So, 2019 has officially started. With the new year comes new and endless possibilities. It also represents a fresh start, 365 fresh blank pages which we are going to fill with memories, with experiences, and of course, books read. It is also a time to set goals for the coming year. It is in this […]
Category: Book Wrap Ups
2018 Book Wrap: A Magical Journey Through Books
2018 Reading Stats Books Read: 63 Books Favorite Read of the Year: Midnight’s Children, Salman Rushdie Least Favorite Read of the Year: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway Number of Pages Read: 26,277 Pages (Average of 417 pages) Longest Book Read: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, 1386 pages Shortest Book Read: Of Mice […]
My 2018 18 Most Memorable Book Quotes (Part II)
Readers, 2018 is about to draw to a close, hence, it is now time to look back to the year that was, at least in terms of reading. After having had a slow year in 2017, I picked up the momentum in 2018. In total, I was able to read 63 books in twelve months. […]
October Book Wrap-Up: A Dive into the Deep World of Magical Realism
A Topsy-Turvy Month If there is one word that is to describe what kind of reader I am it would be “impulsive” because that is the type of reader that I am. I tend to read whatever book that comes to mind, regardless of the author and regardless of the author. That is why I […]
September Book Wrap-Up: Man Booker Prize Month
Following my April Asian Literature Month and August Young Adult Fiction Month, I decided to further my literary pursuits by delving into award-winning literary pieces. Over the years, I have accumulated books who have won an array of literary prizes such as Man Booker Prize, Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award and Orange Prize. For September, […]
August Book Wrap-up: Young Adult Fiction Month
In April 2018, an idea came to my mind. I thought, perhaps, that I could dedicate one month to reading a particular genre or a particular set of books which have a common denominator. It has always been my practice to not read books of the same genre consecutively to avoid getting bored. However, I […]
April 2018 Reading Wrap Up
In eleven years of reading, I have stuck mostly with Western authors. I have read mostly works by either British or American authors like Danielle Steel, Mary Higgins-Clark, John Grisham, Nora Roberts, J.K. Rowling among others. Back then, it was very uncommon for me to read Eastern authors. This might be due to the fact […]
2018 First Quarter Book Wrap-up
The first three months of 2018 has come and gone. Now it is time to look back to the first quarter of the year that was, in terms of books and reading. 2018 Reading Resolutions and Reading Achievements At the start of the year, I made a reading resolution. One of the things that I […]
My Top 10 Most Notable Books of 2017
2017 has drawn to a close and it is now time to look back to the year that was. Overall, 2017 was a slow year compared to prior years. Nonetheless, I was still able to find time to gobble up some wonderful books. This book wrap up is a part of a mini-series which will […]
