2013 - Reading List 4

I recently bought some Kindle Singles - novellas/short stories that are published for Kindle readers only. Since they were not too expensive, I wanted to try and to my delight, some of them turned out to be wonderful.

14.  Nate in Venice - A Short Story (Richard Russo)
15. Friends of Whitmore - A Short Story (Michael Famighetti)
16. Orangey the Goldfish - Graphic short story (Eddie Bee)

Nate in Venice and Friends of Whitmore were surprisingly good reads. The common theme seemed to be alienation and loneliness. .

2013 - Reading list 3

11. Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn (Suspense/Thriller)
12. My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead - Multiple Authors (Short Stories/Anthology)
13. The Girl from Montana - Grace Livingston Hill (Christian Novel)

2013: Reading List 2

6. Lucky Jim - Kinglsey Amis (Literary Fiction)
7. Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery (Children's Fiction)
8. Cut Like Wound - Anita Nair (Crime/Suspense)
9. Write Good or Die - Multiple Authors (Non-fiction)
10. The Adventure of a Dying Detective - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Mystery/Thriller)

Gift for the New Year

I never imagined I would get such a thoughtful, wonderful gift from H.

For the new year, I received Kindle PaperWhite.
I had never used a ereader/ebook and the whole concept was personally new to me, though I had seen Kindle Touch owned by BIL.

I learned how to download free ebooks from Amazon website, and it was so thrilling. I have begun reading classics that I otherwise, would not. It is highly addictive. I guess, this is a wonderful way of reading and storing books.
This does not mean I miss the good old hard copy - the actual feel, smell of the book can never ever be replaced. The feeling of reading a 'book' can never be replaced by an e-reader no matter what.

The Sense of an Ending

After a long time, I chanced upon a beautiful, thought provoking book - The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes.
The book resonated with me like no other. The author uses a clever tool: he talks about how memory can color our perception and our idea of the past, while the memory itself is colored by what we perceive as the right thing, the good thing. The theme involves regret, remorse, the emotions every human being will go through in his/her life at least once. Lost opportunities, past mistakes, suppressed feelings, oppressed thoughts - it could be anything. 

2013

Comes the new year.

Books that I read so far:

1. The Girl who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson (Crime/Thriller)
2. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carrol (Literary Classic)
3. Christmas in Venice - Meadow Taylor (Short Story)
4. The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Agatha Christie (Mystery/Thriller)
5. A Room with a View - E.M. Forster (Literary Fiction)