My Name is Red By Orhan Pamuk ( Winner of Nobel Prize for Literature) Published Year: 2001 Page Count: 415 pages Medium Used: Paperback Genre : Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul, Paintings, Ottoman Empire, 16th Century, Drama, Murder Mystery, Romance, 2024-read. Rating : 5/5 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 Something made me take reading this book way longer than my usual time. Its been over 10 days. But I have no regrets. I have savored every drop of this gorgeous nectar. The writing is simply superb. The prose is mesmerizing. This story comprises of a love story and a murder mystery. The writing transported me back to the time of ruling ottoman empire in Turkey. The story is narrated in first person point of view of various characters .. some of them living, some dead and some non living objects even. Orhan pamuk is the second author from Turkey I have encountered in my reading.. the first being Elif Shafak whom I have come to adore. This writing is much superior and consists of thorough investigation of the ti
Eclipse (The Twilight Saga #3) By Stephenie Meyer Published Year: 2007 Page Count : 560 pages Medium Used : Paperback Genre : Teen Drama, Young Adult, Contemporary Fiction, Vampires, Werewolves, 2024-read. Rating : 5/5 🤣🤣🤣🤣 This is the second time I am reading this book. It must have been almost a half decade since my first reading. The last time, I gave this book only a 2 point rating. I definitely liked it more now. I consider myself more evolved and discerning, compared to 5 years ago. The most notable and my favorite aspect about Stephenie Meyer's writing is how inclusive she is with all the characters. None of them are left out. She pulls all of them into the context and it gives a warm, big family feeling. I simply love this. In this book, many things are happening in Bella's life. She is nearing graduation. Her time to applying for colleges is nearing and she gets accepted for a university in Alaska. She has mentally set a date for her transformation into a v