Monday, June 23, 2008

115. The Sex Life of My Aunt, Mavis Cheek

A story of a woman who has comfortable perfect life; a devoted lawyer husband, great grown up children, comfortable job and wealth, great health, etc. Then she met a lovely gentleman at the train station, and began an affair with him.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

114. The Ex Files, Victoria Christopher Murray

This book is the equivalent of Desperate Housewives, with Christianity touch. A story of four different women who, not by choice, met up weekly in a prayer group to help them to cope with their break-ups. What makes the book interesting is that these women are so normal. They're not the goody goody Christian types, but the real human Christian, with many weaknesses which I am sure many Christian women could identify if they're really being honest with themselves. A small part of this book also gives me a new insight about suicide and Christianity.

The author wrote that there are four ways to handle a breakup.You can be faith-filled, faithless, weak-willed, and revenge-willed. Overall an interesting read. It's my first time reading Christian chick-lit, and I like it.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

113. Be Careful What You Wish For, Alexandra Potter

A typical and predictable chick-lit. I like the character's though. She reminds me of me.

"My memory's like a sieve so I'm always making lists. I've got lists for everything. My fridge is coevered with dozenz of mutl-coloured Post-It notes. The only problem is, half the time I forget to look at them. But I can't write a reminder to remind me, can I?"

The character's very loveable, I reckon. An entertaining personality. But the story itself is too predictable. A girl wish for a list of things, and out of the blue, they all started to come true after she bought a 'lucky heather'. Then before she realises it, although all her wishes came true, they're not exactly what she needed, and they didn't make her happy.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

112. The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy

My gosh, this is one of the hardest book to get through, it took me ages to finish it. And I only finished it mere out of determination to finish what i started. The story itself was not even that great. I found an interesting quote though, that reminds me of me:

"Rahel drifted into marriage like a passanger drifts towards an unoccupied chair in an airport lounge."