Showing posts with label book club. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book club. Show all posts

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

2015 Reading Challenge

Oh hello there! No, i haven't fallen off the face of the earth, as some would like to think of my whereabouts. I know the previous book challenge i took up was an utter failure. Failure is just a lesson learnt here for me, to not set unrealistic reading goals.
Therefore, as a part of my New Year 2015 Resolution and under the subsection "Intellectual Goals" of my "Life Goals", I'm taking up the 2015 Reading Challenge!
Whilst scrolling through Pinterest, I found this list and even before my mind could process it, i knew the answer to, "Should I do this?" was "YESSSS!"

I shall keep a track of the books i read this year, here! It's going to be just like Julie & Julia except, there's no Julia at all and the "recipes" I'm trying will feed the hunger of my mind! 
A few of my friends are also joining in and it's going to be a book rave if you ask me! 
Join in the fun if you like! 

With this, i start The Bookworm Saga 2015! :D 

Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Books I recently purchased | Book Club

My exams have just come to an end and i went out book shopping. I am currently reading The Shining by Stephen King. I sometimes feel ashamed that i haven't  read classic books till this age. But the important part is that i am now. Does anyone else feel that? I dont know.
This post is going to be about my short-term reading list. Books i have bought and hope to read ASAP (gaaah)

Currently reading:


On my list:
(in no particular order)

1) An Abundance of Katherines - John Green

2) Salem's Lot - Stephen King 

3) Cujo- Stephen King

4) The Bourne Identity- Robert Ludlum

5) A Song of Fire and Ice - Book 1- Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin

6) The Secret -Rhonda Byrne

I am extremely sorry about the terrible pictures. But hope my hand gives it a personal touch. It was an impromptu thing because i thought the blog would look more colourful! 

The Shining is the book i am currently reading. it was a gift from my aunt. I  actually started reading The Shining a month ago. No i am not a slow reader, but my rotten exams got in the way and *sigh*. It is considered to be one of the most scariest books written. I might just do a review soon, for the people like me who're late readers of good old books.

So, An Abundance of Katherines was also a gift from my friends because they know how much i love John Green writing. I am a fan of the vlogbrothers (much lately though) and i must say the Green brothers really make me happy ok!  

I may come across as a Stephen King fanatic. That's because i probably am. I do not understand how i missed the opportunity of falling in love with the best thriller writer and his books much earlier in life. I just do not know how! I have always been fascinated by the supernatural, horror movies and things alike. And to not be a fan of Stephen King? WOW! But i am there now, i am here. Catching up on the lost time by binge reading Stephen King books! I found Salem's Lot and Cujo at a local bookstore that sells books at really really really low prices. The books are quite old though but that makes it even better doesn't it? Cannot wait to read these!

A few years ago, at the annual Book Sale that is held in my city i bought the entire Bourne Series- except one. The FIRST ONE! Can you imagine the heights of my stupidity? And for a long time i have hunted for the first part. And finally i found it in the local bookstore where i found Cujo and Salem's lot! Now the ball can be set in motion eh? If you're thinking, "Woman just watch the movies!", I say, 'Kind person, i will after i read it, thank you'. I actually have watched The Bourne Identity. I don't remember it though so...yeah. 

Aaah! The Game of Thrones. Now a major HBO original series. Yes. Believe it or not i haven't started watching the series. The same reason i haven't watched the Bourne series. Yes I am THAT person!

The Secret. I have read it a dozen times but seem to lose the message of the book a lot. Hence, my habit of re-reading it again!

I will probably review these books once I've read them. Or lets put it this way. Express my humble opinion. Because i am honestly no reviewer and cannot call my juvenile opinions reviews! So stay tuned bookworms! 






Books books books | Book Club

If i were to describe to you how much i love reading books, i wouldn't be able to express it with words because it is the best feeling in the world and i would just stand there with a pursed mouth, with my hand in mid-air, sighing with a wordless tongue because that feeling of reading books, living the characters life and going through what they are going through, crying with them, laughing with them, and journeying from the start to the end, cannot be summed up into a few letters or a few sentences.

For the above reason i have dedicated a page on my blog for the books i have read, i am currently reading and will want to read in the future. I will review the books (? Probably) and if there's anyone out there who is interested, we could make an actual book club (Such FUN!)

Hope nothing stands in the way of my love for books and me!


Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Looking for Alaska

Spoiler alert! If you haven't read the book, please do, after which you may return to read on.
At first the title suggests the possibility of Alaska running away or something of that sort. But well, that would mean it would be within our comfort zones, beloved Alaska Young is just missing, surely Pudge will find her and they'll fall in love and live happily ever after. But no! John Green knows how it's done. How to set off the waterworks. Though there is a clear indication of what happens to Alaska in the "Before" i just did not feel like believing it till the Eagle himself said it. The easy narrative style,simple and witty dialogues that make so much sense, yet retaining it's simplicity is a delight to read. The Alaska Young Memorial Prank really hit me in the feels. Alaska's wild nature really touched the lives of everyone at her school and the fact that her friends suffering silently with guilt, try and investigate her "accicide"/"suident" blaming themselves for her death and pull of the best annual prank to etch Alaska in everybody's mind and hearts just left me sobbing and sniffing and hurting.
I've never been the one to cope with death easily. Even in fiction novels. Looking For Alaska, is the second John Green book I'v read the other being The Fault In Our Stars. Both of these books left me hurting and crying for the undeath of his characters. I'm definitely reading all of his books in the near future and i shall definitely blog my feels after.
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