Foot and Fire

The Book Thief Markus Zusak 2005, Fiction for Young Readers I finished the book because I loved the title, and was so interested with anything about holocaust although it was a plain pain on my ass. Congratulations to me! I find the short title intro at the start of the chapter of the author so distracting and unnecessary, and irritating. I have not seen the movie but I guess the movie (2013) will be a joy to watch. But don’t blame the book. It just made way to me when I am already into nonfiction, and after reading everything I can reach about the holocaust. Minus that short title part, this book is a highly recommended read to young readers as introduction to the infamous era in the history of our civilization. Films like Life is beautiful (1999) Italian film, Schindler’s List, and Left Luggage (1997) Dutch film and books, The Diary of Anne Frank and It happened in Italy come flooding to mind. N.B. Watched the film later and I decided that I loved the book ...

The Time Traveler’s Wife By Audrey Niffenegger 2003, debut novel I saw this movie (2009) a long time ago and wanted to read the book right away. The story line is so compelling that I wanted to deeply connect with the book from which the movie was based. It appears that this was the debut novel of the author, and I admired her writing more for a very good start. I have not yet checked whether she has other titles under her name. I am so drunken by the no-fuss storytelling of a raw love story tested by instability, time and faith. I love how the author used the storytelling through the eyes of the two main characters, Clare and Henry. It was a complete love story from childhood up to old age of Clare. I love the poems sprinkled along the way as I read. I love how science was used in order not to make this one a magical realism. I love the rawness of the language employed by the author. She made me feel that these two people are in love like other humans, only challenged b...