Friday, 5 December 2025

Category: Book Review

The Grey Ghost Who Defined an Era

Book title: Native Dancer: The Grey Ghost Hero of a Golden AgeAuthor: John EisenbergPublisher: Warner BooksISBN: 9780446530705 Native Dancer, nicknamed “The Grey Ghost”, was one

Language is Rushdie’s knife

Book title: Knife: Meditations After an Attempted MurderISBN: 9780670099580Author: Salman RushdiePublisher: Penguin Random House “Here I am, you bastard, the knife whispers to its victim.

When travel becomes transformation

Book title: Eat, Pray, LoveISBN: 9780143138412Author: Elizabeth GilbertPublisher: Penguin GroupPublication year: 2006 “I think about the woman I have become lately, about the life I

Resisting fate in a man’s world

Title: The Pearl That Broke Its ShellAuthor: Nadia HashimiISBN: 9780062244758Publisher: William Morrow “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the

Education without permission

Book title: EducatedISBN: 9780399590528Author: Tara WestoverPublisher: Penguin Random House, New York “To admit uncertainty is to admit to weakness, to powerlessness, and to believe in

A reflective tale of emotions

Book title: The Paper PalaceISBN: 9780241990452Author: Miranda Cowley HellerPublisher: Penguin UKPublication year: 2022 “Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I’d

Humanity on trial

“I still remember the moment when my gaze fell upon the mutilated face of a young woman, her features slashed through with a bayonet. Soundlessly,

A sense of belonging

Book title: Life Hacks for a Little AlienISBN: 1529435714Author: Alice FranklinPublisher: RiverrunPublication year: 2025Price: RM63.60 ALICE Franklin’s Life Hacks for a Little Alien is the