That Book I Love

TITLE: The Angel’s Game (Book 2 Of   Cemetery of Forgotten Books series) AUTHOR: Carlos Ruiz Zafon ( Spanish) TRANSLATOR : Lucia Graves PUBLICATION YEAR: 2008 GENRE: Literary Fiction (Mystery, Thriller) PAGE COUNT: 504 FORMAT: Paperback AVAILABLE   AT : amazon   The Shadow of the Wind ( see review here )  by Carlos Ruiz Zafon featured in my favourite books list of last year. I remember buying the next book in the series The Angel’s Game almost immediately after finishing it. I was so impressed by the writing and plot that I had to read all the books from this author- translator duo. Considering this being a part of series called Cemetery of Forgotten Books , I was under the impression that this book was either a prequel or sequel to The Shadow of the Wind . But after reading a few chapters , I realised that although the story was set in Barcelona and features the infamous Cemetery of Forgotten Books (which was also a

TITLE: The Diviners AUTHOR: Libba Bray AUDIOBOOK NARRATOR : January LaVoy PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012 GENRE: Historical Fiction ( Mystery, Thriller, Paranormal) TIME DURATION: 18 hours FORMAT: AudioBook AVAILABLE   AT : audible Lately there has been a huge craze for audiobooks . Everyone seems to be enjoying it and I did not want to be left out. Hence I started searching for “ Best AudioBooks “ on the internet and The Diviners by Libba Bray featured in most of them . Everyone unaminously recommended this book on audiobook format. It was an outstanding experience and I am looking forward to consuming more books on audio. I loved its audiobook narrator JanuaryLavoy – loved how she used different accent and voices while narrating. She even voiced out the male characters with conviction which felt totally real. A huge round of applause to this woman for her outstanding performance . The story follows a bunch of teens with super

In my New Year Resolution tag ( see here ) , I kinda promised myself to finish my TBR pile before going on my next book shopping spree. As expected I managed to break my resolution even before 2 weeks of setting it. The reason – CHENNAI BOOK FAIR 2019 . I went to the book fair yesterday and bought a couple of books.   I know...   I have absolutely no SELF CONTROL whatsoever. But in my defence, these books were available at really cheap prices . Also , might I add this book fair was the best I have ever been to.   I ended up straining my leg muscles due to all the walking around and checking out each and every stall . By the time I reached my house , I had severe headaches and leg pains – but all of this was totally WORTH IT...!! 😊 Following are the books I bought – 1.        The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga – I heard about this book back when I was preparing for my competitive exams . I was memorising the current affairs and that is when I learnt that this book had won

TITLE: Radio Silence AUTHOR: Alice Oseman PUBLICATION YEAR: 2016 GENRE: Young Adult Contemporary + LGBT Fiction PAGE COUNT: 403 FORMAT: Paperback AVAILABLE   AT : amazon   I came to know about this book through booktube . There was a booktuber who in one of her   videos started crying while talking about it. I was really taken aback by that. It was really heartening to see how a certain book can bring out such overwhelming emotions . I checked out   a few more reviews- all of which were positive   before buying this one. It was unanimously rated as a 5 star book . Obviously my expectations going into this book were super high. The story is about a girl named Frances who is extremely studious . She calls herself a study machine. Other than academics, the only thing she is obsessed with is a YouTube show UNIVERSE CITY /RADIO SILENCE . Her happiness knew no bounds   when one day, the mystery creator   impressed by her fan art   asked her to create some ar

I don’t set New Year resolutions because I always end up breaking it in the first week of January itself. But it is good to have a plan/goal which will help me choose the books I intend on exploring . Also, it is a great way to kickstart your reading year. Last year, my book shelf was filled with my favourite   genre “ Fantasy” as I have no self control .. LOL!! I am an overtly indulgent person who loves getting obsessed with things I love thereby totally ignoring the ones which don’t necessarily count as my favourite. But this year I would like to explore other genres . Hence this Tag “ NEW YEARS RESOLUTION TAG ” is sort of like my reading goal for the year 2019. An author you’d like to read ( that you’ve never read before) VE Schwab . People have been talking about how much they adore her books – Vicious, Shades of Magic series etc. Also, the plot of her stories are pretty unique and interesting . I can’t wait to try them out.   A book you’d like to read Any VE