Book Specs Author: Leo Tolstoy Translator: Constance Garnett Publisher: The Modern Library Publishing Date: 2002 Number of Pages: 1386 pages Genre: Historical fiction Synopsis Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic Wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit. Tolstoy’s genius is […]
Tag: Book Thoughts
Book Review # 99: Circe
Book Specs Author: Madeline Miller Publisher: Little Brown Publishing Date: April 18, 2018 Number of Pages: 385 Genre: Fantasy, Mythology Synopsis In the house of Helios, god of the sun and the mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Bur Circe is a strange child – not obviously as powerful like her father, nor viciously […]
Book Review # 98: The White Tiger
Book Specs Author: Aravind Adiga Publisher: Atlantic Books Publishing Date: 2009 Number of Pages: 321 pages Genre: Picaresque Fiction, Mystery Synopsis Meet Balram Halwai, the “White Tiger”: Servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murderer… India: The Light and the Dark Before I even begin realizing it, 2018 has shaped up to be the year of the Man Booker […]
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. […]
My 2018 Eight Not-So Favorite Reads
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. […]
Book Review # 97: Warlight
Book Specs Author: Michael Ondaatje Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Publishing Date: 2018 Number of Pages: 285 pages Genre: Literary Fiction, Bildungsroman Synopsis It is 1945, and London is still reeling from the Blitz and years of war. Fourteen-year-old Nathaniel and his older sister, Rachel, are seemingly abandoned by their parents, left in the care of an […]
Reading Habits Book Tag
So, here is another book tag I came across while browsing through other blogs. It seems that lately I have a lot of time doing and browsing through other blogs. Haha! By the way, I came across this tag in Struggling Bookaholics and it certainly caught my attention, hence, my take on this challenge. To […]
My 2018 Top 10 Most Notable Books
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. […]
Book Review # 96: To Kill a Mockingbird
Book Specs Author: Harper Lee Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publishing Date: December 1982 Number of Pages: 376 Genre: Southern Gothic, Bildungsroman Synopsis The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill a Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when […]
