tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214333902011-04-22T04:42:52.018+08:00<b><big>The Reading Rack</big></b>Phases Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03009842001646674820noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21433390.post-1146415698223754312006-05-01T00:33:00.000+08:002006-05-01T00:52:15.123+08:00<span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/style.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/style.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Book Name: <a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=020530902X">The Elements of Style (4th Edition)</a></span></span> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Name of Author: William Strunk Jr. & E.B. White</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Publisher: Longman Publisher</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1999</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;">“</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">The classic writing guide that fleshes out what makes the style in writing. If grammar books turn you off, rest assured this won't.” --<i>Yam Phui Yee</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/important%20ideas.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/important%20ideas.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Book Name: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=51872799&srchTerms=A+World+of+Ideas&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Title">A World of Ideas: The Dictionary of Important Theories, Concepts, Beliefs and Thinkers</a></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Name of Author: Chris Rohmann</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Publisher: Ballantine Books</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 2000</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;">“</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">It's a dictionary. I'd say writers should read English dictionaries, but if they can't, they should read dictionaries of the history of ideas.” --<i>Hwa Yang Jerng</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Book Name: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9839981900/sr=1-1/qid=1145890258/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6660867-4991222?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=books">A Malaysian Journey</a></span></span> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Name of Author: Rehman Rashid</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Publisher: Self-published</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1993</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;">“</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Musings on Malaysian identity and nation-building/social engineering in the 1990's. The least you can do as penance if you goofed off during Sejarah or Pengetahuan Am in school.” --<i>Siaw Mei Li</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/watershipdown.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/watershipdown.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Book Name: <a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=0140306013">Watership Down</a></span></span> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Name of Author: Richard Adams</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Publisher: Puffin</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1973</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;">“</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">It takes excellent writing/storytelling to make believable action heroes out of field rabbits in the British countryside. Read, be awed, learn!” --<i>Siaw Mei Li</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/poto.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/poto.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Book Name: <a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=1853262730">The Phantom of the Opera</a></span></span> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Name of Author: Gaston Leroux</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd </span></span> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1998</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;">“</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Watching the film version can't beat reading the original book. Leroux's haunting tale tells of a man with scarred face and life who roams in the Paris Opera House and trains up young Christine Daae to sing. What's more mysterious is Leroux's style of 'well-researched' writing that makes the reader 'believe' that he was eyewitness to the happenings.” --<i>Yam Phui Yee</i></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/justlikejesus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/justlikejesus.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Book Name: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=53348001&srchTerms=just+like+jesus&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Keyword">Just Like Jesus</a></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Name of Author: Max Lucado</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Publisher: W Publishing Group</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 2003</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;">“</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">I love reading Max Lucado's books, but I'm recommending this because it was my first Max Lucado book :P Very inspiring and heart-warming, as per all Max Lucado books.” --<i>Algene Tan</i></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21433390-114641569822375431?l=phasesonline-thereadingrack.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phases Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03009842001646674820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21433390.post-1145199275527003322006-04-16T21:51:00.000+08:002006-05-01T00:28:46.036+08:00<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/eyreaffair.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/eyreaffair.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Book Name: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=53390794&srchTerms=The+Eyre+Affair&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Title">The Eyre Affair</a> </span></span> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Name of Author: Jasper Fforde</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Inc.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 2002</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />“</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">A loopy alternate universe where the public loves literature, dodos are pets, and time travel is possible. A real mix of literary, science fiction, and other things thrown in, revolving around intrepid literary detective Thursday Next. The first book in the series is, again, the most well-crafted, but the others are fun too... my sister liked gun-toting Miss Havisham in the second one... Fforde really loves the written word, as you'll see if you read all four (that have appeared so far).” --<i>Eunice Kua</i></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/aliceinwonderland.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/aliceinwonderland.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/throughthelookingglass.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/throughthelookingglass.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Book Name: <a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=0486416585">Alice in Wonderland</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=0486416585">Through the Looking Glass</a> </span></span> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Name of Author: Lewis Carroll</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Publisher: Dover Publications</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1999</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />“</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">The Eyre Affair etc. has been compared to Alice in sensibility (quite rightly too). The original Alice is a must-read for anyone, as it's also part of the cultural canon... even Neo in the Matrix had to follow the white rabbit... Also very quotable.” --<i>Eunice Kua</i></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/lastunicorn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/lastunicorn.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Book Name: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=2808788&srchTerms=The+Last+Unicorn&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Title">The Last Unicorn</a></span></span> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Name of Author: Peter S. Beagle & Mel Grant</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Inc.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1991</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />“</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Fantasy at its most delicate and whimsical. Was produced as a great 1980's anime with Hollywood voice talents. Soon to be released as a new live action feature.” --<i>Siaw Mei Li</i></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/oscarwilde.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/oscarwilde.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Book Name: <a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=1853263974">The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde</a></span></span> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Name of Author: Oscar Wilde</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Publisher: Wordworth Classic</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1998</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />“</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">The funniest and wittiest writer I've ever read, stimulating as well I must include. Even Monty Python does a lovely spin on Wilde in 'Oscar Wilde Sketches' in one of the episodes of The Flying Circus. I love his plays especially 'The Importance of Being Earnest and 'An Ideal Husband'. Not forgetting his novel, 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'.”--<i>Sarah Lee</i></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/happyhooker.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/happyhooker.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Book Name: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=53043237&srchTerms=The+Happy+Hooker%3A+My+Own+Story&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Title">The Happy Hooker: My Own Story</a></span></span> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Name of Author: Xaviera Hollander</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Publisher: HarperTrade</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 2002</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />“</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Kids need to know about such things... Bloody hell...! Writers need to know such things.” --<i>Hwa Yang Jerng</i></span></span></p><br /><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/silenceoflambs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/silenceoflambs.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Book Name: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=2526288&srchTerms=The+Silence+Of+The+Lambs&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Title">Silence of the Lambs</a></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Name of Author: Thomas Harris</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Publisher: St. Martin's Press</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1991</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />“</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">I mention this because this book is one of the better horror/thriller books that attempt a literary angle. By the time we arrive at Hannibal, the author has taken himself too seriously, but at this point it's still an interesting game of sorts.” --<i>Catalina Rembuyan</i></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/princessbride.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/princessbride.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Book Name: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=53579006&srchTerms=The+Princess+Bride&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Title">The Princess Bride</a></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Name of Author: William Goldman</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >Publisher: </span> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1972</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />“</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">If you thought the movie was good, read the book. I took it to the Kuala Selangor YWC* in 1999(?) and fellow campers were soon in line to borrow it 'cause they kept seeing me laugh to myself every time I stole a moment to read it in a corner between workshops and sessions...” --<i>Siaw Mei Li</i></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">*The Young Writers’ Camp, fondly known as YWC, is an annual camp organised by Phases. We will be having another one in May this year. Check out the YWC page <a href="http://www.phasesonline-ywc.blogspot.com">here</a>.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21433390-114519927552700332?l=phasesonline-thereadingrack.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phases Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03009842001646674820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21433390.post-1143994366885924252006-04-02T23:44:00.000+08:002006-04-03T00:21:16.643+08:00We're back with 7 more recommended readings this week! What about you? Have you read anything good today, yesterday, or some 7 (pun intended! ;) years ago? Send us an email with a brief "Why I like this book" and you just might see it here.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mph.com.my/bkimage/04/25/152251.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 85px; height: 121px;" src="http://www.mph.com.my/bkimage/04/25/152251.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Book Name: <a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=0425152251">Sophie's World</a><br />Name of Author: Jostein Gaarder<br />Publisher: Boulevard<br />Year: 2000<br /><br />“A good introduction to doubting the world around you--through philosophy.” <span style="font-style: italic;">--Catalina Rembuyan</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mph.com.my/myimage/14/00/077834.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 85px; height: 128px;" src="http://www.mph.com.my/myimage/14/00/077834.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Book Name: <a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=1400077834">The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</a><br />Name of Author: Mark Haddon<br />Publisher: Jonathan Cape<br />Year: 2003<br /><br />“This book has been on many reading lists. Very good.” <span style="font-style: italic;">--Catalina Rembuyan</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bordersstores.com/web_images/products/00/52/89/c/52896470_c.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 82px; height: 129px;" src="http://www.bordersstores.com/web_images/products/00/52/89/c/52896470_c.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>Book Name: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=52896470&srchTerms=Trainspotting&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Keyword">Trainspotting</a><br />Name of Author: Irvine Welsh<br />Publisher: British Film Institute<br />Year: 2002<br /><br />“Fiction about drug addicts.” <span style="font-style: italic;">--Hwa Yang Jerng</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mph.com.my/bkimage/03/75/70440X.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 83px; height: 124px;" src="http://www.mph.com.my/bkimage/03/75/70440X.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Book Name: <a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=037570440X">Memoirs of a Geisha</a><br />Name of Author: Arthur Golden<br />Publisher: Vintage Books<br />Year: 1999<br /><br />“Book turn movie, but the book it always better than the movie. It's a good book that shows an example of good translated text. The way its written and told is very detailed/descriptive and paints the picture of what's going on quite wonderfully. Awesome for young writers who want to learn a thing or two on descriptive writing and a type of narrative writing.” <span style="font-style: italic;">--Sarah Lee</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bordersstores.com/web_images/products/00/51/61/c/51612457_c.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 85px; height: 134px;" src="http://www.bordersstores.com/web_images/products/00/51/61/c/51612457_c.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>Book Name: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=51612457&srchTerms=The+Gospel+According+to+Peanuts&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Keyword">The Gospel According to Peanuts</a><br />Name of Author: Robert L. Short<br />Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press<br />Year: 2004<br /><br />“This book really increased my sense of wonder of God's and love and work through the Incarnation. I've bought at least 5 copies of this book and they never come back when I lend them out... Should just switch to renting.” <span style="font-style: italic;">--Siaw Mei Li</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mph.com.my/myimage/04/34/00877X.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 84px; height: 125px;" src="http://www.mph.com.my/myimage/04/34/00877X.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Book Name: <a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=043400877X">The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup</a><br />Name of Author: Susan Orlean<br />Publisher: Heinemann<br />Year: 2001<br /><br />“Susan Orlean is probably the best writer alive today who writes about ordinary people. Fun to read essays, beautiful voice, she has an incredible eye for seeing the world.” <span style="font-style: italic;">--Alvin Ung</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bordersstores.com/web_images/products/00/52/07/c/52070790_c.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 84px; height: 131px;" src="http://www.bordersstores.com/web_images/products/00/52/07/c/52070790_c.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>Book Name: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=52070790&srchTerms=Natural+Acts&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Keyword">Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature</a><br />Name of Author: David Quammen<br />Publisher: Globe Pequot Press<br />Year: 2001<br /><br />“Natural Acts is a collection of essays. The first half is on different animals/insects etc. Tells you all about bats or octopi or cockroaches, and very funny too. Second half is about people--profiles, etc. Quammen writes about the outdoors (extreme sports, etc.) and nature, and is very good at it. You never thought wildlife could be so interesting.” <span style="font-style: italic;">--Eunice Kua</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21433390-114399436688592425?l=phasesonline-thereadingrack.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phases Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03009842001646674820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21433390.post-1142781599001709072006-03-19T22:29:00.000+08:002006-03-22T01:31:10.533+08:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >School holidays have passed and its back to good ol' <i>Kimia</i>, <i>Geografi</i> and <i>Sejarah Malaysia</i> ... but well, there's always the</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" > thrill of reading under the desk during a boring class session and probably getting caught! (NO, we do not encourage this because </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >we've had many readers </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >who have done this before.) Anyway, this week we take a look at 7 books for kids like you and me. *grin*</span> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/charlottesweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/charlottesweb.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Book Name: </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=53484052&srchTerms=006052779X&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=ISBN">Charlotte's Web</a><br />Name of Author: E.B. White<br />Publisher: Harper Collins<br />Year: 2003</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"This book made the 8-year-old me cry. Beware: It could put you off eating <i>char siew</i> forever. Or at least until the next visit to a really good roast pork stall. U</span><span style="font-size:100%;">tterly accessible for kids even though it packs a wide spectrum of emotions for r</span><span style="font-size:100%;">eaders of all ages.” --<i>Siaw Mei Li</i></span></p><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br /></span> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/llw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/llw.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Book Name: </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=000711561X">The Lion, the Witch &amp; the Wardrobe</a><br />Name of Author: C.S. Lewis<br />Publisher: Harper Collins<br />Year: 2001</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">“</span><span style="font-size:100%;">You've watched the movie. Now get the book (The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe). Or rather, read the book first before watching the movie, but I guess </span><span style="font-size:100%;">it's a tad too late for that now. The movie, however, left out my fave line from the book: "Safe? Who said anything about safe? But he's good. He's the king, I tell you." Ish! Read the book to get the big picture.” --<i>Algene Tan</i></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Editor: Can’t get enough of Narnia? Want to get an even BIGGER picture? Read </span></i></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-size:100%;" ><i>the other 6 books in the collection.</i></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/chronicles.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/chronicles.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Book Name: </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=0007117302">Chronicles of Narnia</a><br />Name of Author: C.S. Lewis<br />Publisher: Harper Collins<br />Year: 2005</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">“</span><span style="font-size:100%;">How economy of words can produce an entertaining read. Hurrah for crisp and </span><span style="font-size:100%;">clear language!” --<i>Eunice Kua</i></span></p><br /><p face="verdana" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></p><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/menatarms.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/menatarms.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Book Name: </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=0061092193">Men at Arms</a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><br />Name of Author: Terry Pratchett</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><br />Publisher: Morrow/Avon</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><br />Year: 1997<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >“</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >I choose this of all his Discworld books because this was my first. Pratchett is good for many who may find hardcore fantasy too intimidating, because he has a strong 'real world' element that he parodies.” --<i>Catalina Rembuyan<br /><br /></i></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >“</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >Terry Pratchett's Discworld is awesome. you won't find more lovable spoofed characters anywhere. a lot of serious issues handled with gentle humour and cutting British wit. I loved Men at Arms too, but I started with ‘</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=52192053&srchTerms=guards%21+guards%21&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Title">Guards! Guards!</a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >’, which is the book just before it in Discworld chronology and just as good. In fact, I recommend beginning with that instead so that you won't have to ‘go backwards’ in time to enjoy it after reading ‘Men at Arms’.” --<i>Siaw Mei Li</i></span> <p face="verdana" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></p><p face="verdana" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></p><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/series.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/series.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Book Name: </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=0060757736">A Series of Unfortunate Events</a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><br />Name of Author: Lemony Snicket</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><br />Publisher: Harper UK<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >Year: 2004</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >“</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >I just bought the complete collection recently and yes, its another book turn movie thing as well. The first book I read was the fourth book, 'The Miserable Mill'. Odd to start with the fourth, but it was an unfortunate day when I came across it the first time while a friend was reading it. Picked it up, started reading and never put it down again. It's quite easy reading in my opinion. If you love the movie, you'll love the books even more.” --<i>Sarah Lee</i></span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/littlewomen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/littlewomen.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Book Name: </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=0140621199">Little Women</a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><br />Name of Author: Louisa May Alcott</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><br />Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><br />Year: 2000<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >“</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >An American classic featuring 4 girls growing up during the American Civil War. Share their innocence, joy and sorrow as they learn to spread their wings and fly in the real world.” --<i>Algene Tan</i></span><p face="verdana" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></p><p face="verdana" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><br /></i></span> </p> <p face="verdana" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/phantomtollbooth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/phantomtollbooth.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Book Name: </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=2684178&srchTerms=The+Phantom+Tollbooth&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Title">The Phantom Tollbooth</a><br />Name of Author: Norton Juster<br />Publisher: Random House Children's Books<br />Year: 1988</span></p><p face="verdana" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p face="verdana" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:100%;">“</span><span style="font-size:100%;">It's a kiddie book by genre, but it features amazing wordplay, puns and satire of language quirks we've so come to take for granted. Read it every 5 years between the ages of 10 and 30; every rereading will tell you how much you've grown in the way you use the English language.” --<i>Siaw Mei Li</i></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21433390-114278159900170907?l=phasesonline-thereadingrack.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phases Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03009842001646674820noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21433390.post-1141032568027032432006-02-27T17:05:00.000+08:002006-02-28T00:08:46.156+08:00<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/my%20mentor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/my%20mentor.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" >Name of Book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618382690/qid=1140891116/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-9662207-0505507?s=books&v=glance&amp;n=283155">My Mentor: A Young Writer's Friendship with William Maxwell</a><br />Author: Alec Wilkinson<br />Publisher: Mariner Books<br />Year: 2003<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" >“The author is an excellent prose stylist. The book provides wonderful insights on the writing life, tips on how to write, tips on how to edit, and how to be a good mentor.” <i style="">--Alvin Ung</i></span></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:60pt;height:93.75pt'"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\THEJES~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.png" title=""> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/lornadoone.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/lornadoone.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" >Name of Book: <span style=""><a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=54627033&srchTerms=lorna+doone&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Title">Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor</a></span><br />Author: R.D. Blackmore<br />Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Company<br />Year: 2004<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" >“It's misogynistic and horribly anti-Catholic (sort of) but the plot is one of the most catchy romance stories I've read. Heroes! Villains! Damsels! Betrayal! Adventure! Love! But most importantly--the guys sound pretty hot!” <i style="">--Catalina Rembuyan</i></span></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:60pt;height:90pt'"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\THEJES~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image005.png" title=""> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/devilprada.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/devilprada.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" >Name of Book: <a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=0767917243">The Devil Wears Prada</a><br />Author: Lauren Weisberger<br />Publisher: Broadway<br />Year: 2004<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" >“If you are a fashionista and love Cosmopolitan, this is a must-read! A good chick-lit. And hurray for Jimmy Choo shoes! (BTW, during my recent trip to Penang, one old guy my dad came across claimed to be Jimmy Choo's mentor. Too bad he isn't making any more shoes now... I could have asked him to make me a pair &amp; I could say, ‘This is a Jimmy Choo... Uhm, sort of.’)” <i style="">--Algene Tan</i></span></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1028" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:60pt;height:90pt'"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\THEJES~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image007.png" title=""> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/remains.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/remains.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" >Name of Book: <a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=0571200737">The Remains of the Day</a> <o:p></o:p><br />Author: Kazuo Ishiguro<o:p></o:p><br />Publisher: Faber &amp; Faber<o:p></o:p><br />Year: 1999</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1031" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:60pt;height:93.75pt'"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\THEJES~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image009.png" title=""> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><br /><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/orphans.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/orphans.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" >Name of Book: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=52303055&srchTerms=when+we+were+orphans&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Title">When We Were Orphans</a><o:p></o:p><br />Author: Kazuo Ishiguro<o:p></o:p><br />Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group<o:p></o:p><br />Year: 2001<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" >“Ishiguro's writing is a pleasure to read. Words are carefully chosen, the writing is atmospheric, and as you read you slowly and obliquely learn more about the characters, etc. than is apparent at first. Orphans is a more disturbing story (I liked Remains better), but shows his craft more clearly.” <i style="">--Eunice Kua</i> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1030" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:60pt;height:93.75pt'"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\THEJES~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image011.png" title=""> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><br /><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/critique.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/critique.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" >Name of Book: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=53837114&srchTerms=0486432548&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=ISBN">Critique of Pure Reason</a> <o:p></o:p><br />Author: Immanuel Kant<o:p></o:p><br />Publisher: Dover Publications<o:p></o:p><br />Year: 2003<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" >“This book is about pre-scientific assumptions; also an example of how NOT to write.” <i style="">--Hwa Yang Jerng</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/disappointmentwithgod.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/disappointmentwithgod.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" >Name of Book: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=25474952&srchTerms=Disappointment+With+God&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;mediaType=1&amp;srchType=Title">Disappointment with God</a><span style=""> </span></span><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Verdana;"><br />(Note: Also available at Pustaka SUFES for RM 17.90)<o:p></o:p></span></i><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Author: Philip Yancey</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Publisher: Zondervan</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" >Year: 1997<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" lang="EN-GB" ><span style="font-size:100%;">“The most thoughtful, heart-rending and also comforting words I've ever read on why a good God lets awful things happen to people both good and bad.” </span><i style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">--Siaw Mei Li</span><o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21433390-114103256802703243?l=phasesonline-thereadingrack.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phases Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03009842001646674820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21433390.post-1139834326946439472006-02-14T14:01:00.000+08:002006-02-24T23:36:53.046+08:00<b>Top 7 Recommended Readings</b><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/birdbybird.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 86px; height: 138px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/birdbybird.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Book Name: <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=2647903&srchTerms=Bird+by+Bird&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Keyword">Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on writing and life</a> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><u><a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=2647903&srchTerms=Bird+by+Bird&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Keyword"></a></u></span> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Name of Author: <font>Ann Lamott</span></p><font><font><font> </span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font>Publisher: Anchor Books</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Year: 1994</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>"Wonderful, quirky, humourous and encouraging book on how to write. Lamott is one of the best guides. Every writer should read the chapter on 'shitty first drafts.'" <span style="font-style: italic;">--Alvin Ung</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/gonewiththewind.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/gonewiththewind.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Book Name: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=3059945&srchTerms=Gone+With+the+Wind&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Keyword"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gone With the Wind</span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Name of Author: Margaret Mitchell</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Publisher: Simon & 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0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Year: 1936</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><br 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</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>"Yes, it's a racist, horribly biased book that sides with the evil people! - but it's one of the few popular books that successfully utilize a totally dislikeable character and make us love her." <span style="font-style: italic;">--Catalina Rembuyan</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/mudhousesabbath.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/mudhousesabbath.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Book Name: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=53870283&srchTerms=Mudhouse+Sabbath&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Keyword"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mudhouse Sabbath</span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><u><a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=53870283&srchTerms=Mudhouse+Sabbath&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Keyword"></a></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Name of Author: Lauren Winner</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Publisher: Paraclete Press</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Year: 2003</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>"Winner attempts to let her Jewish faith inform her new Christian faith. A small lovely book, noteworthy for Winner's engaging voice and lucid prose. A lovely way for young writers to learn about writing about one's faith to a broad audience." <span style="font-style: italic;">--Alvin Ung</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/scarletletter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/scarletletter.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Book Name: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=2930476&srchTerms=the+scarlet+letter&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Keyword"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Scarlet Letter</span></a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><u><a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=2930476&srchTerms=the+scarlet+letter&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Keyword"></a></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Name of Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Publisher: Bantam Books</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Year: 1965</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>"Dark and maybe a tad depressing, but a good, accessible story of what grace, unforgiveness or being judgmental can do to the image of God in each of us." <span style="font-style: italic;">--Siaw Mei Li</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/peterpan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 97px; height: 150px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/peterpan.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Book Name: <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=3504012&srchTerms=Peter+Pan+or+the+Boy+Who+Would+Not+Grow+Up&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Keyword"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Peter Pan or the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up: A Fantasy in Five Acts</span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><u><a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=3504012&srchTerms=Peter+Pan+or+the+Boy+Who+Would+Not+Grow+Up&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Keyword"></a></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Name of Author: <font>J.M. Barrie</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Publisher: <font>Morrow/Avon</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Year: <font>1982</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><br />"This is the original play. Readers should consider how fantasy can be presented convincingly on stage. Ties in well with "Finding Neverland" (Johnny Depp movie, yay!)." <span style="font-style: italic;">--Alissa Rode</span><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/1600/awrinkleintime.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7439/2142/320/awrinkleintime.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Book Name: <a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=0440498058"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Wrinkle in Time</span></a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><u><a href="http://www.mph.com.my/search/nsearch.cfm?do=detail&pcode=0440498058"></a></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Name of Author: Madeleine L'Engle</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> 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Book</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Year: 1973 (Reissuse edition)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> 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href="http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=2283499&srchTerms=%22The+writing+life%22&amp;mediaType=1&srchType=Title"></a></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> 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style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font>Name of Author: Annie Dillard</span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font>Publisher: HarperCollins</span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font>Year: 1990</span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><br /></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font>"This is a collection of essays by Annie Dillard, who is one of those non-fiction essayist types. The first few chapters are meditations on the act of writing/being a writer. The final chapter is an essay on a pilot that is an amazing piece." <span style="font-style: italic;">--Eunice Kua</span></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font><font><font><font><br /></span></span></span></span></p><font><font><font><font><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i><b><small>* Editor: In order to be a good writer, you need to read. But in order for you to be a good reader, you need to read more? Where is the logic in this? If you feel the same way about this irrational logic and think that there's a book other young writers should read, email us at phasesonline@gmail.com</small></b></i></span></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21433390-113983432694643947?l=phasesonline-thereadingrack.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phases Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03009842001646674820noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21433390.post-1138097619089719162006-01-24T18:11:00.000+08:002006-01-25T19:20:02.096+08:00As you walk pass our little restaurant and wet market, you see a hidden book store with a huge reading rack. An old Indian man wearing his sarong and reading his favorite tamil newspaper, sits at the front of the store. He looks at you and says, "Oi! tengok apa? Masuk cepat dan baca!" (Translation: Oi! what are you looking at? Get in and read!)<br /><br />Yes, we gathered a few recommendations of books for you from various genres to check out at your local bookstores like MPH, Kinokuniya, Popular and others. In the words of one of our friendly goldsmith's from The Refinery, "READ!! Books, newspapers, magazines... read read read"<br /><br />The list? Coming soon...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21433390-113809761908971916?l=phasesonline-thereadingrack.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phases Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03009842001646674820noreply@blogger.com0