October 2024 – Brotherless Night

October 2024 – Brotherless Night On Friday, October 25th, twelve members of Book Group 2 gathered at Mori Kohi to discuss “Brotherless Night” by V. V. Ganeshananthan. The book follows a young Tamil girl named Sashi growing up during the Sri Lankan civil war. Sashi is sixteen years old and wants to become a doctor. […]
October 2024 – Men Without Women

October 2024 – Men Without Women Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami 10 Bookgroup members and 1 visiting member gathered on the morning of October 25th, at Charlotte’s home, to discuss Haruki Murakami’s “Men Without Women”; a poignant collection of short stories that delve into themes of loneliness, relationships, and the emotional landscapes of men. […]
September 2024 – Together Tea

September 2024 – The Last White Man This month’s book club was held at Golfer’s Terrace @ KLGCC on the 27th of September. We had full attendance with 14 members who actively participated in the lively discussion over the various interesting questions. “Together Tea” by Marjan Kamali follows the journey of Mina, a young Iranian […]
September 2024 – The Last White Man

September 2024 – The Last White Man The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid The Last White Man, first published in 2022, is Hamid’s 5th book. A speculative fiction novelexploring the sudden transformation of a majority-white society, where its members inexplicablydevelop brown skin. Set in a nameless English-speaking nation reminiscent of Scandinaviancountries or Middle America, […]
August 2024 – Saman

August 2024 – Saman Saman by Ayu Utami translated into English by Pamela Allen After our July break, it was great to get back together for our August book discussion. Our Book Group 2 met at the Coffee Club in Kinokuniya KLCC on the 30th of August. We had an interesting discussion with input from […]
August 2024 – The Mountain Sings

August 2024 – The Mountains Sing The Mountains Sing – Nguyện Phan Quệ Mai 30th August 2024 Eight members of Book Group 1 read and discussed about Nguyện Phan Quệ Mai’s “The Mountains Sing” on the 30th of August. For some of us, the book’s topic about the Vietnam War brought back memories of how […]
May 2024 – Bride of the Sea – Eman Quotah

Eman Quotah is an Arab American novelist from Saudi Arabia and winner of the 2022 Arab American Book Award for Fiction. Her novel, “Bride of the Sea”, is about diverse cultures, immigration, religion and family bonds, about loss and healing, mistrust and secrecy. The story covers a period between 1970 to 2018 focusing on journeys […]
May 2024 – How To Stand Up To a Dictator – Maria Ressa

Book Group 1 read Maria Ressa’s How to Stand up to a Dictator on the 31st of May. Some of us had never heard of her before while others among us remember her as a CNN news reader seen here in Malaysia years ago. No matter from where we started, we all have new found […]
April 2024 – Convenience Store Woman – Sayaka Murata

Convenience Store woman is a short love story between a misfit and a store. Convenience store woman is an ironic and sharp-eyed look at contemporary work culture and the pressures to conform to it as well as fresh portrait of an unforgettable heroine. Keiko Furukura in her mid-thirties is an unmarried woman who has been […]
April 2024 – The Naked Don’t Fear the Water – Matthieu Aikins

This is a true and moving account of hardships endured and risks taken by refugees andmigrants in their quest for a better life. Matthieu Aikins is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalistliving in Kabul and reporting on the events in Afghanistan. By 2016, the Taliban havere-emerged as a force to be reckoned with and many Afghans […]