Saturday, February 26, 2011

Finding Monsieur Right






Finding Monsieur Right
by Muriel Zagha
Kinokuniya link here

If you like Sophie Kinsella's books,
then you'll really enjoy this one:

*Plus it has such a pretty cover! :D*



overall rating:
plot: 4/5 | writing: 5/5 | characters: 4/5 | cover: 5/5

Daisy Keen is a British fashion lover, who dreams of going to Paris. Isabelle Papillon is a young French student desperate to go to England to research Meredith Quince, an author Isabelle believes wrote a secret novel that wasn’t made available to the public domain. After Isabelle places an ad in a newspaper, the girls’ dreams come true and Daisy finds herself in Paris and Isabelle finds herself in London.

As both girls come to terms with living in a strange country and learning a new culture, will they manage to suceed in their dreams? Will Isabelle find Meredith Quince’s secret book and will Daisy manage to find love?

- Only read once
- Like brand new
- No creases on spine
- Clean pages
- Bought for RM 35.90

Selling for RM 20 only!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

The Zahir



Paulo Coelho's The Zahir: A Review

A Story of Dark Obsession and Re-birth

Aug 22, 2009 Ingrid Calderon

The Zahir - Romilly Lockyer



Brazilian Author Paulo Coelho takes us on a voyage through the historic streets of Paris and the dunes of Kazakhstan in his novel The Zahir. The story begins with a famous journalist’s narrating perspective about his wife’s disappearance, making him the prime suspect. The mystery behind her disappearance becomes an instant obsession that leads him into an inward spiral. Unable to go on as he had before, he begins to examine where he went wrong in his marriage. In between trying to find answers and dealing with his constant affairs both extra-marital and professional, his life and career begin to make less and less sense. With traces of obsession, fame and the rigid possibility of forgiving oneself, the story presents concrete options on how to lose oneself in order to find oneself.







The Zahir's Plot and Design

From the opening chapter, Paulo Coelho introduces the reader to three important characters. There is Esther his wife, Mikhail an unidentified male and himself as the narrator. As the husband to the missing war correspondent Esther, he becomes the main suspect. After identifying his whereabouts, he is set free. Now a free man, he wanders the streets of Paris reminiscing and questioning his wife’s disappearance. He quickly becomes obsessed with what he calls The Zahir , which is derived from an Islamic tradition, Zahir in Arabic, means unable to go unnoticed, someone or something, once in contact, occupies our every thought. This state of mind could be considered holy or maddening.


Full review here


Sold at Kinokuniya for RM 34.90
- Read once
- Looks like new
- Written by an international bestseller
"His books have had enhancing impact on millions of people"
Selling for RM 15 only