Madeline Miller’s retelling of the story of Circe is lyrical and the voice she spun is very scintillating, hypnotizing even the readers who are least inclined to read Greek mythology. True enough, Miller did little to alter or put a different perspective into Circe’s story but it did more than enough to fascinate me as […]
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Quotable Quotes # 25: War and Peace
It is without a doubt that Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace is one of my all-time reads. To be honest, I was really daunted by this very lengthy book, which at over 1,300+ pages, can be intimidating to any reader. However, once I got the hang of it, what emerged before me is an amazing […]
Book Review # 100: War and Peace
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 […]
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 […]
My 2019 Top 20 Reading List
So, it is that time of the year again… When I prepare a list of 20 books that I am most looking forward to during the year. Ever since encountering a similar list about two years ago, I started doing my own version, starting in 2017. This is the third straight year that I am […]
Beat the Backlist (2019 Edition)
Today, I have learned a new term: Tsundoku. Basically, this Japanese term means buying reading materials and piling up. It immediately piqued my attention because, well, it is summation of the type of reader that I am. 🙂 You may read more about Tsundoku in this BBC article: Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them. […]
2019 Reading Resolutions and Goals
First of all, happy new year everyone! It is a new set of 365 pages we can write on. After all the festivities, it is now time to draft how the new year is to be by writing an old-fashioned new year’s resolution. To some, preparing a new year’s resolution has become a ritual. For […]
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 2019 10 Books I Look Forward To List
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. […]
