Reading is personal! My reading habits are very different from others and I think it would be same for them. So it would be hard for me to say which book should be read by whom. The one book I can think of that I hope is read by more people is The Hindi Bindi… Continue reading
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Day 22 – A book that makes me cry
I am quite an imaginative and emotional person. So when I read books, it is like a movie going in my head. Human stories always make me cry as they are real. Currently I am reading Humans by Brandon Stanton from Humans of New York. It has some touching stories from across the world. The… Continue reading
Day 20 – Favourite romance book
Being a thorough romantic, I love reading this genre. When I was a young girl, as per the time bound tradition, I read Mills and Boon. Now it does give you a distorted view about romance but they were my first romantic novel. Since then I have read classic love stories like Pride and Prejudice… Continue reading
Day 18 – A book that disappointed me
My reading is very eclectic. I will pick up a book, not like it and then keep it away. I will pick it up again after months and it will become my favourite book. It all depends on my state of mind when I am reading a particular book. I am hoping it is not… Continue reading
Day 17 – Favourite quote from my favourite book
When I was young and printed books were the only way of reading, I used to underline or highlight the quotes I loved. That habit remains unchanged but what is additional is doing it virtually when I read books on my kindle or Apple Books. Some of my favourite quotes are from Harry Potter but… Continue reading
Day 15 – Favourite Male Character
I must admit I read a lot of books with strong female character. They do have male characters but mostly they are a co-actor rather than the centre of the story. My favourite male character is Harry Potter. I love how Rowling has given shades to his personality. He seems real and is not a… Continue reading
Day 14 – Book turned movie and completely desecrated.
We know that books are a favourite with the movie makers. It makes complete commercial sense – you have a story and for a popular book you have ready made audience. Hence why we have so many best sellers that have been converted to movies. I usually like to read the book before I watch… Continue reading
Day 13 – My favourite writer
This is a tough one! Over the years I have read so many books and loved so many writers, how do I choose my favourite? I think I am going to tackle it by the top few whose books I have enjoyed a d read multiple times! J.K.Rowling – I am a Harry Potter fan.… Continue reading
Day 12 – A book I love and hate at the same time!
I thought long and hard before writing this blog post. As I mentioned, I am a lover of books and there are very few books I dislike. So a book that stirs mi I tried to remember and I then knew the book that start these love-hate emotion in me – The Slap by Christos… Continue reading
Day 10 – A book that reminds me of home
I have always been a book worm. In fact growing up, I used to spend most of my spare time in my room reading books. My sister and I used to spend all our pocket money, money received from relatives, birthday money etc on buying books. This was on top of the library books that… Continue reading