Time Out for Asian Literature

In Kuala Lumpur post-Christmas, I stopped by two major bookshops, mph bookstore (Midvalley Megamall) and Kinokuniya (KLCC shopping mall) to check out their Asian literature.  Both bookshops are a booklover's haven and I highly recommend them especially if you want to find out who's who in fiction Asian literature, etc or to make a purchase on those books you simply cannot get in your own country.  One can literally spend a week in these bookshops and still cannot get enough of them!  On my next trip, I will be checking out the less well-known bookshops or the independent bookshops.

I came away poorer but happy with

1)  The Big Mango by Jake Needham (M$48)

2)  The Embrace of Harlots by David T K Wong (M$57.60)

3)  Sweet Offerings by Chan Ling Yap (M$49.90)

4)  Brothers by Yu Hua (M$49.90)

I could have bought more but my suitcases and weight allowances unequivocally refused to cooperate with me on this.

This should have been posted yesterday (31 December 2010) to mark the end of a bountiful year of reading but I could not stay awake as normal after a fourteen hour flight from Kuala Lumpur and several hours on the road.

Here's wishing everyone a Happy New Year and I hope 2011 is filled with books, books and more books and plenty of reading time.