IT IS MY BIRTHDAY MONTH!!!!!!
Hi Readers! In case you hadn’t noticed the bold
font, here you go – It’s my birthday month! I’m definitely not one of those to
sulk on their birthdays because they’re growing old. I definitely don’t care
about that (yet.) So, anyway, I’m over joyous now that I will get everything
from my wish list from all the people who love me! And, the best part is HALF OF MY WISH LIST IS OF BOOKS! So, my
parents gifted me FIVE BOOKS this
birthday!!
After reading really pathetic books like The Rhythm Section & House of the Sleeping Beauties, I have
firmly decided to read only PULITZER PRIZE
WINNING BOOKS or CONTEMPORARY FICTION GENRE, at least for a while. But, to keep the balance I have
also bought some highly recommended books. I recently read a fantastic book – ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE BY ANTHONY DOERR,
which is the 8th book of the year!
Check out the details of my Birthday Book Haul!
~~A LITTLE LIFE BY HANYA YANAGIHARA~~
Goodreads description says-
“When four classmates from a small Massachusetts
college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed
only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an
aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter
seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent
firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their center of
gravity.
Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he’ll not only be unable to overcome—but that will define his life forever.”
Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he’ll not only be unable to overcome—but that will define his life forever.”
The description itself has me intrigued. I love
such long books that are written across a period of time. I’m definitely
reading this one next! It has won a lot of awards like Booker Prize, National Book Award for Fiction, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Fiction!
It has a 4.3 rating on Goodreads.
~~THE NIGHTINGALE BY KRISTIN
HANNAH~~
The Goodreads description is quite big, but it
starts with this-
“In love we find out who we want to be.
In war we find out who we are.”
In war we find out who we are.”
This is a HISTORICAL
FICTIONAL novel, which is sure the genre I have grown to
love! It has got a lot of great reviews as well! It has won Goodreads Choice Awards
in 2015! Its Goodreads rating is 4.57.
~~THE SILENT PATIENT BY ALEX
MICHAELIDES~~
Goodreads description says-
“Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A
famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a
grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most
desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a
fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never
speaks another word.”
This book was won Goodreads Choice Awards Best Mystery
& Thriller in 2019! I’m so intrigued to read
this, especially because it’s been a LONG time since I read any GOOD MYSTERY novels! This one has been
recommended a lot by few of my family & friends as well! It has a Goodreads rating of 4.07.
Goodreads description says-
“Sylvia Plath's shocking, realistic, and intensely
emotional novel about a woman falling into the grip of insanity.
Esther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful,
enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last
time. In her acclaimed and enduring masterwork, Sylvia Plath brilliantly draws
the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that her insanity
becomes palpably real, even rational—as accessible an experience as going to
the movies. A deep penetration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of
the human psyche, The Bell Jar is an extraordinary
accomplishment and a haunting American classic.”
This book was published in 1963 so it sure is long
overdue. I had started reading it on e-book, but I lost track of it. So now
that I have the hard copy of it, I’m sure I will finish it! It has a Goodreads rating of 4.
~~THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE BY HARUKI MURAKAMI~~
Goodreads description says-
“Japan's most highly regarded novelist now vaults
into the first ranks of international fiction writers with this heroically
imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a
disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War
II.”
After loving 2/3 of Murakami’s books, it is safe to
say that I am a fan! This book is highly reviewed & now that I’m a Murakami
fan, I’m definitely plan on reading ALL OF HIS
BOOKS! Also, by reading this one I can check off the item ‘A book published in the year I was born’ from my
Reading Challenge!
So! How great is this? I sincerely hope to like at
least 3 of these 5 books. As for my TBR, it keeps growing! Apart from the above
books, some of the books I will read soon include Delia Owens’ Where the
Crawdads Sing, Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex, Guzel Yakhina’s Zuleikha,
Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead. The list doesn’t end here or it doesn’t really
end. Period! But, I know I am on the right track when it comes to my Reading
Challenge! I have a good feeling that I will be able to read 52 Books this
year!
Here’s to my birthday month & here’s to a lot
of reading!!
Until next time,
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