Creative Musings

The first thing that came to my mind after reading 'The Timekeeper' by Mitch Albom was "Thank heavens, I didn't buy the book." I had come very close to buying the book on more than one occasion since it was on the top 10 bestseller list but somehow desisted each time and I thank my stars I did.  So, I borrowed the book from the library instead (at least I didn't pay for it!) to appease my curiosity. Right from the start, I knew this was a book I wouldn't enjoy but I carried on reading in the hope that something good would come of it. But alas it did not! Nothing appealed to me in the book- neither the storyline, nor the narrative, nor the characters and definitely not the annoyingly slow pace of the book. The book was boring, tedious and too much of a fable to digest for a grown-up mind! It's a story about a man who will later be known as Father Time as he is the first man to try to measure the gift of time. He is banished for cen...

Book Review -   I trapped a DOLPHIN but it REALLY wasn't my fault! Written by Singapore's best-selling author Neil Humphreys and co-authored by his four year old daughter Abbie Rose, the book,   " I trapped a DOLPHIN but it really wasn't my fault"   is the second book in the children's book series " ABBIE ROSE & the magic suitcase."  I actually bought this book for my 6 year old son and bought the author's other best-seller, Return to a Sexy Island for myself. However, I ended up reading the children's book first ( the cover page seemed more attractive and I could finish the book easily in the cab ride home).  And while my 'action hero' son liked the story but rejected the book because it's central character was a girl (he is at an age when his world is full of macho, super human boys and girls sadly figure nowhere on his horizon), I enjoyed the read thoroughly! As a parent who buys a lot of children...