Category: My library

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
A novel recommended for young adults on a worn out topic but there is seriously nothing less ordinary about this book. It is a story about a young girl, Liesel, whose zeal on reading and her thirst to learn were so overwhelming, that those desires compelled her to sort of [...]

Being quite a faithful customer of Amazon and sort of a gadget freak myself, I was naturally intrigued when Amazon first launched its electronic reader, Kindle, a few years ago. Back then, the bookish side of me couldn’t really imagine reading a book without the feel of paper on my fingertips nor the familiar musty [...]

Life of Pi by Yann Martel
I’ve started reading this book without any prior notion about it nor had I read any reviews about it. I was glad because nothing prepared me for Martel’s way of writing. Captivating yet straight forward. He bedazzled me with his beautifully spun proses and blown me away with his storytelling.
The [...]

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A non-fiction, no-nonsense book on randomness, that proves to be quite an interesting and thought-provoking read while at times entertaining due to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the author. The book deals mostly with the uncertainties and the unpredictability of events, on why we [...]