I knew after the first 5 pages I won't be reviewing this book. How can you critic one's diary? I remember I had to keep on putting this book down, not because I wasn't enjoying it, no, but because it's so heavy and tackles really heavy things and when you know it's all real and… Continue reading FromMyBookshelf: The Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank
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Review: Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
"We always imagine eternity as something beyond our conception, something vast, Vast! But why must it be vast?" Genre: Classic Fiction Pages: 485 Published: 1866 Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines… Continue reading Review: Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Review: Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart." Genre: Nonfiction, Memoir Published: 15th November, 2016 Pages: 285 Rate: 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis The memoir of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid… Continue reading Review: Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
Review: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
"People said Ove saw the world in black and white. But she was color. All the color he had." Genre: Fiction Published: 27th August, 2012 Pages: 337 Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis A grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door. Meet… Continue reading Review: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides ft LynnAnne, Pi and Michelle
"...to be happy you have to find variety in repetition; that to go forward you have to come back where you began." Genre: Fiction Pages: 529 Published: September 4, 2002 Rate: 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Middlesex tells the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides, and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family, who travel from a… Continue reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides ft LynnAnne, Pi and Michelle
Review: State Of Wonder by Ann Patchett
"One must not be shy where language is concerned." Genre: Fiction Pages: 353 Published: May 3, 2011 Rate: 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis In a narrative replete with poison arrows, devouring snakes, scientific miracles, and spiritual transformations, "State of Wonder" presents a world of stunning surprise and danger, rich in emotional resonance and moral complexity. As… Continue reading Review: State Of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Review: Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
"It didn't matter how many people were in the house. You didn't leave the goddamn door." Genre: Fiction Pages: 322 Published: September 13, 2016 Rate: 3 ⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis The acclaimed, bestselling author—winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize—tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives.… Continue reading Review: Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Review: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
"It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how." Genre: Fiction Pages: 352 Published: May 22, 2001 Rate: 4.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis In an unnamed South American country, a world-renowned soprano sings at a birthday party in honor of a visiting Japanese… Continue reading Review: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett