Hooked On Bookz

It has been a loooonnnnggg while since this blog's been updated...One of the reasons, well, I haven't had any luck in reading a good book. I thought I'd have some luck with Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Fantasy), hoping it'd be as yummy as  The Bartimaeus Trilogy , but I was wrong. I have problems finishing the last chapter now...Argghhh... Ok, so what's new? As stated above, the Decatur Book Fest 2012 that was held recently in Decatur, GA from Aug 31 - Sept 2. And I've gotta check it out. My hubby and I took the train and to no surprise, there were big crowds in every station! One, because there was a football match. Two because there was also a big event - the Dragon Con that was happening in the same weekend. (My hubby and I will definitely check out Dragon Con next year, with me in COSTUME! Muahahaha) So was the Book Fest good? I can't say it wasn't because books were sold at rock-bottom prices from as low as $5!! Of course I bought a few haha...

Heard of 'Banned Book Weeks' before? Well, Banned Books Week is the only national celebration of the freedom to read. It was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than 11,000 books have been challenged since 1982. During the last week of September every year, hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the US draw attention to the problem of censorship by mounting displays of challenged books and hosting a variety of events. The books featured during Banned Books Week have been targets of attempted bannings. Fortunately, while some books were banned or restricted, in a majority of cases the books were not banned, all thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, booksellers, and members of the community to retain the books in the library collections. Since the inception of Banned Books Week in 1982, libraries and bookstores throughout the country have staged local read-outs as part of thei...

Everyone's invited! Please come! Kids, especially ;) It’s Storytelling Time! The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson Presented by Cambridge English For Life He has terrible tusks, and terrible claws, And terrible teeth in his terrible jaws! Oh yes, he’s one ugly monster! And guess what? A tiny, brave mouse will have to defeat the monster to save his dear life! But,…how? Come and join us for a storytelling session that will take you through a deep dark wood and unravel the crafty plans of this very smart mouse. And there are prizes to be won when you participate in our games and activities! Looking forward to seeing you on: 10th June, 2011 at: 2.30pm in: Times Bookstore, Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur See you there!

Why, oh why on a weekday...? *sob* Anyway,...if you're nearby, remember to meet up with Shamini Flint! Shamini writes children’s books with cultural and environmental themes including Jungle Blues and Turtle takes a Trip as well as the ‘Sasha’ series of children’s books. She also writes crime fiction, the first two books are Inspector Singh Investigates - A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder and Inspector Singh Investigates: A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul published by Little, Brown, UK in 2009. The third title in the series published in 2010 is Inspector Singh Investigates: The Singapore School of Villainy to be followed by Singh's adventures in Cambodia and India. Check out her website here .

Wanna own The Twilight Saga poster?? Or an exclusive Twilight box set and get special movie screening passes? You can! Just click on the image below and find out how ;) If you can't see the larger version of this image, the details are as follow: 1) Get a FREE The Twilight Saga: Eclipse movie poster with every purchase of Eclipse book only from 12 June 2010 onwards. (While stock last) 2) With every purchase of 'Eclipse' book, customer can participate in contest and stand a chance to win Complimentary passes for special movie screening(for TPC members only). From 12 June till 27 June 2010 How to participate? Step 1: Fill in your name, IC/Passport number, TPC number (if available), contact number, address, email and questions on the contest form Step 2: Option 1: Download contest form from www.timesbookstores.com.my and email the contest form with your sales receipt to timesbookstores@tpg.com.my Option 2: Drop your contest form with your sales receipt att...

I must go for this! Why? I'm a fan of Amir Muhammad's writings :) He's funny, witty, intelligent, and he's such a great storyteller! :) If you're reading this, and would love to go, let's meet there!! :) The launch details are as below: ---------------------------- ZI Publications presents ... "ROJAK: Bite-sized stories" by Amir Muhammad "TAPAI: Travels & Guilty Pleasures of a Fermented Malaysian" by Hishamuddin Rais. Date: Saturday, June 12th, 2010 Venue: the Annexe, Central Market, Kuala Lumpur. Time: 12.00pm About the Books -- - -- - -- - -- ROJAK - This is not a recipe book. This is a collection of very short fictional stories. The taste can be sweet, juicy, spicy, tart, or crunchy! The flavours of Malaysia, in fact. So if this book could talk, it would say: "Bite Me." TAPAI - In an age where food has become entertainment television, the wit and wisdom of Hishamuddin Rais is like a proper kitchen knife – always sharp. This...

Calling all biblioholics and shopaholics!! If you have not made plans for this weekend yet,...head down to VPM's Charity Bazaar in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur! There are loads to buy, clothes, shoes, handbags, household, books , food, tv, lawn mower, dining set, baby carriage. Yup. They've got it all!! They've got great activities for the kids & the young at heart. Free balloons, coloring & drawing contests, face painting, henna tattoo, sand art. And there's a quiz thrown in too. Where: Bangsar Shopping Centre When: 8th & 9th May What time: 10am - 5pm.

WHAT ON EARTH IS HAPPENING THIS MONTH??! WHY IS THERE BOOK SALES EVERYWHERE?! (Thanks Vic, for making my life more miserable than it already is... :P) Anyway...here's another one this month....ENJOY.... Where: MPH, 1 Utama, Bargain Corner (Ground Floor Rainforest) When: 7-18th May, 2010

PAY LESS BOOKS' Warehouse Sale is back at YMCA Kuala Lumpur! Venue: First Floor, YMCA Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Padang Belia, Kuala Lumpur. Date: 7 - 9 May 2010 (Friday - Sunday) Time: 10:00am - 7:00pm For further information, please log in to www.paylessbooks.com.my So. Yeah. Have fun. Sigh... (Note to ALL book sellers: Can you like, SAVE THOSE SALES FOR LATER?!!! I'm quite a big spender you know! So...GIMME A REASON TO SPEND LATER la!! PLEEEEASE!)

Yes, my dear biblioholics, there is another SALES! This one's in Bangsar, KL. Here are the details: Venue: 4th Floor, Annex, Bangsar Shopping Centre, 283 Jalan Maarof, 59000 Kuala Lumpur Date: 30 Apr - 9 May 2010 Time: 10am to 9.30pm POW WOW STUFF! Up to 90% OFF Triple Deals!! 3 for RM 10, 3 for RM 20, 3 for RM 30 So biblioholics, GO...SPLURGE!!! :D *Sings* Go, tell it on the mountains, over the hills and everywhere! Go, tell it on the mountains, that there is another sales! To those living in Kota Damansara area, you're in for a treat as, TIMES BOOKSTORE IS GOING TO BE SO NEAR YOU!! * Outlet opening on 28th April 2010 * Opening Promotions: 20% discount on cook books, 20% discount on VCD & DVD, FREE gifts with purchase of RM 50 & RM 100 etc until 31 May 2010 * UOB tie-up: 15% discount on all books (except magazine & other promotions) Times, can you have one in Shah Alam too please? haha :P

First of all, HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY EVERYONE!! :) Let's spread the joy of reading, not only today, but every other day by sharing great reads with your friends and family, also, if you have too many on your shelves, give them to those in need...I came across this on guardian.co.uk and thought that I'd share it with you... "With or without TV debates, most thoughts at present in the UK are turning to the choice we will make in the forthcoming general election. However, the stark fact is that very many people in the UK will not be a part of that process; not because they don't want to necessarily, but because they lack the most basic skills to do so. They can't read. They cannot make a choice. It is a truly terrible democratic deficit." (More...) The thought of parting with your favourite books can be painful. To be honest, I had problems giving mine away. But just thinking of the impact it can make on a person's life helped the 'parting' a whole lot...

Ooooo I feel so guilty. This weekend, I went to two places to splurge. One of which is Pay Less's Clearance Sales which Jien Sing told me about...THANK YOU! :) Mostly non-fiction. Oh...and guess what I found in one of the books? A lesson plan from 1974!! Type-written! Cool, right? ;) I tried looking for a love letter or some sort...but nothing much :( Can't wait to read Marv though...Loved the illustrations! The other 2 titles, The Metamorphosis and Girl with a Pearl Earring came highly recommended by two friends of mine...So I thought, why not, since it's only RM5 and RM6 per book hehe :P All that for ONLY RM47 :D Thanks to my dear hubby for bringing me there and paying for all of them! *big grin* Next, my loot from Big Bookshop from Atria in Petaling Jaya...(Thanks Lai Peen for the recommendation :) And thx hubby for allowing me to splurge, once again LOL) THIS PLACE...I MUST MUST BLOG ABOUT :) But first, let me take a picture of the books I bought. Not many, as I didn...

Thanks Jien Sing, for sharing this with me!! **big grin** To all book lovers living in Malaysia or who will be in Malaysia that weekend, IT'S TIME TO SPLURRRRGE AGAIN, cuz here's another book sales!! :) Book prices are as low as RM1!!! I'm checking it out for sure! See you there? :) Click on image to enlarge. For more info, go to www.payless.com.my

Okay, if you’re planning to go to the recent Popular Book Fair, please be very wary of the prices, because some of the prices weren't correct, maybe due to human error, I'm not sure, because my mom spotted it and she only mentioned it to me when we came home. My mom told me one of the cookbooks (Yum Yum) was priced at RM15, and a 20% discount was given, so the book was RM12 after discount. She remembered paying lesser than RM12 for this book, but wasn’t quite sure. When we came home, she double-checked and realised, that the price should be RM10 (printed on the book itself, as shown in the picture. Yeah, it's really blur coz the print is small), not RM15 (as stated on Popular's price tag on the book). This has happened before when my mom bought a female magazine, and Popular tagged it at RM8, when it should be lower (as printed on the magazine, but my mom didn't notice it. If I recall correctly, this happened a few years back), and gave a 20% discount. I'm just...

Heya bookaholics! Time to check out Popular's book fair! :) (Click on the poster to view a larger image)

I was half expecting a long queue outside BookXcess, Amcorp Mall in PJ. Thank goodness I was wrong. If you're planning to check out their Spring Cleaning sales (26th Feb - 10th Mar 2010), go during their off-peak hours - Lunch hour 12-ish till abt 3pm. Yeah, I was there for about 2 hours or so. I had, at first, 4 books in my hand, only RM9.90 each! Yep. But the kiasu me wanted to stretch my ringgit to the max so I had my husband google all the titles to check out if they were worth my ringgit (Cuz you'll never know if they are going to have an 'Opening' / 'New Location' Sales haha In the end, I picked 1 out of that 4 :P The book I decided worth my RM9.90 was 'Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams by Alexander McCall Smith. Overall reviews on Amazon.com were 4-4.5/5. The other books I decided to forgo were Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake (don't ask me why), John Burdett's Bangkok Tattoo and Robert Harris's The Ghost. Before leaving the shop w...

After queuing for 30 minutes to get in, I came out empty handed. The sales sucked lah...Not worth the time and wait. The previous one was better - more books, more variety, and more spacious. If you haven't been there, don't bother wasting your time if you've been to their previous one and the recent Pearson Warehouse Sales. My verdict for this sales? 1 out of 5. I was so disappointed with it, that my hubby decided to bring me to Kinokuniya instead to satisfy my insatiable hunger of seeing stacks of GOOD books. Go there only if you're thinking of getting a great variety of children's books and probably, magazines too. Their fiction selection was disappointing! Anyways, this time's categorising of books was better than the previous one's. If you hate queuing, go around 3-ish, but be prepared to find a fewer selection of books. If you go in the morning, be prepared to queue. Some however, loved it. They managed to get some really good reads, but I think they w...

Hello there booklovers The Big Bad Book Sale is back! Due to popular demand, this time the book sale will be twice as big as before, with over 200,000 books and magazines coming in for the Big Bad Book Sale. Best of all, the prices are 70% to 90% off the recommended retail prices for all books! So mark this in your diary: The Big Bad Book Sale Dae: 26 November – 2 December 2009 Venue: Level 3, Amcorp Mall (former cinema lot, opposite McDonald’s) Time: 10am to 9pm Get a free collectible bookmark with any purchase while stocks last! Limited to one bookmark per customer. Get ready to stock up your library as the Big Bad Wolf takes another big bite off the prices of books! Oooowwwwwoooooooo… Howling his regards, The Big Bad Wolf. http://www.bigbadwolfbooks.com

As promised, here's what the Pearson and Penguin warehouse sales looks like... And this is just the other half of it :P So imagine... You know what...I feel like going there again!!! :( Deeeeear....Let's go! hehe (Sorry if the pix are blur...taken from my hubby's Blackberry hehe :P)

Yours truly ain't going...Saving the dough for something else heh :P