Thunder..Thunder..Thundercats! Hooooo!

[Kataklicik]

I was kinda upset when the Dungeon and Dragons movie sucked bigtime compared to the cartoon series. Was this some time in the late 90's? Can't remember lah. Age.

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The cartoon was in the late 80s. The early days of TV3 when everything TV3 showed was gold. The movie was in late '90s or early '00. By all accounts it was bad. Apparently the it was produced, written and directed by a D&D fan. It was a fan film, basically.

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21) Paranormality: Understanding the Science of the Supernatural - very good book that debunks ghosts, mind reading, fortune telling and all that nonsense. Never saw this book in M'sia which is just as well. A book that explains scientifically that ghost sightings are either hoaxes, mistakes or products of the brain can NEVER sell in M'sia.

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22) 84, Charing Cross Road and The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street - a simple inquiry via a letter turns into a 20-year long distance friendship between a sassy New York-based writer and a proper British bookseller. Includes the book Duchess of Bloomsbury Street. Which is like an epilogue to the 84, Charing Cross book.

[Norain]

Khairul H. wrote: "22)84, Charing Cross Road and The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street - a simple inquiry via a letter turns in..."

I have just read Charing Cross and I like it. What about the Bloomsbury Street? what do you think?

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I love both books. Since I've been to UK/London, I can relate a little to her experiences even though she went there in the 70s. Maybe that's why I love this book...I have memories of London.

[Norain]

Great. I have included it in my to-read list.

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23) Invincible Iron Man Vol 5: Stark Resilient Book 1

24) Invincible Iron Man Vol 6: Stark Resilient Book 2

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25) Crogan's Vengeance

26) Crogan's March

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27) Tolkien's Gown and Other Stories of Famous Authors and Rare Books

[Najmuddin, Tok Mudin]

buku no 27 ni nampak menarik.

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28) The Great Escape

[Kataklicik]

And so...? What did you think of it?

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My review for it on the GR database was, "Wow. That is all."

No more words were needed.

[Norain]

It was that good?

No, I will not include it in my list. The library does not have it. Yet.

[Norain]

Turns out the library does have it.

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Would you like it? I don't know. I suggest you watch the 1963 movie version starring Steve McQueen. Being a movie they changed some stuff but basically it's all there.

If you like history, particularly WWII and stories about human determination in the face of adversity then yeah you'll love it.

[Norain]

The thing is, I am never into movies - I grow impatient halfway through almost every movie that I watch alone.

I love history but never tried novels, fiction or non-fiction, on it so I am going to give it a try. I am planning to try Robert Harris's 'Fatherland' first.

[Khairul Hezry, I hate people but not you. You, I like.]

Oh, that's good. That's my favourite Harris novel.

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29) The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust

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30) Rojak: Hidangan Certot - the Malay version of the 2010 Rojak: Bite-Sized Stories.

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31) Bossypants

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32) Paris Revealed: The Secret Life of a City

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33) My Khyber Marriage

34) The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

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35) Biar Orang Cina Pimpin Islam

[Juliana Es]

Khairul H. wrote: "35) Biar Orang Cina Pimpin Islam"

Psst! I read that interesting letter on your blog and also the entailing comments. Aren't you going to write your rebuttal?

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Nope. There was already a rebuttal of sorts by one of the commenters there (by methemartian, a M'sian working overseas).

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36) Night of the Living Trekkies - Star Trek, Star Wars, zombies. My fanboy head just exploded.

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37) Breakfast at Tiffany'S - also includes two other stories but it's the title story that everyone remembers and loves.

[Norain]

I thought that kind of book was off your radar, no?

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Yeah, but I loved the movie ('cause I love Ms. Hepburn) and was curious to read the source material. Loved it. Way better than the movie.

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38) Misteri Firaun: Musuh Para Nabi - buku mengenai sejarah Mesir purba, menjelaskan dinasti firaun-firaun yg diketahui manusia setakat ini. Buku ini penting kerana setahu saya, ia adalah satu-satunya buku mengenai sejarah Mesir purba yg ditulis dalam bahasa Malaysia. Semoga lebih ramai yg akan memahami sejarah Mesir purba selepas ini. 'Firaun' bukannya nama satu orang di zaman Nabi Musa a.s. tetapi gelaran raja-raja di Mesir purba.

[Norain]

Dalam Kaum-Kaum Yang Pupus ada satu bahagian bercerita tentang Firaun. Tapi buku ni terjemahan kepada bahasa Melayu, bukan asalnya bahasa Melayu.

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39) Singapore Rebel: Searching for Annabel Chong - she was the first person to put on film the largest gangbang in porn film history. I guess that's something to tell her grandchildren about.

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40) Searching for Solace : A Biography of Abdullah Yusuf Ali - a dry account on the life of the man whose English translation of the Quran is widely used today including by me.

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41) ROJAK FAKTA MALAYSIA - buku free dari penerbit. Sudah ada versi asalnya dlm bahasa Inggeris.

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42) Serious Men - didn't like it. Till today, R.K. Narayan is still the only Indian author whom I like. Why is that?

43) Go the F**k to Sleep

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44) A Foreign Field

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45) MALAYSIAN TALES: Retold & Remixed

[Fariza]

Khairul H. wrote: "45) MALAYSIAN TALES: Retold & Remixed"

What do you think about it? Batu belah batu bertangkup?

[Khairul Hezry, I hate people but not you. You, I like.]

Overall, I liked it. Especially Amir Muhammad's version of Raja Bersiong. Very funny. The only funny one in the book.

The Batu Belah retelling does not follow the traditional story. The author wrote at the end that he focused on the madness of the story (according to him the original story is all about madness) and he set the story in a future M'sia complete with robotic technology. Not my favourite story in the collection but it wasn't bad. This Batu Belah story also hints at an alternative sexual lifestyle of the two main characters but there's a twist which I won't spoil here.

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46) The Day Of The Jackal - 40th anniversary hardcover edition.

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47) Before I Go To Sleep

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48) If I Die Before I Wake

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Lupa nak tambah di sini w/pun sudah 2 minggu lebih selesai membacanya:

49) Pecah

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I've reached my minimum target of 50 books read this year!

OPERATION NASI KERABU: Finding Patani in an Islamic Insurgency

Now what to read for no. 51?

[Aidura]

Mr KH, congrats! ;)

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51) The Literary Pocket Companion

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52) Guns of Navarone

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53) Library Confidential -