Booking Through Thursday - 24/6/2010

"Do you read book reviews? Do you let them change your mind about reading/not reading a particular book?"

My answer:
Yes. Being a bookaholic, I am usually tempted to buy whatever looks like in the bookstore. To hold myself back, I normally jot down the title and its author.


When the book lingers in my mind, I will checkout its reviews; normally from more than 5 readers. If it is good, I'll give it a shot. Else, I'll drop it from me list. ;)

Roald Dahl Bookathon : The Twits by Roald Dahl

Title
The Twits
Author
Roald Dahl
Publisher
Puffin Books
Rating
3/5

If Esio Trot is sweet, The Twits is the opposite. I find it wicked and disgusting. (Yes, the characters are disgusting.) Mr. and Mrs. Twits can't stop playing mean tricks on each other. They will always play pranks on each other just to get even.

As intriguing as it sounds, this story is about 2 smelly people who get married and torture each other every single day. The same went on and on and on until one day, their pet monkey took turn to play pranks on them.

MPH Members' Sale

Pardon the picture quality. (I seriously need a better cam!) Couldn't find the advertisement elsewhere.
The following are the details.

Start Date : 1st July 2010
End Date : 4th July 2010

Info :
Members enjoy 20% discount on all books and 10% discount on stationary, CDs, cards and gifts.
Selected items at 30% and 50% discount.
Look out for the "Gotta Have It!" sticker to enjoy 30% and 50% discount. :)

URL :
http://www.mphonline.com/ / http://www.mphclick.com/

Roald Dahl Bookathon : Esio Trot by Roald Dahl

Title
Esio Trot
Author
Roald Dahl
Publisher
Puffin Books
Rating
5/5

Esio Trot. Who would have thought of such title. This books is simple and sweet.
Mr. Hoppy is in love with his neighbour Mrs Silver, who loves her tortoise very much.

Being a man, he would do anything to win Mrs Silver's heart. They both live in the same apartment.
He lives on top of her unit. Everyday he will find a reason to be at the balcony just to get the chance to talk to her. Since she is so eager to see her pet grows bigger, Mr. Hoppy came up with the idea just how it can "grow" bigger. After putting his creative mind at work, he gets what he wants.

An absolute good read for all ages. I first read this many years back and will always remember the title; Esio Trot. =)

Times Bookstore Sale

Stumbled upon this one when I was out shooping with one of my bestfriends.

Start Date : 4th June 2010
End Date : 30th June 2010
Where : Times Bookstore

Info is quite late but then again, better late than never right? ;) It is still June when weekend comes. =)

Teaser Tuesdays - 22/6/2010

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: 

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Here's my first teaser. =)

"I screaming holding little Abdul, hospital bag with Pampers 'n his stuff, 'n a shopping bag from Woolworth's with my stuff in it. I don't even think, my feets just take me back to Harlem Hospital." - p74, Precious by Sapphire -

If you're seeing spelling and grammatical error, the book is written that way. It is from the point of view of an illiterate teenage girl.

Lucky Monday - 21/6/2010

Monday could be a little bit blue.
I'm now at home..which is supposed to be a good thing but it is not quite good when you're not feeling very well. How come I only get to stay at home when I'm sick? =(

Anyhow, let me boost up my week by entering a bookaway contest.
Books Love Me is giving away 2 books;

1. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl and
2. The Blue Umbrella by Mike Mason

For more details, click here.

Don't mind having both but I'd love to have the 2nd one so good luck to myself!

Named it Lucky Monday with a hope to put luck in Monday(and the rest of the working days) and the participation. =) From now on, I'll hunt for book giveaways on Monday. It will be an awesome way to start a week. Don't you think? ;)

How Lucky Monday works?
Easy-peaszy. I will look for book giveaways and take part in one every Monday. If time permits, no harm to take part in more! Better chances then. ;)