The Shadow of the Wind

(The Cemetery Of Forgotten Books, in Spanish)

Author - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Genre - Fiction, Thriller, Adventure, Modern Classic

Source - Audiobook

Rating - 4

January 2015 (started ages back)

Magnificent. Sprawling. Meandering. Rambling. Confusing. Contradictory. Infuriating. Grandiose.
Doomed, defeated, flawed characters. Caricatures. Swathed in Black and White.
This is the novel that Dumas, were he alive today, would have written. and Dumas is (almost) the reason I read.
So... so read. It's a 3.8 on 5 that I will recommend more highly than most 4.8s.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Author - Mary Ann Shaffer and Angie Barrows

Genre - Fiction, World War II

Source - Print

Rating - 4

January 2015

May all books have a soul like The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society.
I have become choosy and selective in my appraisal. Maybe even a bit snooty. That's the only reason I can think of why I would not rate this a 5. But I didn't. 
But read. Do read. 

Pride and Prejudice

Author - Jane Austen

Genre - Romance, Classic, Society

Source - Audiobook

Rating - 5

March 2013

Beautiful. I read (listened to) this with a lot of apprensions - I don't like classics per se - but really, this is beautiful. It did not move me, it did not embrace me with its language; but all that is trivia. It engaged me. It was 14 and a half hours well spent.

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Author - Rachel Cohn, David Levithan
Genre - YA, fiction, romance,

Source - Online
Rating - 4 (almost 5)

Oct 2012