MPH Book Fair + Singapore Food Expo (28 or 29 May)
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Wow... another Dean Koontz fan!Originally posted by coolger03:i bought 3 dean koontz books too.... odd thomas, the taking and life expectancy... and 2 of the books are the bigger ones...
and 2 anne rice's books...
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Oh ! Thanks !Originally posted by coolger03:yup! life expectancy and the taking are the big books....
hmm... maybe i can pass u the life expectancy when i'm done reading it.... cos i wun have much use for it anyway.... hehe
gotten anne rice's blood canticle and blackwood farm... hehe
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Uh..yeah. He's like the other well known author of science fiction or something besides Issac AsimovOriginally posted by the Bear:Greg Bear? i didn't know i had an author cousin
seriously.. today, i'm more pleased with my chocolate purchases
1 Grand Marnier Truffles Bar
1 Mumm Truffle Bar
1 Grand Marnier Liqueur Chocolate
1 tube of Droste Orange Pastilles
2 bags of Espresso Coffee Shots Chocolate Coated Coffee Beans
1 box of Altoids mints
i love chocolate
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yup!Originally posted by Rhonda:Wow... another Dean Koontz fan!
like dean koontz and john saul.... hehe -
I saw one Dune - House Atreides, lying around somewhere.Originally posted by the Bear:missing Frank Herbert books too.. he wrote pretty okay horrors too...
nuts.. will have to part with around $150 for the series
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I saw one Dune - House Atreides, lying around somewhere.Originally posted by the Bear:missing Frank Herbert books too.. he wrote pretty okay horrors too...
nuts.. will have to part with around $150 for the series -
Wow. You read john saul too ? The world is really smaller than I thoughtOriginally posted by coolger03:yup!
like dean koontz and john saul.... hehe -
i read some dean koontz tho, but that was long time ago
Iceberg i think, i need to go check....
surprised rhonda and ah coolger will read dean as well -
u too? heheheOriginally posted by Ferret:Wow. You read john saul too ? The world is really smaller than I thought
but it's difficult to find his books ard huh??
where do u usually get his books from? -
I have not read John Saul's books ... yet.Originally posted by coolger03:yup!
like dean koontz and john saul.... hehe
BTW, is there anyone here who reads medical / scientific thrillers? Michael Palmer, John Case, Michael Crichton, Robin Cook and the like? -
nah.. looking for the original ones..
his son's books, the prequels, weren't that absorbing..Originally posted by LazerLordz:I saw one Dune - House Atreides, lying around somewhere. -
Rhonda is surprised dear Lau reads Dean Koontz... but very pleased!Originally posted by laurence82:i read some dean koontz tho, but that was long time ago
Iceberg i think, i need to go check....
surprised rhonda and ah coolger will read dean as well
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Oh, anyone here reads Ray Bradbury's books? I love this particular book of his, 'Golden Apples of the Sun'.
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hmm ard the same time..Originally posted by coolger03:err... only got one with the honour mah... hehee
went ard 2 plus to 3 lor....
what time u went??
left aquarama at ard 2? then head on to food fair liao..eat until my belly hurts..
would have bought some books if not for my sis...walk 2 steps complain far........ -
Last time I used to borrow em from libraries and those second hand bookstoresOriginally posted by coolger03:u too? hehehe
but it's difficult to find his books ard huh??
where do u usually get his books from?
I cant remember the title of his first book I read...But it was about the an academy where they took out the genius children brains to let them "live outside the box" haha.
Sorry. if you remember this story, that was a joke in bad taste.
Anyway it was kinda creepy and yet...the story rang true somehow, thats why it caught my attention. -
*raises paws*Originally posted by Rhonda:I have not read John Saul's books ... yet.
BTW, is there anyone here who reads medical / scientific thrillers? Michael Palmer, John Case, Michael Crichton, Robin Cook and the like?
Michael Crichton and Robin Cook. The rest dunno who >_<'
Anyway I am kind of a fiction book junkie. -
me... i bought "deception point"Originally posted by shade343:Nobody bought any Dan Brown titles? -
i like fiction too.. but always with an subversive edge
one of my faves just passed on lately.. Hunter S ThompsonOriginally posted by Ferret:*raises paws*
Michael Crichton and Robin Cook. The rest dunno who >_<'
Anyway I am kind of a fiction book junkie. -
I try to be discerning in my choice of fiction novels... there are too many chi-chi, frou-frou books written by female authors out there these days.Originally posted by Ferret:*raises paws*
Michael Crichton and Robin Cook. The rest dunno who >_<'
Anyway I am kind of a fiction book junkie. Good for a light read but you don't really get anything substantial out of it. -
The annual library sale is usually on during the 2nd week of Jan... around 8, 9, 10 JanOriginally posted by the Bear:we were there at 1 to go to the food fair.. nice to eat
then met Ferret at around 2:15pm and she already had a huge load of books
i had a huge load at one time but managed to whittle them down to 3 as the other books i took were always available in the bargain bins...
uhh.. anyone knows when the next library sale is? ferret also wants to know
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Aiyah!! Missed it for this year! I remember picking up tons of mags at their sales and then coming home and reducing them to nice clips. hehe!Originally posted by SydneyLibrarian:The annual library sale is usually on during the 2nd week of Jan... around 8, 9, 10 Jan -
ah!Originally posted by the Bear:the place was lousy with it...
$25 for the GIANT book i bought...
or $25 for the 5 little books in a boxed set.. i chose the giant book coz the paper was better and there are illustrations
other things that were littering the whole place... LOTR - The Two Towers and LOTR - The Return Of The King...
i bet after trudging through the 1st one, many didn't bother to buy the 2nd and 3rd books
u bought the giant book too! i'm into chap 7 of book 2 liao...
i got suan a lil for buyin mainly children's books
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Oooh!! I love children's books too!!Originally posted by shinta:ah!
u bought the giant book too! i'm into chap 7 of book 2 liao...
i got suan a lil for buyin mainly children's books I especially love those that are well-illustrated and full of colour!
It was a tough decision to make - to buy the heavy, giant hardcover compilation of The Chronicles of Narnia, with good-quality glossy paper and illustrations every few pages, or to get the boxed set of separate paperback on lousy paper that'll get yellow with age and with ugly font. Both were priced at $25.
I thought the giant version was more polished but how do you read a heavy hardcover book like that in bed? To hold it up, you'll need major arm muscles, man! And what if you fall asleep reading in bed, holding the book up? SPLAT!!! You'll be shocked awake with a fractured nose, nosebleed, and perhaps, a contusion. hehehe!!!
All said, if I had a nice window seat that would make it conducive to sit and read with the book on my lap, I'd prefer to get that giant version. -
ooh.. i sat cross-legged, with the pillow on my lap, n the book on topOriginally posted by Rhonda:Oooh!! I love children's books too!! I especially love those that are well-illustrated and full of colour!
It was a tough decision to make - to buy the heavy, giant hardcover compilation of The Chronicles of Narnia, with good-quality glossy paper and illustrations every few pages, or to get the boxed set of separate paperback on lousy paper that'll get yellow with age and with ugly font. Both were priced at $25.
I thought the giant version was more polished but how do you read a heavy hardcover book like that in bed? To hold it up, you'll need major arm muscles, man! And what if you fall asleep reading in bed, holding the book up? SPLAT!!! You'll be shocked awake with a fractured nose, nosebleed, and perhaps, a contusion. hehehe!!!
All said, if I had a nice window seat that would make it conducive to sit and read with the book on my lap, I'd prefer to get that giant version.
the only drawback would be, numb legs.. or, i'd lie with my elbows proppin me up, n the book gets rested on the pillow i'd read, den nap, den read, den nap again.. for the whole of ytd night..till around 1.. cos i had difficulty slpin.. -
this time, i got chronicles of narnia & hans dickens, next i'm gg to collect disney's books.. i saw a lot of them! but we didn had enuff cash, n it'd all add up to a lot of money
after that, i'm gettin roald dahl, den enid blyton..
at first we thot ppl would start havin funny ideas when they see me buyin childrens books... but they said that's normal cos i'm just like a kid that never grows up...