The Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford

Another book picked up while visiting S'pore. Figured that this is such a classic I have to read it. I've read the first one so far and wasn't disappointed with its ironic humour and wit, and interesting cast of characters in an aristocratic English family . Haven't read the second book in this volume - Love in a Cold Climate - yet.

Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom

Read this last year as a filler on a short flight from Singapore to KL. An enjoyable read, though I can't remember its life lessons now - I'm sure rereading it will make me realise I never forgot it. Same for the author's other book - Five People You Meet in Heaven. For a little book it was quite captivating and insightful without being pat.

Teacher Man - Frank McCourt

The third book - just as wry and funny as Angela's Ashes and 'Tis but more patchy, didn't flow as effortlessly - maybe a reflection of the author's needing to meet a deadline? Still interesting and enjoyable in the usual Frank McCourt style. I read this a while ago now but have only just remembered to put it here.

The Food of Love - Anthony Capella

Gorgeous, funny, sensual tale of the pleasures of food and unrequited love Cyrano Bergerac style, set in modern Italy. I could taste, smell and feel the amazing food while laughing at the Italian aphorisms peppered about. Wonderful - a book to read again. Looking forward to reading the author's new book The Wedding Officer.

Loving Him - Kate O'Riordan

What a beautifully written book! Heartwrenching, thrilling, evocative, visceral, wistful. I loved it. Only after finishing it did I realise I have another of the author's books 'The Angel in the House', a book I notably enjoyed. But this one is a stunner! Having just finished the last page, I'm wrapped up in the pain, the yearning sadness as if it was mine. Strange coincidence - there's a Tomasso mentioned in its Rome setting. The book I read just before this was The Food of Love, it's set in Rome, and one of the main characters is Tomasso! Oh just recalled that I have another of Kate O'Riordan's books "The Boy in the Moon" which I haven't read. Looking forward to the treat! And to The Memory Stones too...

Lighthousekeeping - Jeanette Winterson

Having quit partway into another lighthouse-centred story The Alphabet of Light and Dark, beautifully written but uncaptivating, I was wary of another lighthouse book with beautiful prose. It's not the style of book I seek out, but surprisingly I was mesmerised by its fable-like atmosphere about an orphan girl and an old blind lighthousekeeper who spins endless fascinating tales. It stays on in one's mind like a seashell echo.