A fan of Sex and the City, I’m always trying to find the second best in Candace Bushnell’s collection, I doubt this the one I’m looking for, but I guess this is one of the few which I enjoyed reading.

Janey Wilcox is one tough character. Her stupidity, materialism and manipulative nature, bitchiness, love-less-ness together with her flawless exterior beauty makes me want to rip her apart like a paper doll when reading the book! On the flip side of the coin, her determination, strength, adaptability and resourcefulness is strongly displayed through the many trials and tribulations she went through. What a lady!

There are many authors who wrote about the powerful, brutal and crafty Sam Walton (and Wal-mart as a whole) but little about his values, visions and rationales he had for Wal-Mart and America. After reading his autobiography, Sam Walton to me is just a human being like any others, one with aspirations, one who inspires and one who has a soft side like anyone else. He is definitely not a scary old man leading a colossal corporation which many painted him as.

This book is a great read and everyone, managements, entrepreneurs, employees alike should read it!

In Italy, she learnt that Italians are “… the masters of Bel Far Niente (the beauty of doing nothing)”. I need to learn to enjoy doing nothing too! To enjoy life just breathing and observing as the world goes pass.

In India, someone said, “You are, after all, what you think. Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.” How true! I need to stay positive and control my emotions and thoughts.

In Indonesia, she fell in love with someone who said this to her, “Think of it this way, I don’t care if you shave your legs everyday, I already love your body…” Isn’t it sweet to find someone who loves you for who you are? I need to love myself for who I am, to love him for who he is and hopefully, he will love me for who I am too.

Our Group CEO gave this to each of us in the batch! I love my company! (or maybe I’m a cheapskate? HAH) I’ve started reading the first two chapters and it’s good! Now, my reading list is growing.

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Read Eleven Hours by Paullina Simons and concluded that I’m still a chick flick lover! I read it within 2 days because the suspense of a thriller proves to be too heavy for my heart. The read about a poor pregnant woman getting kidnapped is tormenting. Don’t get me wrong. It’s definitely a good read. It’s exciting, thrilling, freaky and gosh, Didi Wood (the pregnant woman) is one brave soul.

P.S. I certainly didn’t expect this book to fall within the collection that CW bought for us girls! HAH. Surprised.

“BookCross@SG (BCSG) is a ‘book X-change cycle’ where books will be left in public places (hotspots) for a person to find and/or pick, aka “catch”, and upon completion of reading, “release” the book at any hotspot for the next potential reader to catch it.”

- BookCross@SG

It is not something new and probably has been around for a while, but I thought it’s fun to stumble upon a hotspot, find a couple of books that may potentially be a good read, share a review and release them back to the “wild” for the next would-be reader! How fun! I guess this can work only if people remember to release them back to the wild.

My find!

Oh. Dear. I’ve got a whole stack of books waiting for me.

I can’t wait to read the other 6 books in the collection!

Disclaimer: I am not a member of a book club neither do I have any intention to join one nor to set up one. HAHA.

Here are some of my favourite tips featured in the novel!

On Accessories
“Be strict with yourself. Save. Economize on food if you must (believe me, it will do you good!) but not on your handbags or shoes. Refuse to be seduced by anything that isn’t first rate.”

Makeup
“… some beauties are born, most of us are made. Make-up is a kind of cloting for the face, and in the city a woman would no more think of showing herself make-up than she would care to walk down the street completely undressed.”

On Weight
“I recommend that you weigh not just yourself but your priorities as well. After all, God made you the way you are and there is no point fighting nature to the extent that you alienate all your friends and family with endless rules and regulations concerning what you can and cannot eat. Being slender is undoubtedly elegant but neurotic self-obsession is NOT.”

I am so going to get my hands on Madame Dariaux’s style guide!

It is indeed a rare and startlingly original book. The extraordinary love story of Henry and Clare staged in a complex circumstance of Henry’s uncontrollable time-traveling genetic condition made my reading journey seems like a rollercoaster ride. It was intense and frustrating at the same time. Niffenegger made me want to fall in love, fall into an intuitive relationship without logic but with all my heart.

I think maybe, I already am?