Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Sunday, July 31, 2011

14. Books I Bought This Week

They will help me survive my long flight )

1. Louisa May Alcott - Little Women.
This is a lovely and heart rending tale about the March family--a family who loses its wealth and gains much more--love and unity. Young girls are only human, and they have a natural yearning for worldly possessions. It is up to them how they cope with it, which brings us back to the March girls. Their desire to help others even when they don't have much themselves is indeed remarkable. This book shows how in all times, love and hope are the most faithful companions, for when all else fails ... we can depend on them. Honest and true intentions are really the most valuable possessions one can have. And this novel shows us the beauty of simplicity and the importance of the small human deeds that count even though they cannot be visibly seen. Some might not like this story but the unique thing about it is that it is based on a completely true story of Louisa M. Alcott's own life. The unlikely twists in this story make it only more human, since we are humans and we cannot evade such scenes in our life.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

10. Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World ♥

   This wаs thе first Murаkami bоok I reаd, it wаs summеr 2009. I wаs astonishеd by thе dеpth of the imаgination. In Murakаmi's bоoks evеn ordinаry things cаn hаve a tоtally diffеrent mеaning аnd cаn bе sеen frоm an unеxpected аngle.

“Even if no one would miss me, even if I left no blank space in anyone's life, even if no one noticed, I couldn't leave willingly. Loss was not a skill, not a measure of life. And yet I still felt like I had something to lose.”
— Haruki Murakami, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World