Hello Readers! July is coming to an end at last. I
think this was the month that actually felt as long as a month since April! I
wasn’t able to buy any books from Amazon for the past 2 months because
apparently they are non-essentials. But, in this month I finally could! Check
out my book haul!
~~THE PEOPLE IN THE
TREES by HANYA YANAGIHARA~~
If any of you know me at all, you know how much I LOVED Hanya Yanagihara’s ‘A Little Life’. That book was full of all kinds of emotions & it was just so powerful
in its writing. So, I obviously had to read whatever books Hanya has written.
Three months after reading A Little Life, I am finally prepared to be hurt
again by reading another brilliant novel - The People in the Trees. It feels
impossible to love it as much as A Little Life, but I can’t wait to see how it
turns out!
Pages:
368
Goodreads
Rating: 3.70
Published:
2013
~~THE SONG OF
ACHILLES & CIRCE by MADELINE MILLER~~
I have heard SO MUCH about
Madeline Miller’s mythological
fiction books! So many of my friends on Goodreads have rated these two
books quite highly. It’s a genre I haven’t read before, so I am all the more
excited to read them! I have heard that The Song of Achilles is better than
Circe, which is why I will probably read Circe first. I will keep you posted on
these!
The Song of Achilles: Circe:
Pages: 352 Pages:
393
Goodreads
Rating: 4.35 Goodreads
Rating: 4.27
Published:
2011 Published:
2018
~~THE GREAT ALONE by
KRISTIN HANNAH~~
Kristin Hannah really impressed me with her novel
‘The Nightingale’! This is the reason that I have been meaning to read more of
her books as well. Unfortunately, the font in this book is the tiniest one I
have seen so far which greatly reduced my enthusiasm for reading it. But, some
day, I will pick it up & I know I will enjoy it!
Pages: 435
Goodreads
Rating: 4.34
Published:
2018
~~THE WOMAN IN THE
WINDOW by A.J. FINN~~
I am pretty late on this one, but better late than
never. I am on a roll with thrillers lately. I read Pretty Things by Janelle Brown & The Guest List by Lucy Foley. The best thing about thrillers is how
they have you HOOKED to
them! Now that the movie is out starring Amy Adams, I had to watch it. And, in
order to watch it, I had to read the book first, so here I am!
Pages: 455
Goodreads
Rating: 3.94
Published:
2018
~~THE UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD by COLSON WHITEHEAD~~
Colson Whitehead is soon going to be one my
favourite authors. He has already written TWO Pulitzer
Prize winning books! After reading the average story of Ta-Nehisis Coates’ The Water Dancer, I had to give some space between that book & this
one. The underlying theme is similar in both. I didn’t want my disappointment
in ‘The Water Dancer’ to continue while reading this one, which is why it is
still on my TBR, just a little lower.
Pages: 306
Goodreads
Rating: 4.03
Published:
2016
~~THE NICKEL BOYS by
COLSON WHITEHEAD~~
Guess what? I already read this one! I absolutely
loved the form of the book. It was a bit bigger in size with a readable font
which helped me finish it in TWO DAYS!
This is 2020 Pulitzer winner for Fiction
& very well deserved!
Pages: 213
Goodreads Rating: 4.28
Published: 2019
That is all, folks! I have been having an aversion
to reading actual books ever since I started reading e-books. Especially, in
monsoon now, it is too dark to read books in the morning even. I hope this goes
away soon & I get back to first love of books!
Until next time,
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