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)