I am 6 days late to post this blog but nevertheless better late than never. This is the first time I am posting any TBR blog. Usually, I pick up the book which comes up next in my mind after finishing one book but I believe even though there are slight deviations from the plan it is good to plan ahead.
So, below are the books I plan to read this month:
So, I finished my first book of Harry Potter series: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. I have really mixed feeling about this book. I neither liked it too much nor hated it.
The plot was built nicely unfolding the magical world of Hogwarts and fascinating the reader with each turning chapter. The magical fortress of Hogwarts, the sorting ceremony, the Quidditch match everything was so enchanting; I wonder why an eleven-year-old won’t wait for his invitation letter for admission in Hogwarts. I really admire how Rowling has meticulously imagined this whole magical world. This world has its own government, railway station, bank, market, and school. The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where the central part of the story is weaved, has been imagined with its own rules, house system, classes, boring subjects, assignments, and exams all very similar to our normal world yet so different that every kid wishes to be enrolled there.
Yes, you read it right. I am a 27-year-old adult and I am guilty of not reading Harry Potter yet. I have read it in bits and parts like the summary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire from an e-book and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in Hindi. But I have never read the complete series.
So, two question arises why I have shunned myself from this magical world for which the whole world is going crazy and what inspired me to pick it up this time.
When the morning stars begin to fade,
All the laziness begin to invade,
Moving hands to search the phone,
I wish you were here..
Mythology has always been close to my heart from the days of my childhood when my grandmother used to tell me the stories. On weekends I used to get up early only to make sure that I don’t miss the series of Ramanand Sagar. I guess it was the budding of my love for stories which has shaped my personality today.
I have always felt that Mahabharata is one of the most well-written stories of all times. An array of characters intertwined in a complex plot; yet when everything unwinds itself at the end you remain dumbstruck at the each unfolding.
“Ten little soldier boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine.
Nine little soldier boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight.
Eight little soldier boys travelling in Devon; One said he’d stay there and then there were seven.
Seven little soldier boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.
Six little soldier boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.
Five little soldier boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four.
Four little soldier boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.
Three little soldier boys walking in the Zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two.
Two little soldier boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one.
One little soldier boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were none.”
Sparkling eyes looking into distance,
Trying to find what may have lost its persistence
Lying in the deep, buried deep by time
Dig deeper and it will rise and rise..
