If there was an award for slacking at blog posts, I swear I'd be sailing to it. My excuse this time would be shoddy internet connection , non cooperative service provider and my inability to juggle responsibilities.
Without further ado, let's look ( and laugh ) at my reading progress. (NOT!)
Best Book You've Read So Far in 2015 ?
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. Not a single flaw. I wanted to stand up and applaud. It's like that.
Other noteworthy reads this year were - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, A Flight of Pigeons by Ruskin Bond, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best Sequel You've Read So Far in 2015 ?
Didn't read any sequels this year. Fortunately or unfortunately
New Release You Haven't Read Yet But Want To ?
Not one to follow new releases. I have a gypsy's soul when it comes to picking what to read when.
Most Anticipated Release For The 2nd Half of 2015 ?
Winter by Merissa Meyer. The 4th Instalment of the Lunar Chronicles
Biggest Disappointment ?
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie Mcguire. No idea what people loved so much about this book or may be I'm stupid.
The Girl in The Flammable Skirt by Aimee Bender. Just could not connect with any of the stories in this book.
Biggest Surprise ?
Brother Grimm's Fairytales was an unpleasant surprise.
The good surprises were - Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Favourite New Author ?
Authors more like. Haruki Murakami - absolutely love anything and everything by him. The consistently peculiar stories are perfect for my kind of reading. Amitav Ghosh because I finished the Sea of Poppies and fell in love with the characters. Marcus Zusak for The Book Thief because no amount of words will be enough to express this beauty of a book.
Newest Fictional Crush ?
Jamie McTavish from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Can you say guilty-pleasure :p
Book That Made Me Cry ?
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak, Room by Emma Donoghue, Living Dead Girl
Book That Made Me Happy ?
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Favourite Book to Movie Adaptation You Saw This Year ?
Not something I really watched but I found that Outlander and The Shawshank Redemption were way better than their original books.
Favourite Review You've Written This Year ?
Room by Emma Donoghue. The book made me feel emotions I didn't know one could ever feel.
Most Beautiful Book You Bought So Far in The Year ?
Necropolis by Avtar Singh which was a part of my JLF 2015 goodie bag. Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh that was handed to me by a friend who's roommate had to move.
What books Do You Need To Read By The End of The Year ?
I'm 7 books away from my Goodreads Challenge and in order to successfully accomplish that, I'm gravitating more towards books that I might like for certain. Since there's really no time to dabble around and I'm amidst a panic attack. ( It's already NOVEMBER people !)
P.S. Apologies for being away for a month. I've already go a list of books I need to review and have gotten cracking with it. So stay tuned !
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