Archives - Book Reviews


Bitter Wormwood by Easterine Kire -- January 23, 2012

Chronicles of a Yella' Dog by Paul A. Kreiling -- January 15, 2012

The Leopard by Jo Nesbo -- January 8, 2012

The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern -- January 2, 2012

The Woods by Harlan Coben -- December 26, 2011

My Boyfriends' Dogs by Dandi Dailey Mackall -- December 18, 2011

Everything's Eventual by Stephen King -- December 14, 2011

The Fan Tan Players by Julian Lees -- December 6, 2011

Dead Centre by Shiya Ribowsky and Tom Shachtman -- November 28, 2011

How to Talk to Girls by Alec Greven -- November 23, 2011

Mini-Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella -- November 13, 2011

The Hungry Ghosts by Anne Berry -- November 9, 2011

Master of None by John Hung -- November 3, 2011

Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil -- October 28, 2011

Don't Joke on the Stairs by Cecilie Gamst Berg -- October 21, 2011

Sky Burial by Xinran -- October 17, 2011

A Terrible Matriarchy by Easterine Iralu -- October 9, 2011

And Thereby Hangs a Tale by Jeffrey Archer -- October 3, 2011

Beijing Coma by Ma Jian -- September 27, 2011

A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon -- September 19, 2011 (Encore Review)

Chinese Whispers by Hsiao-Hung Pai -- September 12, 2011

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield -- September 5, 2011

Eating Smoke by Chris Thrall -- August 27, 2011

I Was Misquoted by Ted Thomas -- August 22, 2011

Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung -- August 14, 2011

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks -- August 8, 2011

Cross Country by James Patterson -- August 1, 2011

Cross by James Patterson -- July 25, 2011

Subway Girl by P.J. Converse -- July 18, 2011

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver -- July 11, 2011

Where Underpants Come From by Joe Bennett -- June 20, 2011

The Faith Instinct by Nicholas Wade -- June 13, 2011

Give Me Tomorrow by Ivan Ashley -- June 6, 2011

Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick -- May 30, 2011

Belle's Best Bits by Belle de Jour -- May 30, 2011

Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler -- May 23, 2011

Hong Kong State of Mind by Jason Ng -- May 16, 2011

You're Not That Into Him Either by Ian Kerner -- May 9, 2011

The Alphabet of Vietnam by Jonathan Chamberlain -- May 2, 2011

Dragon Bones by Murray Gunn -- April 24, 2011

Thai the Knot by Patcharaporn "Pop" Soisangwan -- April 18, 2011

Explore Macau by Todd Crowell -- April 6, 2011

The Reluctant Terrorist by Caleb Kavon -- March 29, 2011

Of Symbols Misused by Mary-Jane Newton -- March 23, 2011

Chocolate's Brown Study in the Bag by Rupert Chan -- March 16, 2011

The Wedding Girl by Sophie Kinsella -- March 8, 2011

A Nameless Witch by A. Lee Martinez -- March 1, 2011

Tightrope! by Olga Wallo -- February 22, 2011

The Eurasian Face by Kirsteen Zimmern -- February 15, 2011

Mishpacha Family by Rebecca Tomasis -- February 9, 2011

Instant Messages by Laura Solomon -- February 2, 2011

Waiting For the Dalai Lama by Annelie Rozeboom -- January 26, 2011

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga -- January 19, 2011

History's Greatest Hits by Joseph Cummins -- January 11, 2011

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows -- January 4, 2011

Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger -- November 24, 2010

The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold -- November 16, 2010

What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell -- November 10, 2010

Hong Kong Nature Landscapes by Edward Stokes -- November 4, 2010

Beauty Rules by Bobbi Brown -- October 27, 2010

If I Stay by Gayle Forman -- October 20, 2010

You Can Write Better English by Barry Kalb -- October 13, 2010

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini -- October 6, 2010

Chinglish, Found in Translation by Oliver Lutz Radtke -- September 29, 2010

The Never-Ending Bag of Crisps and The Farm Girl and the Butterflies by Paul Strahan -- September 24, 2010

When the Killing's Done by T.C. Boyle -- September 17, 2010

Whispers and Moans by Yeeshan Yang -- September 10, 2010

Saudi Match Point by Paul Ulrich -- September 3, 2010

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein -- August 30, 2010

Faith by Peter James -- August 23, 2010

Factory Girls by Leslie T. Chang -- August 16, 2010

Lama of the Gobi by Michael Kohn -- August 9, 2010

Sleeping Chinese by Bernd Hagemann -- August 1, 2010

The Serious Hiker's Guide to Hong Kong by Pete Spurrier -- July 26, 2010

Everything Is Broken by Emma Larkin -- July 18, 2010

Red Island Clay by Ivan Ashley -- July 13, 2010

Dewey's Nine Lives by Vicki Myron -- July 6, 2010

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday -- June 29, 2010

The Brown Envelope Club by Charles Barker -- June 21, 2010

Making the Rounds With Oscar by David Dosa -- June 15, 2010

Thaksin by Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker -- June 9, 2010

The Whisperers by John Connolly -- June 1, 2010

Dim Sum, A Survival Guide by Liza Chu -- May 24, 2010

Wordjazz For Stevie by Jonathan Chamberlain -- May 15, 2010

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson -- May 10, 2010

The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha -- May 3, 2010

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks -- April 25, 2010

The Great Walk of China by Graham Earnshaw -- April 19, 2010

The Last Tobacco Shop in the World by Bjorn Turmann -- April 11, 2010

The Dangerous Sports Euthanasia Society by Christine Coleman -- April 4, 2010

Speaking Energy by Bjorn Turmann -- March 29, 2010

Paper Lanterns by Christine Coleman -- March 23, 2010

Underground Front, The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong by Christine Loh -- March 14, 2010

The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson -- March 8, 2010

Dark Matter by Juli Zeh -- March 1, 2010

The Help by Kathryn Stockett -- February 23, 2010

Testimony by Anita Shreve -- February 18, 2010

Gone For Good by Harlan Coben -- February 7, 2010

Stalked by Kate Brennan -- February 1, 2010

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness -- January 25, 2010

The Shack by William P. Young -- January 18, 2010

Green Is The New Black by Tamsin Blanchard -- January 11, 2010

Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer -- January 4, 2010

Lethal Agent by Stan Johnson -- December 29, 2009

Nairobi to Shenzhen
by Mark Obama Ndesandjo -- December 24, 2009

RusticoRiders Cycle Africa
by Beryl Doiron with Bernie Doiron -- December 21, 2009

Lost and Found Hong Kong
edited by Janet McKelpin -- December 14, 2009

A Sword and a Shield
edited by Stacy Mosher and Patrick Poon -- December 7, 2009

Keeping Mum
by Kate Lawson -- Reviewed November 30, 2009

Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex?
by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg -- Reviewed November 24, 2009

Diamond Hill
by Feng Chi-shun -- Reviewed November 18, 2009

Foursome
by Jane Fallon -- Reviewed November 5, 2009

I Know You Got Soul
by Jeremy Clarkson -- Reviewed October 19, 2009

The Year of the Flood
by Margaret Atwood -- Reviewed October 11, 2009

The Walking Dead
by Gerald Seymour -- Reviewed October 5, 2009

There's No Place Like Here
by Cecelia Ahern -- Reviewed September 28, 2009

Nudge
by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein -- Reviewed September 21, 2009

The Heart of the Buddha
by Elsie Sze -- Reviewed September 13, 2009

Ura's World
by John Walker -- Reviewed September 7, 2009

Hide Your Life Away
by Carol Little -- Reviewed August 31, 2009

The Associate
by John Grisham -- Reviewed August 26, 2009

Working For You Isn't Working For Me
by Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster -- Reviewed July 22, 2009

Never Make the First Offer
by Donald Dell -- Reviewed July 14, 2009

The Battle For America 2008
by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson -- Reviewed July 6, 2009

A Stray Cat on Lamma
by Susanna Ng -- Reviewed July 3, 2009

The Score Takes Care of Itself
by Bill Walsh -- Reviewed June 30, 2009

Girl Friday
by Jane Green -- Reviewed June 26, 2009

Prisoner of the State
by Zhao Ziyang -- Reviewed June 17, 2009

Tell No One
by Harlan Coben -- Reviewed June 9, 2009

Next
by Michael Crichton -- Reviewed June 2, 2009

Angels and Demons
by Dan Brown -- Encore Review May 27, 2009

The Afghan
by Frederick Forsyth -- Reviewed May 19, 2009

Keep Clean, Be Healthy
-- Reviewed May 14, 2009

The Lao Ramayana
by Alan Potkin -- Reviewed May 7, 2009

Lipstick Jungle
by Candace Bushnell -- Reviewed April 30, 2009

My Sister's Keeper
by Jodi Picoult -- Reviewed April 24, 2009

Under the Paw
by Tom Cox -- Reviewed April 15, 2009

Apologies Forthcoming
by Xujun Eberlein-- Reviewed April 10, 2009

Never Enough
by Joe McGinniss -- Reviewed April 1, 2009

Business English Made Easy
by Frank Murdoch -- Reviewed March 25, 2009

Shopaholic and Baby
by Sophie Kinsella -- Reviewed March 19, 2009

Not a Muse
edited by Kate Rogers and Viki Holmes -- Reviewed March 11, 2009

Vernon God Little
by DBC Pierre -- Reviewed March 4, 2009

A Year Without 'Made in China'
by Sara Bongiorni -- Reviewed February 26, 2009

The Adversary
by Michael Walters -- Reviewed February 20, 2009

China Underground
by Zachary Mexico -- Reviewed February 13, 2009

Chinese Gods
by Jonathan Chamberlain -- Reviewed February 6, 2009

State of Denial
by Bob Woodward -- Reviewed January 30, 2009

Sundays At Tiffany's
by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet -- Reviewed January 23, 2009

A Long Way Gone
by Ishmael Beah -- Reviewed January 16, 2009

The Book of Negroes
by Lawrence Hill -- Reviewed January 9, 2009

Wing Chun Warrior
by Ken Ing -- Reviewed January 1, 2009

Anybody Out There
by Marian Keyes -- Reviewed December 25, 2008

Lamma Story
by Patsy Cheng and Phoebe Chau -- Reviewed December 19, 2008

The Piano Teacher
by Janice Y.K. Lee -- Reviewed December 12, 2008

H Is For Hong Kong
iIlustrated by Elizabeth Briel -- Reviewed December 5, 2008

Everyone Worth Knowing
by Lauren Weisberger -- Reviewed November 28, 2008

Fidel Castro, My Life
by Fidel Castro and Ignacio Ramonet -- Reviewed November 19, 2008

What Next? Surviving the 21st Century
by Chris Patten -- Reviewed November 13, 2008

English
by Wang Gang -- Reviewed November 4, 2008

Freedom Moon
by the Animals Asia Foundation -- Reviewed October 28, 2008

Can You Keep a Secret?
by Sophie Kinsella -- Reviewed October 22, 2008

The Rules of Wealth
by Richard Templar -- Reviewed October 14, 2008

China: Portrait of a People
by Tom Carter -- Reviewed October 7, 2008

The China Lover
by Ian Buruma -- Reviewed October 1, 2008

The Good Guy
by Dean Koontz -- Reviewed September 11, 2008

Before Green Gables
by Budge Wilson -- Reviewed September 5, 2008

My Fabulous Divorce
by Clare Dowling -- Reviewed August 28, 2008

Remember Me?
by Sophie Kinsella -- Reviewed August 22, 2008

Rage Therapy
by Daniel Kalla -- Reviewed August 17, 2008

Second Honeymoon
by Joanna Trollope -- Reviewed August 10, 2008

No Strings Attached
by Clare Dowling -- Reviewed August 3, 2008

King Hui, The Man Who Owned All the Opium in Hong Kong
by Jonathan Chamberlain -- Reviewed June 26, 2008

A New Earth
by Eckhart Tolle -- Reviewed June 22, 2008

Chasing a Dream
by J. Clinton Morrison -- Reviewed June 19, 2008

Up the Mountain of Many Tigers
by Emily Lau -- Reviewed June 16, 2008

A Gr8 Life... Live It Now
by Steve Francis -- Reviewed June 10, 2008

Business Republic of China
by Jack Leblanc -- Reviewed June 4, 2008

Dead Man's Footsteps
by Peter James -- Reviewed May 28, 2008

Paper Butterfly
by Diane Wei Liang -- Reviewed May 23, 2008

Even Buffett Isn't Perfect
by Vahan Janjigian -- Reviewed May 17, 2008

The Tale of Run Run Rat
by Sarah Brennan -- Reviewed May 13, 2008

With Bare Hands
by Alain Robert -- Reviewed May 7, 2008

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
by Robin S. Sharma -- Reviewed May 4, 2008

The China Price
by Alexandra Harney -- Reviewed April 27, 2008

To Cork or Not to Cork
by George M. Taber -- Reviewed April 21, 2008

May There Be a Road
by Louis L'Amour -- Reviewed April 18, 2008

Wolf Totem
by Jiang Rong -- Reviewed April 11, 2008

Change of Heart
by Jodi Picoult -- Reviewed April 6, 2008

A Prisoner of Birth
by Jeffrey Archer -- Reviewed March 28, 2008

The Ghost
by Robert Harris -- Reviewed March 23, 2008

Final Theory
by Mark Alpert -- Reviewed March 16, 2008

Forever Odd
by Dean Koontz -- Reviewed March 13, 2008

Meltdown
by Martin Baker -- Reviewed February 29, 2008

A Spot of Bother
by Mark Haddon -- Reviewed February 21, 2008

Chinese Dress
by Valery Garrett -- Reviewed February 14, 2008

The Memory Keeper's Daughter
by Kim Edwards -- Reviewed February 7, 2008

The Innocent Man
by John Grisham -- Reviewed January 30, 2008

Shopaholic Ties the Knot
by Sophie Kinsella -- Reviewed January 24, 2008

Not Dead Enough
by Peter James -- Reviewed January 14, 2008

Life According to Evelyn Bernard
by Evelyn Bernard -- Reviewed January 10, 2008

God Is Not Great
by Christopher Hitchens -- Reviewed January 3, 2008

The Revenge of Gaia
by James Lovelock -- Reviewed December 19, 2007

Dead Run
by P.J. Tracy -- Reviewed December 11, 2007

The Devil of Nanking
by Mo Hayder -- Reviewed December 5, 2007

The Lincoln Lawyer
by Michael Connelly -- Reviewed November 22, 2007

Love, Rosie
by Cecelia Ahern -- Reviewed November 16, 2007

Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
by Sophie Kinsella -- Reviewed November 8, 2007

The Burma Road
by Donovan Webster -- Reviewed November 2, 2007

The Trouser People
by Andrew Marshall -- Reviewed October 26, 2007

The Oxford Murders
by Guillermo Martinez -- Reviewed October 23, 2007

The Husband
by Dean Koontz -- Reviewed October 17, 2007

Pinoy Abroad
by Isabel Taylor Escoda -- Reviewed October 10, 2007

Hong Kong On Air
by Muhammad Cohen -- Reviewed October 4, 2007

Strange Tales and True Stories, East Coast Chronicles From Yesterday's Newspapers
by J. Clinton Morrison -- Reviewed September 25, 2007

Abductors
by Bernadette Gabay Dyer -- Reviewed September 17, 2007

Confessions of a Shopaholic
by Sophie Kinsella -- Reviewed September 12, 2007

False Impression
by Jeffrey Archer -- Reviewed September 3, 2007

Ice Station
by Matthew Reilly -- Reviewed August 26, 2007

Island Toes A'Tapping
by Jay Scott Kanes -- Encore review July 9, 2007

Saturday
by Ian McEwan -- Reviewed July 3, 2007

For One More Day
by Mitch Albom -- Reviewed June 26, 2007

Lake With No Name
by Diane Wei Liang -- Reviewed June 20, 2007

The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger -- Reviewed June 11, 2007

The Eye of Jade
by Diane Wei Liang -- Reviewed June 4, 2007

Whitefella Wandering
by Phil Thomson -- Reviewed June 1, 2007

Hongkongitis
by Larry Feign -- Reviewed May 25, 2007

The Chisellers
by Brendan O'Carroll -- Reviewed May 21, 2007

Voices from the Forest
-- Edited by Malcolm Cairns -- Reviewed May 6, 2007

The Audacity of Hope
by Barack Obama -- Reviewed April 22, 2007

If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern -- Reviewed April 13, 2007

Stories Lift Aboriginal Culture
-- Books compiled by Pamela Lofts -- Reviewed April 6, 2007

The Matchbreaker
by Chris Manby -- Reviewed March 30, 2007

Twisted
by Jeffery Deaver -- Reviewed March 26, 2007

The First Casualty
by Ben Elton -- Reviewed March 19, 2007

Black Fly Season
by Giles Blunt -- Reviewed March 14, 2007

The Notebook
by Nicholas Sparks -- Reviewed March 2, 2007

Angels and Demons
by Dan Brown -- Reviewed February 26, 2007

The Book of Answers
by Carol Bolt -- Reviewed February 19, 2007

The Crazy Adventures of Patch and Sam
by Phil Stride and Jackie Leung -- Reviewed Feb. 9, 2007

The Feng Shui Detective
by Nury Vittachi -- Reviewed February 5, 2007

Hui Gui, A Chinese Story
by Elsie Sze -- Reviewed January 29, 2007

Bangkok 8
by John Burdett -- Reviewed January 23, 2007

The Broker
by John Grisham -- Reviewed January 17, 2007

Attack of the Diced Chicken, Cartoons From 21st Century Hong Kong
by Larry Feign -- Review Jan. 9, 2007

Old Filth
by Jane Gardam -- Reviewed January 8, 2007

Good Daughter
by Bjorn Turmann -- Reviewed January 2, 2007

Carolyn 101
by Carolyn Kepcher -- Reviewed December 26, 2006

Gweilo
by Martin Booth -- Reviewed December 18, 2006

The Karaoke World of Cortous Haire
by Bjorn Turmann -- Reviewed December 11, 2006

The Rape of Nanking
by Iris Chang -- Reviewed December 6, 2006

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon -- Reviewed Dec. 1, 2006

And My Name Is... Stories From the Quilt
by Margie Carmichael -- Reviewed Nov. 24, 2006

Tuesdays With Morrie
by Mitch Albom -- Reviewed November 20, 2006

The Five People You Meet in Hell
by Rich Pablum -- Reviewed November 14, 2006

State of Fear
by Michael Crichton -- Reviewed November 10, 2006

The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom -- Reviewed November 7, 2006

The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini -- Reviewed October 31, 2006

Marley and Me
by John Grogan -- Reviewed October 26, 2006

Predator by Patricia Cornwell -- Reviewed October 19, 2006

The Diary of Ma Yan
edited by Pierre Haski -- Reviewed October 16, 2006

Take Your Rights Seriously
by Jim Rice -- Reviewed October 8, 2006

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
by Marina Lewycka -- Reviewed October 4, 2006

Shop in Hong Kong, An Insider's Guide
by Ellen McNally -- Reviewed September 29, 2006

The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler -- Reviewed September 27, 2006

Thomas Beckham Wang and Other Stories
(various authors) -- Reviewed Sept. 23, 2006

The Devil Wears Prada
by Lauren Weisberger -- Reviewed September 18, 2006

Key to Aten by Lynn Sinclair -- Reviewed September 15, 2006

Cell
by Stephen King -- Reviewed September 13, 2006

Beauty and the Biz
by Elyse Sewell -- Reviewed September 3, 2006

Lamma: Cat Island -- Reviewed September 1, 2006

Shop in Shenzhen, An Insider's Guide
by Ellen McNally -- Reviewed August 27, 2006

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins -- Reviewed August 20, 2006

Siam Smile/s by Hugh Watson -- Reviewed August 13, 2006

Not Quite the Diplomat by Chris Patten -- Reviewed August 5, 2006

Island Toes A'Tapping by Jay Scott Kanes -- Reviewed May 28, 2006

 

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