The World Book Day and The Copyright day have been celebrated on April 23 every year. It is also a birth date for Shakespeare, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo. So, April 23rd is the special day for the world literature and the book lovers. In this day, I have conducted a small survey on Youth's choice of reading. Here are the list of books and the reasons for their choice. The list is based on my circle and surroundings.
1. The Girl Who Knew Too Much by Vikrant Khanna
Reason: A friend of mine bought that and it s a fantasy.
2. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Reason: It's a life changing book.
3. The Idiot by Elif Batuman
Reason: The protagonist is a literature student and a ESL teacher.. through her we can learn about fiction, movies, linguistics, etc.
4. Around the world in eighty days by Julian Vernes
Reason: I've learnt that we have to cherish the present moment.We have to go with the flow instead of being so much so methodical in whatever we look. for. The protoganist in the novel is very calculative and methodical in his approach towards his life.As a result, he fails to enjoy the life..He won't do any fruitful things either to him or to the society. We must go with the flow of life. The more we are systematical the greater our chance to become far from the nature and practicality.
5. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Reason: It depicts the relationship between the rich and poor. Especially love not because of money or lust
6. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanidhi
Reason: It is raw
7. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Reason: Because of its Language and Narrative style.
8. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Reason: It describes that life is a circle. One, who wins, may lose sometimes. Failures will make us stronger
9. What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaveera
Reason: Felt like reflection of my life. I cried and laughed with it. It created a sense of belonging.
10. My professor's choice is Animal Farm by George Orwell.
11. Some people's choice is David Copperfield and Dracula.
12. My personal choice is to read Agatha Christie's works. I like And Then There Were None.
Reason: Most of the times people who committed terrific crimes are punished. The main reason for committing big crimes is minor mistake due to laziness or small things. This novel says even that kind of people also would be punished. But, there is no Hercule Poirot in this crime thriller.
Hey.. where are you going?? Oh! to buy these books... Ha.. Ha.. So nice of you..
Have a happy reading
1. The Girl Who Knew Too Much by Vikrant Khanna
Reason: A friend of mine bought that and it s a fantasy.
2. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Reason: It's a life changing book.
3. The Idiot by Elif Batuman
Reason: The protagonist is a literature student and a ESL teacher.. through her we can learn about fiction, movies, linguistics, etc.
4. Around the world in eighty days by Julian Vernes
Reason: I've learnt that we have to cherish the present moment.We have to go with the flow instead of being so much so methodical in whatever we look. for. The protoganist in the novel is very calculative and methodical in his approach towards his life.As a result, he fails to enjoy the life..He won't do any fruitful things either to him or to the society. We must go with the flow of life. The more we are systematical the greater our chance to become far from the nature and practicality.
5. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Reason: It depicts the relationship between the rich and poor. Especially love not because of money or lust
6. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanidhi
Reason: It is raw
7. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Reason: Because of its Language and Narrative style.
8. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Reason: It describes that life is a circle. One, who wins, may lose sometimes. Failures will make us stronger
9. What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaveera
Reason: Felt like reflection of my life. I cried and laughed with it. It created a sense of belonging.
10. My professor's choice is Animal Farm by George Orwell.
11. Some people's choice is David Copperfield and Dracula.
12. My personal choice is to read Agatha Christie's works. I like And Then There Were None.
Reason: Most of the times people who committed terrific crimes are punished. The main reason for committing big crimes is minor mistake due to laziness or small things. This novel says even that kind of people also would be punished. But, there is no Hercule Poirot in this crime thriller.
Hey.. where are you going?? Oh! to buy these books... Ha.. Ha.. So nice of you..
Have a happy reading
Super bro.i had read in an article that most of the ppl around the world fail to go for jogging just bcoz there is no company for them.Likewise, in order to taste any art form for that matter we need a initial push.ofcourse sharing and caring is literature.let us be proid to be literature students.surely i will read all the above books.keep up the good work anna
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