books

#1 Not without my daughter
By : Betty Mahmoody

'You are here for the rest of your life.
Do you understand ?
You are not leaving Iran.
You are here until you die.'
*click on the 2nd picture for the story plot*

Multi-Million Copy International Bestseller !!
~VERY moving (;_;)
~The true story of one woman;s struggle to keep her daughter and win freedom for them both.

Condition : 8/ 10
Bought at : $18.90
Selling at : $13.80


#2 Grotesque
Author : Natsuo Kirino (author of Out)
Translator : Rebecca Copeland
Released in : Feb 2007
For : Mature readers (involves sex and violence)
*click on the 3rd picture for the story plot*

A story of 3 Japanese women and the interconnectedness of
--beauty and cruelty,
--sex and violence,
--ugliness and ambition in their lives.

Kirino examines the psyche's of these women, what internal and external factors drive them and make them who they are, can make them grotesque, in almost intense detail, from every angle ... ... It is supremely rewarding, too, though not a quick read: it is certainly not for those that want an easy thriller ... ...

Other reviews + more detailed story plot (clicketh)

Condition : 9/10 (a few yellowish lil' spots--front few pages, otherwise totally new !)
Bought at : $34.60
Selling at : $24.60 ($10 off !!)


#3 Memoirs of a Geisha
Author : Arthur Golden

~Interesting read~
*click on the 2nd picture for the story plot*

Condition : 8/ 10
Bought at : $16.75
Selling at : $10.80


#4 Home Fires
Author : Luanne Rice

*click on the 2nd picture for the story plot*
Condition : 8/ 10
Bought at : $16.95
Selling at : $9.80


#5 To Kill a Mocking Bird (my secondary English lesson book)
Author : Harper Lee
*click on the 2nd picture for the story plot*

~A classic~
Pulitzer Prize-winning novel :: Classic of modern American fiction (click to know more)

-HARD cover-
Condition : 8/ 10
(but I wrote my name & class on the top right-hand corner of the 1st & last pages of the book =p )
Bought at : $ -- forgot the price
Selling at : $7.80


#6 The Guardian ("2nd-hand" book)
Author : Nicholas Sparks
(author of A Walk To Remember -- The International No. 1 Bestselling Author)

~ Page-turner~
~ "an explosive and emotional tale of betrayal and obsession."
*click on the 2nd picture for the story plot*

Condition :
-- Cover & 1st page--3rd picture : 5/10
-- Inside : 9/ 10 (very new~!)

Bought at : $8
Selling at : $4.80