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I am one person who doesn’t need to worry about my weight, until now. Working 9 to 5, watching two pre-teens boy and house chores left very little time for anything else. Walking and commuting is no longer part of my daily routine, so naturally fat is going to pile on. I am also a … Continue reading

  • Some people take longer, some people take shorter period of time to achieve this milestone. I took 3 years and 4 months to achieve it. Last weekend, 1 April 2012, my blog hits have passed 200,000 mark. Some hits are because of you, some are led by google search engine and some are referred by your blog. Although blog hits don't mean anything in a bigger scheme of things but it is a milestone that I would like to commemorate and most of all it is another great excuse to say a BIG thank you to everyone who has visited my blog over the years, recently visited and subscribe to this blog. Thanks a million.

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Welcome to my book review site. I'm JoV and I read contemporary novels, travelogues, translated fiction from Asia and Middle East, classics and prize winners. I write about movies and my travel experience occasionally.
I am selective about receiving books for review request. No chick lit, YA and sci-fi please. Thanks for stopping by.

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Ratings Defined

0 = Abandon the book after first chapter

1 = Waste of paper, we will see what the environmentalist say about this!

2 = Skip it, read the book if you have got nothing better to do

2.5 = An average book, easily forgettable.

3 = A good read.

3.5 = A good entertaining read, a page-turner

4 = So glad that I read the book, a book with substance and invaluable for future reference

4.5 = So glad that I read the book, would pester everyone to read it, invaluable, I would want to own it and wouldn't mind a second read (something that I seldom do)

5 = The book is so good that I feel like I am on scale 4 and 4.5, and more, it blew me away and lingers on my head for weeks!

Books Read

JoV's bookshelf: read
Hold Tight
The Fault in Our Stars
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
The Thief
Mockingjay
Catching Fire
A Tale for the Time Being
Into the Darkest Corner
The Liars' Gospel
Goat Mountain
Strange Weather In Tokyo
Strange Shores
And the Mountains Echoed
Ten White Geese
One Step Too Far
The Innocents
The General: The ordinary man who became one of the bravest prisoners in Guantanamo
White Dog Fell from the Sky
A Virtual Love
The Fall of the Stone City


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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. - Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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