Book Review : Eat,Pray,Love and Sweet Offerings

Author : Elizabeth Gilbert

Pages : 352 p

Rating : 4/10

Synopsis : One woman's search for everything across Italy,India and Bali (Indonesia).The story revolves around 32 year old Elizabeth Gilbert,educated, a successful writer, had herself a wonderful home and a loving husband.However,she was unhappy in her marriage and often spent time sleeping on her bathroom floor. She soon separates from her husband and initiating a divorce.Soon she embarks on a rebound relationship which continued for sometime but did not work out leaving her devastated and alone.

 She soon embarks on a journey after writing an article on yoga in bali, Gilbert met a 9th generation medicine men (Ketut Liyar) who told her to she would come back one day and study with him.After finalizing her bitter divorce, Gilbert embarks on her long journey,a trip paid for in advance from a book deal by her publisher. 

She spends 4 months in Italy enjoying life and eating  (Eat) , 3 months in India finding her spirituality  (Pray) and ends up in Bali,Indonesia (Love) where she finds love.

My Review : I spent nearly 2 two months completing this book. Not because it was hard to read but because I find it boring. I seriously don't know what made it a no1 best-seller.If I wanted to read a book like this,I'll just head on over to a Christian Book store and buy me a book,probably even much better.I finished it by the way,I just had to.Never touching this book ever. Even the movie Sucked aswell..Urghh

Author : Chan Ling Yap

Pages : 345

Rating : 8.5/10

Synopsis : Set between the late 1930's and 1960's, this is the tale of Mei Yin, a young Chinese girl from an impoverished family.Her destiny is shaped when she is sent to Kuala Lumpur to become the ward and the companion of the tyrannical and bitter Su Hei who is looking for a suitable wife for her son Ming Kong.. and ultimately a grandson and hair to the family dynasty.

My review : I enjoyed this book very much. I enjoyed the history bits. The Japanese conquered Bristish ruled Malaya and Singapore from 1941-1945.The Brits ran off like headless chickens leaving the people of Malaya to fend for themselves. During the occupation an estimated of 100,000 people were killed.The Kempeitais (Military Police Corps of the Imperial Japanese Army) had a deep hatred for The Chinese.Women,children,young or old were not spared. During the occupation,resistance movement were formed like MPAJA (Malayan People Anti-Japanese Army) and MCP (Malayan Communist Party:Mostly Chinese)..There were traitors  in these resistance groups to pint point who's who and the punishment is cruel.Life back then was hell. People starving, illnesses, living in fear e.t.c. (Just a tad bit history)

 About this book: Only 14,Mei Yin was sent to KL to be groomed as a bride when she turned 18 for Ming Kong.She comes from a poor family.She wanted education,but her family couldn't afford to send her to school,so KL was the only option for her as she was promised an education and later on a bride.

Su Hei - She's the 2nd wife of a wealthy businessman.She gave birth to MingKong,the only male heir but was raised by the 1st wife as her own son,hence the bitterness of Su Hei...There's also Nelly,Ming Kong's Girlfriend who has a dark past.Each character has their own story.It's a good book overall.

  

Life Of Pi

Title: Life of Pi

Author: Yann Martel

Pages: 1-319

Synopsis:  After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen year old boy named”Pi” Patel” (an Indian boy from Pondicherry), a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg) a female orang-utan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal Tiger.

This book is really good,like REALLY GOOD. It has its quirks and twist. Oh! Yes before I forget there's gore and cannibalism (you have to use your imagination),. Overall,this book is a must read and you shouldn't bypass it. 

Book Review : A Big Little Life

Title : A Big Little Life ( A memoir of a joyful dog)

Author : Dean Koontz

Rating : 6/10

Pages : 1-269

Synopsis :  Trixie had trained as a companion dog for the disabled but an injury prevented her taking up the work, and instead she undertook to restore of wonder in the Koontz household-when they hadn't even known they lacked one. But Trixie had a tremendous impact on their lives, not only because she brought with her a sense of fun and pure love and affection, but also because she has taught them that we should trust our intuition as dogs trust theirs, and believe in the miraculous.


 A bond between a human and his companion. A fun filled book filled with love, humour and tears. What could possibly go wrong with Animal Genre. Truth is, when it comes to writing animal memoirs it's like all the same, just different in style of writing and different in situations and outcomes.

Book Review - Dracula The Undead and Piercing

Title : Dracula The Un-dead

 Written by : Dacre Stoker (Great Grand Nephew of Bram Stoker) and Ian Holt.

Short synopsis:  Quincey Harker, son of Jonathan and Mina, having left his law studies for the stage, stumbles upon the troubled production of Dracula at the Lyceum, directed by Bram Stoker himself. The play plunges Quincey into a world of his parents’ terrible secrets.

 For twenty-five years since Van-Helsing and his allies reduce Dracula to dust, evil stalks Europe once again. One by one the band of heroes is being hunted down.Has Dracula somehow survived to seek his revenge? Or is there another, more sinister force at work?....

Finally, I’m done with this book. I must have skipped a few pages here and there just because it was so draggy. If it’s a good book 3 days max. If it’s crap I don’t even know. Sometimes I’ll just put it aside, but I’ll try not to turn it into a habit of not finishing a book even though it’s Crap.

I personally don’t like this book at all. The book Dracula is one of the Greatest Love Story and it should end that way its suppose to end. Dracula Un-dead brings Dracula back from the dead and throws in one crazy lesbian blood sucking bitch by the name of Countess Elizabeth Bathory. (Hungarian crazy bitch known to have killed over 100-200 girls for their blood. Blood = elixir of youth and beauty). Maybe I should go purchase her autobiography. She seems to be one interesting character...

Boing boing boing...Okay so Mina doesn’t age; Jonathan is an Alcoholic and their son Quincey who so happens to be........well I don’t want no spoilers here :}...

Title : Piercing (Psychological thriller)

Author : Ryu Murakami

Length : 185 pages

While waiting for dinner to arrive, I started on a new book.

Synopsis : Kawashima Masayuki is a successful graphic designer living in Tokyo with his loving wife Yoko and their healthy baby girl.Outwardly, their lives are a picture of happiness and contentment.
Every night, however, Kawashima creeps from his bed and watches over the baby's crib while his wife sleeps.But this is no ordinary domestic scene. As he stands gazing at his little girl, Kawashima has an ice-pick in his hand and almost has a desire to use it.Kawashima decides to confront his demons, and sets into a motion of uncontrollable chain of events seeming to lead inexorably to murder...

This novel solely focuses on Kawashima and another character,a girl name Chiaki. She is also haunted by the demons of her past. Both of them come from abused families. Kawashima,tortured by his mother and Chiaki,raped by her step-father. I'm not going into details, but this books is pretty good if you like psychological thriller and Kawashima's character.....he reminds me of Norman Bates Psycho:]..