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In My Hands Today…

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A Walk Across the Sun – Corban Addison

When a tsunami rages through their coastal town in India, 17-year-old Ahalya and Ghai and her 15-year-old sister Sita are left orphaned and homeless. As they struggle to make sense of the wreckage of their lives, they are abducted by human traffickers and thrust into a hidden world of sexual violence and illicit commerce, where the most valuable prize is the innocence of a child.

Halfway across the world, in Washington D.C., an attorney Thomas Clarke faces his own personal and professional crises. Haunted by the tragic death of his infant daughter and estranged from his wife, he pursues a pro bono sabbatical in India with an NGO that targets the sub-continent’s human traffickers. In Mumbai his conscience awakens as he sees firsthand the horrors of the sex trade and the corrupt judicial system that fosters it. When he learns the fate of Ahalya and Sita, Clarke makes it his personal mission to rescue them, setting the stage for a deadly showdown with an international network of ruthless criminals.

In My Hands Today…

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Grave Goods – Ariana Franklin

England, 1176. Beautiful, tranquil Glastonbury ABBEY- according to legend, the last resting place of King Arthur – has been burned to the ground. The arsonist remains at large, but the fire has uncovered the hidden skeletons of a man and a woman. Could these be the bodies of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere?

King Henry II hopes so. Struggling to put down a rebellion in Wales, where the legend of Arthur is particularly strong, Henry wants definitive proof that the bones are those of the Once and Future King, so he can stamp out the Celtic rebellion for good.

To make certain, he sends his mistress if the art of death, Adelia Aguilar, to Glastonbury to examine the bones. At the same time, the investigation into the abbey fire will be overseen by Church authorities – in this case, the Bishop of St. Albans, who is also the father of Adelia’s daughter. But there is someone at Glastonbury who doesn’t want either mystery solved – and is prepared to kill to stop them…

In My Hands Today…

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Only Time Will Tell – Jeffrey Archer

The Clifton Chronicles is Jeffrey Archer’s most ambitious work in four decades as an international best-selling author.

The epic tale of Harry Clifton’s life begins in 1919, in the back streets of Bristol. His father was a war hero, but it will be twenty-one tumultuous years before Harry discovers the truth about how his father really died and if, in fact, he even was his father.

Only Time Will Tell takes a cast of memorable characters from the ravages of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide whether to take his place at Oxford, or join the fight against Hitler’s Germany.

In Jeffrey Archer’s masterful hands, you will be taken on a journey that you won’t want to end, even after you turn the last page of this unforgettable yarn, because you’ll be faced with a dilemma that neither you, nor Harry Clifton could ever have anticipated.

Privacy Issues

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I started writing this blog as a form of self-expression. I really dont know if anyone other than me is even reading this blog. I haven’t even told my DH, parents, inlaws or friends that I blog. For me this is something personal. Which is why you will not see any pictures about me or my family on this blog. I also have not revealed the names of my DH, kids or even myself except for some basic facts and some clues that you will get about us if you read this blog regularly, which is pretty much noone.

Why did I do something like that when a picture is worth a thousand words? Well for one, I am an intensly private person and do not like strangers knowing about us. Singapore is an extremely tiny country/city and so information about us and pictures will be like a beacon to show who we are and where we live. Thus no pictures which could reveal details about us, but I do intend to share pictures which I have clicked.

 

Books…Books…Books

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Today I decided to start a new page on this blog about the books that I have read. I have always loved books and can’t remember a time when I was without a book. I usually read around 4-6 books on an average per week. This means that I’ve read around 2000 books (give or take a few hundreds) in the last 10 years that I’ve been here. Wow!

When I first came to Singapore around 10 years back, I was amazed by the public library system and totally fell in love with it. For someone like me who needs books as much I need food and air, and who came from a country with no real access to books nearby, this was like something of a revelation! Of course since the time I finished with school, I was a faithful member of both the British Council Library as well as the American Center Library in my hometown. I used to borrow 4 books each (the maximum allowed) for about 3 weeks at a time.

I’m an indiscriminate reader and read all genres with the exception of Science Fiction. For some reason SF is something that has not really appealed to me and believe me I have tried reading them at different points in life to. I love reading historical novels, romances, chick-lit, Asian novelists, travelogues, humor, action, and just about anything in between depending on my mood at the moment. I am also trying to cultivate a love for reading in the doctor (D) and the pilot (P). So far it does look like they like reading, but then reading has stiff competition from the idiot box (television) and the computer/Internet.