My Xmas Book Shopping

I supported Kinokuniya tis Christmas :-)

Oliver Jeffers set for triple smiley faces. Mixels comics for the limited edition toy. Vietnam guide for my upcoming trip. Decoration & Symbolism for my curiosity in Singapore Chinese architecture. Looking forward to mid-week.

More new Oliver Jeffers!

And the answer is...

Visual recollection

Nick Hornby's books were my good companion. About A Boy (above edition) is still my favourite paperback in my shelves.

Joanne Harris book covers 99-07

designed by Stuart Haygarth
www.joanne-harris.co.uk

Missed & found

I always wondered how the copies I missed look like...


http://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=167251

Harry Potter

http://harrypotter.bloomsbury.com/

http://mscorley.blogspot.com/2009/02/harry-potter-redesign.html

小栗&東尼的冒險紀行

幾時看得完...?

Ox-Tales by Oxfam

These books caught my sight in Popular Bookstore today. They are short stories based on the elements Earth (agricultural development), Air (climate change), Fire (conflict resolution), and Water (water projects). Paperbacks were released July 2009.
oxfam.org.uk

Mika: Songs For Sorrow EP

Limited edition 68-page book and CD available exclusively at Mika's website & Paul Smith

Bookfest@Malaysia

今年的BEST BUY: 美食、旅行、美術和曆史

Mark Haddon: A Spot Of Bother

I got this book January 2008 at discounted price and to be honest, I didn't expect much excitement as compared to his previous book. It was in fact rather flat in the beginning. I even rested it for a couple of months before picking it up again. Nevertheless, the plot got 'bloody' amusing as George (the main retired man) got out of control with his life and he attempted to remove a lesion on his hip by himself! At the same time, other characters (Jean, the wife, who was having an affair and was thinking about leaving George; Katie, the daughter, who was getting married to a man whom she was unsure of loving; and Jamie, the son, who was struggling with being an out gay man and getting committed with his lover) learned to look deeper into their chaotic family and started to rebuild closer ties among themselves.

I do agree with Independent on Sunday's comment– "A witty and subtle family drama." The beautiful cover art was created by Marc Boutavant (illustration) & Tim Marrs (illustrated type).

Going Bananas

It's sensible being insensible sometimes. I have always wanted to get hold of all these Banana Yoshimoto's novels (cover designed by Pentagram) but I just always felt they were overpriced. Whilst they are disappearing from the shelves with the bygone years, it's probably time to grab them all before it's too late. Lucky me, I found Lizard & Goodbye Tsugumi two weeks ago, Amrita & Kitchen today – all final copies and (still) at full price :-<

Stories about KL

This publication from MPH Group Publishing comprises of 21 short stories about Kuala Lumpur. The cover painting and whole compilation concept seem attractive to me. I find RM35.90 rather expensive though... hmmm...
Buy online?