I have been reading thrillers for the past few months so I decided to try something different for a change.  Browsing through my book list, I chose The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas as it has the highest Goodreads ratings among all the books in my collection. This book has garnered so much praise and accolades that even John ...

After my big disappointment with The Darkest Secret by Alex Marwood, I decided to read something different for a change. So instead of thrillers, I opt for Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa, an exploration of the burden of the past and the redemptive power of friendship in an unforgiving society. Translated into English for the first time by Alison ...

I admit I engage in tsundoku. No, that’s not some form of Japanese martial art. It is something rather passive. I can’t help buying books even though I have loads at home I haven’t read yet. But I buy books with the intention to read them eventually. It is just that the books start to pile up and I cannot ...

The Lie by C.L. Taylor is a psychological thriller focusing on the fragility of friendships between women and what happens to their friendship when betrayal and guilt tear them apart. It is an adrenaline-pumping novel that keeps me on the edge of my seat. The novel begins in the present day with the protagonist Jane Hughes working at an animal ...

The Secret by Katerina Diamond is another book that I bought online from Bookdepository. My decision to buy it was solely on the strength of its high Goodreads rating of 4.1. ‘The Secret’ is the follow up to ‘The Teacher’ but I have not read the later. ‘The Secret’ is a complex story, touching on subjects such as abuse, drugs, ...

This is the second Linwood Barclay’s book I have read, the first being No Time For Goodbye.  And like the first book, this blew me away! The author is brilliant at writing domestic thrillers that keep you on the edge of your seat. As Never Look Away starts, things are not going well for David Harwood, a small-town reporter of ...

If you enjoy psychological thrillers like Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, you will be swept up in the pulsating, twisty tale Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney. This debut by Alice Feeney held me totally engrossed from the first page till the last. It contains complex twists and turns and I was truly confused at times and ...

The Silence Between Breaths by Cath Staincliffe is another book that I bought online from Bookdepository as I was impressed with its ratings of 4.2 on Goodreads. If you are a fan of thrillers, you may be disappointed with this novel as the build up to the action is rather slow. It is a powerful and thought-provoking read and really ...

Tell Tale by Mark Sennen is one of the many books that I recently bought online from Bookdepository. Its high rating of 4.1 on Goodreads was the reason why I bought it. Mark Sennen has established himself as a great crime writer and after reading this book, I can understand why he is so popular. Tell Tale, the fourth in ...

Silence (沈黙 Chinmoku) by Shusaku Endo is regarded as one of the finest novels of our time. The Guardian hailed it as a compelling historical fiction, a potent distillation of the paradoxes and ambiguities of faith and, from a Christian author, a daring challenge to religious orthodoxy. It is an amazing novel contemplating the age old question: “Why in times ...