I have been
completely absorbed in Vanity Fair and it has really taken a while for me to
get into it but now I am hooked and sad that I am almost at the end of the
story. The copious amounts of reference footnotes adds quality to the story
with historical references and cute little stories about the author and his
personal stories. I am thoroughly enjoying all the language which is so
convoluted and intense that it requires such commitment to the story. I am
quite keen to see the movie when I am done to see how it was caught on camera
and the time span of the story is achieved.
In other reading
news, I am paused mid-Wizard and Glass as I am awaiting my copy of the next part
of the Dark tower series and would rather read and start the next chapter asap
instead of waiting for the next one so it has a special place on my bedside
table awaiting a continuance.
I also real the
In-between world of Vikram Lall which was stunning and very well written. I
finished it quite quickly. The story was relevant as it was about an Indian
family living in Kenya and their story of being locals who were not
African. I was glad to find a new author
to add to my collection.
God of War by Marisa
Silver was an interesting read. I had won it in the Exclusive Books spree of
2011 and was not sold on the cover but then I read the premise of the story and
got into the entire story quite quickly. It is deserving of its awards and
reminds me ever so slightly of House
Rules by Jodi Picoult as the autism aspect was covered in the same intensity.
I managed to read
Eat Pray Love this year and was consumed by the amazing story. I then decided
to read some reviews of the movie and they completely convinced me to not scar
the memory of the book by watching it so I did not and will not unless forced
to. I loved her writing style and will
check out her other books if I come across them.
Memnoch the Devil by
Anne Rice has got my back in her world and I loved it! I used to read her books through highschool
until my mother decided it would turn me into a Satan worshipper! I picked up
again and now this book of hers with Lestat is so amazingly beautiful, I have
bought more of her books. I will love to get her entire collection.
Dennis Lehane is now
also one of my favourite authors. Mystic River was so hauntingly beautiful, and
unfortunately I had watched the movie ages ago so I had Sean Penn, Tim Robbins
and Kevin Bacon in my mind but that was ok! I think the casting was done really
well and the story was captured fantastically. I enjoy Lehane’s writing style
as well as his portrayal of Boston. His other book Any Given Day was also very
inspirational and had a captivating story which solidified his standing with me
as an author of note.
The rest of the
years books for me to read are the Millenium Trilogy as I am awaiting the 1st
part to return to me so I can start.
Then I have a few more books lined up
including Zorba the Greek and Doctor Zhivago and Christine by Stephen King.
Will do a post as
soon as Vanity Fair is done and the next book is started.
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