While I have read this book in its original language – Chinese – I have found a English translation selling at Amazon.com. It is refreshing to read the work of a China writer in Traditional Chinese because given my very limited exposure to Simplified Chinese, my reading appetite is often confined to either authors from Hong [...]
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Superfreakonomics By Levitt And Dubner – Good Conversational Materials (And It Stops There)
December 27th, 2009 No Comments
Although this book is not going to change the world – at least I do not think so – like its predecessor “Freakonomics”, “Superfreakonomics” is an entertaining read, full of good conversational materials. That is, if you can remember the numbers and details.
Backed by numerous reports (the note section alone takes up 36 pages) and [...]
Tags: Stephen J. Dubner · Steven D. Levitt
夢枕獏《香魚師》- “Master Ayu Fisherman”, I Know Nuts About Fishing But I Enjoy Reading This
December 21st, 2009 No Comments
It is only a matter of time before I revisit my childhood passion of reading Japanese novels translated in Chinese. I read Japanese novels translated in English, such as Haruki Murakami. Maybe there is a certain proximity between the two languages – Japanese and Chinese, I suspect that the Chinese translation is probably closer to the [...]
Tags: 夢枕獏 · Chinese Novel
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby – Been Waited 14 Years For This
December 8th, 2009 No Comments
I am not sure how many of you have read the book “High Fidelity (1995)”. The timing could not have been more perfect. As the main character Rob Fleming recounts his top five most memorable split-ups, that inspired me to secretly write my own. I was nursing my not-so-whole-heart after a failed relationship back in [...]
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王璞《補充記憶》- “Memory Refill” – And My Reading Habit
December 1st, 2009 No Comments
How do you choose what to read from a library or a bookstore full of books? When it comes to English titles, these days, I have a set of authors that I keep going back to. As for Chinese titles, it is still this whole new experience of discovery and exploration. Quite a few I [...]
Tags: Chinese Novel · 王璞
張子璘《早苗》- “Zoumiu”, Again, 9 Short Stories
November 13th, 2009 2 Comments
This has to be a coincidence. I randomly picked four Chinese novels to read from the library. The previous book is a collection of nine short stories. This books is also a collection of nine short stories. Relationship, especially in the form of divorce, is one of the themes of the previous book. Same for [...]
Tags: 張子璘 · Chinese Novel
The Memoirs Of A Survivor By Doris Lessing – An Amazing Journey Beyond Survival, Beyond Time And Space
October 27th, 2009 No Comments
I deeply respect Doris Lessing’s ability to breath life into characters, and in “The Memoirs of a Survivor (1974)”, she breathes life into rooms and walls and more. Doris Lessing is one of the most intelligent writers, certainly one of my favorite. I wish I could have a glimpse of how she creates her works. [...]
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Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol – A Page Turner With Puzzles After Puzzles
October 11th, 2009 4 Comments
I can’t say that I am a fan of the thriller genre but I do enjoy Dan Brown’s style of puzzles mixing facts and fictions with a healthy or unhealthy – depends on how you see it – dose of spiritual reflection. Besides, once in a while, it is good to read a page-turner for [...]
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Your Next Move by Michael Watkins – A Good Resource For Your Major Career Transitions
October 1st, 2009 14 Comments
I have read Michael Watkins’s “The First 90 Days” quite a number of years ago. Arguably one of the must-have books for the corporate executives. In fact, the initial reception was so successful that the author has released a similar book targeting at the public sector.
6 years have passed since the author talked about critical success [...]
Tags: Harvard Business Press · McGraw-Hill Book Review Blogger · Michael D. Watkins