I am way behind on my reading posts so trying to get these ones out on a random day in the middle of the week instead of the weekly post. The introduction post will tell you everything you need to know about these monthly reading posts. This was an odd month for me – mostly non-fiction which isn’t my usual reading list. I quite love non-fiction but it isn’t very often that I read so much non-fiction and especially read more non-fiction compared to fiction. Also, the non-fiction I read this month was more enjoyable than the fiction.
Fiction
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The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett 2/5
Nope. Didn’t like this. Disliked it as much as I loved her first book, The Appeal. I don’t know why this didn’t work for me. It didn’t work for DJ either and we both really loved her first book.
All of Halett’s book have a novel way of writing. The first one, the Appeal which I loved was written via emails between the characters. This one is through transcripts of audio tapes. So first off itself, I didn’t like the medium. To make it authentic, the transcripts had spelling mistakes or sometimes words were just spelt phonetically. I get the idea but it made reading it much more difficult and sometimes, quite annoying. And honestly, the plot was just not as interesting for me. The first book was based within a small community so you really understood the characters but I found the plot in this book much more difficult to follow.
Non-fiction
2. Diary of a Secret Tory MP by the Secret Tory 3/5
I do follow this account on Twitter and its equal parts horrifying and funny and depressing, similar to the book. It a good book, the voice translates well to the book from the tweets but keeping in mind current events it does become quite a depressing read. The satire is funny and its a good peek into the world of absolutely unscrupulous Tory politicians.
3. Nasty, Brutish and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with Kids by Scott Hershovitz 5/5
I picked up this book since it intrigued me. Philosophy from a child’s per
spective isn’t something I had read about or heard about and philosophy as a subject is something I am fascinated with. This is also a good book for someone interested in starting out with basic theories of philosophy. In essence, it is probably the funnest book on philosophy you will read.
4. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jenette Mc Curdy 5/5
I admit I downloaded this book on my library app after I heard all the buzz – a lot of which was related to the intriguing title. I had no idea who the writer was. We didn’t really get these shows in India so totally missed this whole phase of children’s shows.
The book was totally worth the hype even for someone without any background or interest in the writer’s life. It is written with such honesty but also surprisingly, without judgement. Its very factual and the writer discusses events in her life and then her feelings about these events. The sometimes soul crushing and heart breaking thing that happen feel like such a contrast to the matter of fact way she has written it – its genius.
Due to all the royal scandal and drama, there has been a lot of conversation about toxic families and parents and this book really shows a very interesting perspective of that problem, especially one we don’t usually get to see in our society.
– Anisha
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