Happy 100
When I started reading, I begun with Chetan Bhagat, moved to Nicolas Spark then diversified my way. At the very beginning, I was awed with the stories told by Bhagat, I would complete these readings in one sitting. Years into reading I do not resonate the same feeling for his writing at all but, I am still grateful that his simplistic writing opened the gateway for a lot of brilliant literatures in my life. On May 15, 2019, after 8 years of my reading journey, I completed my 100th book (excluding short stories, Illustrated Versions, and Story Collections). I cannot imagine it took me so long, but every borrowing was worth it.
Celebrating the Happy Hundredth, I here would like to share my top 6 novels (not in order) and also would like to credit some of my favorite author, genera, character, book pair, Book Quotes, and book moments.
Favorite Books
I don’t even know where shall I start and where shall I stop expressing my love for this book. One Hundred Year of Solitude is not a book but a rush of emotions. I have laughed, cried, baffled, anguished, and agonized by this book. It follows the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendia family. And Gabriel Garcia does a tremendous job of breathing life to each character in the book. For me the highlight of the book was its last chapter, I can re-read the chapter a thousand times and still end in aww.
When I was seven, there came a huge circus in our town, they staged there for a week and showed us the world that we never imagined. For all the seven days, I roamed around the circus, the backstage, the front gate, the horse stable, the ferries wheel; it enchanted me with all its magic. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern gave back all those memories that were lost somewhere in my mind. This is not a page-turner kind of book that keeps you on the edge of your seat all the time. It is a simple, slow, and shuttle story that gives you a beautiful reading experience. Though the story falls flat at times, in the end, a rush of satisfaction makes you forget every flaw. I am not very much a fan of Young Adult Novel, but this one steals the show.
Kafka on the
shore has a love-hate relation with so many people and I truly get it. Writing
of Murakami can be frustrating at points but in an extraordinary way. This was
my first book in Murakami world and the more I read his books the more I feel
grateful. This book gave me a character that I will love for life 'Nakata' and
Nakata was the sole reason I prefer this book over Norwegian woods. I always
recommend this book to everyone, because I desperately want them to love this
book as I do.
P.S. Please bear with the first 50 pages, it might take
its own time.
I am a really big
crybaby. But, believe me, I have not cried on any other books than I have on
this. Laila and Mariam nowhere fell like a fictional character. They are
extremely well thought and well-written characters, you see the entire
narrative standing with them, in their room, their home, and their journey. The
only thing that I could chant over and over again when I was reading this book
was "Please God, Spare them". This is how much you get invested. I
don't think this book has any flaws from the beginning to end, and NOONE can
convince me otherwise.
P.S. I will always be grateful to you Abdulla-Al-Arif
(misti) for gifting me this.
Some books make it to everyone’s favorites’ or everyone’s reading list. I guess The ALCHEMIST is one of them. It gained a lot of sensation when numerous well-known people and celebrities were found reading it. This book is the ultimate tale of what one truly wishes in life, represented beautifully through the character Santiago, the shepherd boy. This book single-handedly made me read all other books written by Paulo Coelho. (I still have few left). I don’t want to give any spoiler but when you read the narrative of the pyramid, you don’t read it, you see it.
When I was wondering what might be my beloved Nepali Literature, I was a little skeptical between Pagal Basti and Karnali Blues. But, Pagal Basti made it to the top because it resonates with my soul. It is such an offbeat narrative that opens a wide ray of imagination. Pagal Basti i.e mad person society is a utopian society in a dystopian world. At times, Galileo, Aristotle, da Vinci, Jesus, Buddha all were considered mad, as they though a little different from the society. This book roams around the same notion of MADNESS, that our society will never accept.
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― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
"Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
"You are what you believe yourself to be” ― The Witch of Portobello
"The secret of life is to fall seven times and to get up the eighth time
― The Alchemist
“Marriage can wait, education cannot.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
There is only one sin, and that is theft when you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth.
―The kite runner
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