Have you ever just finished reading a really great book and wished that you could broadcast the recommendation to everyone you know and even to perfect strangers?! Good reads do that to you- stir your hearts, find your inner voice, hold your breath in anticipation and basically makes you pump your fist and say "That was a shiok (Singapore slang for great) read!"

Well, this is a platform for us to share these great experiences with one another! All too often, we read a superb book and do not have the chance to pen down our thoughts and to recommend it to someone else. Do that now, by dropping us an email at bookpicks4all@gmail.com so that we can post it on this blog.

Do, however, bear in mind that kids as well as adults read this blog, so do be discerning in your recommendation, choosing only wholesome and noteworthy reads. Much thanks to all and happy reviewing!

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Humorous Read: The Anybodies by N.E. Bode



Just by looking at the cover of the book, you can expect a lot of weird & unexpected things coming your way. The book is about a girl called Fern, who finds out that she's been accidentally swapped at birth & that the Drudgers, the couple she lives with, aren't really her parents. When her real father, known as "the Bone", his "son" Howard & the flustered nurse that caused all this trouble, Mary Curtain, come to the Drudgers' house & explains the mix-up, the 2 families decide to "unswap" the kids for the summer. Fern then finds out that the Bone & his friend Marty (who was actually dressed up as Mary Curtain),  are actually Anybodies, people who can change into anyone or anything they want. Fern soon learns that her late mother had a coded book that only she could decode, The Art of Being Anybody, but it is lost & the Bone's old friend-turned-fiend The Miser is out to get it. With Fern's smart thinking, they stay at Fern's grandma's house as encyclopedia seller Mr Bibb & his daughter Ida, in hopes of finding the book there. But The Miser knows their plans & is lodging at the same place. Will Fern find the book & keep it out of the hands of the evil Miser? Does she find out her true abilities as an Anybody?

I like this book because the author is always "talking" to you, telling you things about his old writing teacher, that is totally irrelevent to the story but adds the "LOL factor" to it. He also adds background details about the story, making it more unique. But the story also tells about how Fern really wants to find out about the mother she never knew, with only a picture of her as a reminder. As you read about Fern's desperate search for the book while trying not to be found out by The Miser, you can feel the excitement level increasing & feel more drawn into the story. When you read about the strange things Fern finds at her grandma's house, it makes you snap out of the serious parts of the book & into the fantasy parts, making it not a bore at all to read. This book is a great book for those who like books with mixed genres & it is suitable for teens like me as the storyline is easy to understand & is not too childish.

Thank you all for your views but please drop us a comment or two so we can know how you feel about our choice of books.
Lydia
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