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20 Books of 2020 (Pt. 10)
Finally, we have reached part 10 of our journey through my reading of 2020. Now, if you haven't reached 200, then don't be discouraged - I don't judge people based on speed or even what they choose to read. I don't really judge people anyway. I just like it when someone reads something for enjoyment - even if that means reading one page a day or reading one book a year. Reading for enjoyment and reading the way you enjoy is more important that anything else in the world. Why? Well, because first and foremost, reading is a medium of entertainment. You must do it in a way that entertains you. If it entertains you to read three or four books a day then go ahead, if it entertains you to read one book a year then you do that too.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Novels to Discover: "The Handmaid's Tale"
Hello and welcome to Novels to Discover! Last week featured Brendan Reichs’s YA novel “Nemesis”, but this week Margaret Atwood is taking the stage as I plunge into the world of “The Handmaid’s Tale”, a dystopian novel that was originally published in 1985!
By Leigh Hooper6 years ago in Geeks
Reading my Mother-In-Law: Virginia Andrews 'Rain'
Recently, when discussing books with my mother-in-law, she paused the conversation to go foraging in her cupboard and then re-emerged with arms brimming with paperbacks. What she cradled was a new, ten-book collection of untouched Virginia Andrews novels – an author I was previously unaware of but one whom she adored – and insisted that I be the first to read them. Reading books is a highly personal experience and by sharing our favourite novels with others, we are essentially allowing them insight into our minds. It can be a great bonding experience, helping us understand those we love on a deeper level. This is what inspired me to start a ‘Reading my Family’ series that will see me read and review novels as recommended by my family members, beginning with my mother-in-law and Virginia Andrews.
By Tyler Turner6 years ago in Geeks
A Review about Once Upon a Cow of CAMILO CRUZ
The book begins with a fairly gentle fable. There was a very poor family, living in a slumped house less than fifteen square meters. Their life completely depends on the milk cow in the house. For many years, the whole family of eight people relied on milk for their living. And what they could not expect had come, one morning, some inhuman had killed their cow. If I were to fall into that situation, I would definitely be scared because the only livelihood left would be.
By Thao Thao Tran6 years ago in Geeks
20 Books of 2020 (Pt. 9)
If you haven't read Parts 1-8 then you can head to my page to do so. I will reiterate that these articles are purely for me documenting my reading through 2020. When I did this last year in 2019, I just posted the article at the end of the year instead of splitting it up. Now, if you know how I read then that would amount to almost 500 books in one article. I found this rather counterproductive when it came to the reading public. So, for making it better for me and you, I have chosen to split it up into sections of 20 - I went with the year we're in for the number. Here's some stuff about me if you don't know me already...
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
20 Books of 2020 (Pt.8)
I have done many of these lists so far and the only real reason I was late with Part 7 was because I got sick. Anyways, we're pretty much back on track now and here we are at part 8, numbers 141-160. Now, as I've always said - it is never the quantity of what you read, it's not even what some consider to be the 'quality' of what you're reading. Reading is a medium of entertainment and is subjective to the individual, that is all. As long as you are enjoying yourself, you could spend ten years reading the same book - it is nobody else's business but yours.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Witches and Gods and Monsters, Oh My!
I’m beginning to think that my recent mythology kick is bordering on obsession. Of my most recent reads, at least four of them have been focused on Greek mythology, and my latest read fit quite nicely into that category as well. After reading Madeline Miller”s “The Song of Achilles,” I was aching to get my hands on another of her books. After digging around on Goodreads and making my way to the bookstore, I grabbed myself a copy of “Circe”--and I was not disappointed.
By Kurt Mason6 years ago in Geeks
