Jiaying Lim5. Myth of the Nice GirlI used to veer away from the self-help aisles, sneer at the slew of unrealistic titles and the promises of instant success implied. I also…May 10, 2018May 10, 2018
Jiaying Lim4. East of Eden (Steinbeck)This was extravagance, indulgence. Hearing that everything Steinbeck has written was to prepare himself for this, I embarked on it with…Apr 5, 2018Apr 5, 2018
Jiaying Lim3. The Cancer WardI’m supposed to have read maybe 4, 5 books by now, to feasibly hit 25 in the year. But wading through this book — painstakingly from 60% on…Mar 13, 2018Mar 13, 2018
Jiaying Lim2. Ministry of Moral PanicI have an email correspondence with the Singaporean author Amanda Lee Koe, whom I discovered while reading the now-defunct Singaporean…Feb 9, 2018Feb 9, 2018
Jiaying Lim1. Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)Gilead is a town in Iowa. Gilead is epistolary, written by a Congregationalist (as I was informed in the back cover) minister to his young…Jan 30, 2018Jan 30, 2018
Jiaying LimRead with me in 2018When people asked what my dream job would be in an alternate world where practicality money etc didn’t matter, since this apparently is a…Jan 25, 2018Jan 25, 2018