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THE BOOK THIEF BY MARKUS ZUSAK Am I writing a review? Or a summary? A sorta blurb even? I honestly don’t know. I want to leave it to you to decide. There are books you enjoy. There are books you relate to. Then, there are books you want to experience; or get as close to that experience as you can by reading and you enjoy them and possibly relate with them too. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is definitely one of those books. It is also the first historical fiction that I picked and I’m glad I did so. It is a book which in my opinion everyone should read at least once in their life. HERE IS A SMALL FACT You are going to die. That seems like a really macabre line to start this with. But I just couldn't resist putting it up here considering this is what the book actually starts with. You ask why? Because it's true. And also because the narrator of this book is "DEATH" himself. So... HERE IS ANOTHER SMALL FACT When DEATH himself tells you a story, you have to l...

WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING BY DELIA OWENS __________________________________________________________________________ You ever read a book and it turned out to be so lovely that you feel like apologizing to it because you left it for too long on your shelf? Well, that's what I felt like after reading this because I let this amazing piece wait on my shelf for four freakin' months.  WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING is the debut novel from Delia Owens who also happens to be co-author of three bestselling non-fiction books about her life as a Wildlife Scientist in Africa and which also explains the vivid pictures of nature she has packed in this book. The book starts as a murder mystery, becomes a coming of age narrative, transforms into a love story but most importantly it is the exploration of nature - wild and wonderful. It is a description of what isolation and abandonment can do to a person. It is very beautifully written and like most books it has its moments but what I liked the most a...

  LOLITA Gosh, this was a difficult one to get through. Why? Read on.. “Is what we read guided by our conscience or desire? Or both? What if one says yes and the other says no?” Lolita is the first book for which I felt this conflict arise between my conscience and my desire. Desire won and I transferred it from my Amazon cart to my dorm after (childish) consideration that e njoying a book is not a reflection of our own morals, character, or values . Of course, we all know this. We heartily enjoy reading books revolving around themes which we know is wrong – such as murder – many of them narrated by the murderers themselves - and conscience doesn’t come into play at all. So, enjoying it is not the same as endorsing it. So, why should this be any different, right? Of all the books I’ve read till date, this one has got the sweetest syllabic title and the opening line… “Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin. My soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking the t...