Thoughts of a Book Boozer.

Seldom do I find myself relating to a character or getting attached to a fictional character as I did with Natasha. The 17 year old who arrived from Jamaica ten years ago, and tonight she might leave the USA forever. Daniel, the male protagonist who believes in love and poetry but is being pushed by his parents for something he doesn't aspire to become meets Natasha who believes in science and facts who have a total of twelve hours to meet , get to know each and maybe fall in love, beyond their differences. Natasha who refuses to believe in the concept of love and destiny changes when a part of her wants to believe in them as she gets to know Daniel. Whereas Daniel who believed in love, starts believing that none of it exists and that it's all just merely a game of chemicals .The spark between them is undeniable which makes it so much more fascinating. The book is different in every possible way, be it the style of writing, the construction of the book, the fact that we ha...

Shantaram is one of the books which was on my bookshelf which has been there for as long as I can remember and I always wondered just by looking at the size of it as it's a 933 page long read , how one could write such a long book , I recently read it and I understood that only a man with such a wide variety of experiences in his life could write it . The book is about an Australian convict and heroin addict who escapes from Pentridge Prison and flees to India who then resides in a slum hoping he wouldn't be noticed which later turns into a failure as he is soon recognized for his medical talents and approached by the local mafia. It's a book full of emotions, colors,   grief of loss , cruelty and love . The main character , Lin describes India so specifically that though being an Indian   , I had the opportunity to discover India in a completely different way. The author draws the readers into a stuffy atmosphere in Mumbai and loses in it. The book does not skip penur...