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Please Look After Mom (엄마를 부탁해), a novel by South Korean author Kyung-sook Shin,  sold a million copies within 10 months of release in 2009 in South Korea.  The English translation by Chi-young Kim won the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize and was also chosen by Oprah to be one of her “18 Books to Watch for in April 2011” ...

The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne is a spooky thriller that keeps me on the edge of my seat as it hurtles towards its shattering climax. It is a creepy mixture of a mystery, a thriller and a ghost story and I felt a bit uneasy when the story seems to hint at incest. It really takes me on a roller coaster ...

Queen has been one of my favourite rock bands since I was in Form 5 or Form 6. I even had a huge poster of them pasted on the wall of my room when I was studying in Montreal. I still listen to their songs regularly and my favourites include Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are The Champions, We Will Rock You, ...

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón is widely regarded as an ode to modern literature. It is a beautifully written book and is a mesmerising love story and literary thriller with a lovely blend of mystery and historical fiction set in the Gothic heart of Barcelona, Spain. It is a book about a book with the same ...

I watched Searching without any inkling what the movie is about apart from the fact that the lead star John Cho has become the first Asian American actor to lead a mainstream Hollywood thriller with this film. It was only after watching the whole movie that I realized that the movie was set entirely within the confines of iPhones, iPad, ...

Two sisters’ apparent double suicide in central China recently highlights the tragic consequences of traditional favouritism shown to sons. A 17-year-old girl and her 10-year-old sister died in a double suicide after an argument with their 12-year-old brother over food. In a note written by the elder sister, the fight over the food with their brother was the last straw ...

Today is my wife’s birthday and we decided to have dinner at Reunion Diner (團圓飯店) in Pujut 7. We have heard good reviews about the restaurant especially its signature dish known as dancing pole chicken. In case you are not sure of its location, it is in the same area as Hank’s Meat & Wine. The restaurant has a nice ...

Amy Reed’s The Nowhere Girls casts the spotlight on rape culture as three misfits come together to take a stand against the societal unfairness to victims of rape and to seek justice for victims of sexual assaults. It is is an indictment of rape culture and explores with bold honesty the deepest questions about teen girls and sexuality and a ...

Origin – Where did we come from? Destiny- Where are we going? The paradoxical interplay between science and religion is central to the plot of Origin, this time with the age-old debate of Creationism Vs Evolution. Dan Brown returns to his best with Origin, the latest in his bestselling Robert Langdon series. Once again he sheds light on extremists within ...

Shelter by Jung Yun is included in the 100 best thrillers of all time by signature-reads.com.  This debut by Yun is more of a family drama but with the tension of a thriller. Kyung Cho is a 36-year-old biology professor living with his Irish wife Gillian and four-year-old son Ethan in a 3-bedroom house he can’t afford and his American ...