹 This book definitely didn't disappoint and I can forsee it turning into a movie. I was so

The author argues that to navigate an unpredictable future, we should focus on what never changes: human nature. Instead of obsessing over events we can't predict (like the next recession), Housel suggests we study timeless behaviors. These enduring patterns of greed, fear, envy, and overcon

I was so excited to read her book given that it was on my TBR list and that it was also my first fasrback book. I generally have huge respect for authors of non fiction books as they'd have to spend a considerable amount of effort conducting research and interviews before formulating their

This book is a collection of interview with several prominent figures in Singapore like Piyush Gupta, Quah Kim Song (Sylvia Lim's husband), Dick Lee etc. It offers a glimpse into their lives as they reflect back on their hardships and life events. Each interview is rather short and I won&#3

This book is a thought-provoking coming-of-age novel that explores what it truly means to be human through the eyes of someone who cannot feel. The story follows Yunjae, a boy born with alexithymia, a condition that makes it nearly impossible for him to experience emotions like fear, anger, or even

Lisa See came recommended by one of my follower and luck would have it that I saw it sitting on the featured shelf in the library! What are the odds of a newly released book by a popular author not being on the reservation list?! Anyways! I started reading it with no expectations and boy was I

By retelling The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the enslaved Jim—who renames himself James—Everett delivers a powerful and harrowing account of life under slavery. It's a story that fundamentally reframes a classic and left me deeply grateful we no longer live in that er

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Picked this up because it was featured by one of the bookfluencer. However, it felt like another Atomic Habits books with pretty basic tenents - e.g. Be less distracted, put less emphasis on money, possessions and applause etc. I just wasn't gleaning much value from it so DNF.

I was so looking forward to reading this and it was finally available at NLB. Reading it was a breeze. The plot captivating and each chapter is pretty short. This story follows a young ex-convict hoping to make a decent living and never having to go back to prison ever again. She applied fo

I am not sure if it is because it is a translated book or the storyline. I felt the story lack depth and quite dry. It is a story about a Japanese man observing the people who throng though the area near Ueno Station. There is no deep character plots and it was hard to connect. Rating:

This story follows an elderly man who moves to Golden, a town, where he stumbles upon a local coffeeshop and was memerised with the potraits displayed. One by one, he purchases them, tracks down the subjects and gifts it to them. In the process of doing so, he forged deep connections with them.

A short read for when your faith is tested and you wonder where is God in all these. Rating: 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This author shares a very introspective journey through her cyclical winters in her life and juxtapose them to the experiences of nature, animals (wolves, honeybees etc). My hope is that as you become immersed in her story, you'd feel time slowing down alot more as you more intentional abou