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Jan'22 to Mar'22 Wrap up!!

Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings:

Like all of my favourite epic fantasies this also starts with a lot of worldbuilding exposition. It might sound off putting at first but here it was the best part. The main character Gairon has a great charcter arc, but I suppose it'll be better in the next.Love the sardonic and witty Silk with his sarcastic comments. The writing is lucid and overall it's a very comfortable, beautiful book. Looking forward to read more.

Hagseed by Margaret Atwood:

This is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's the tempest. It's a very fast paced read though it may not look like so. Felix Phillips has been removed as the Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival and we follow his quest to exact revenge. Some of my favourite parts in the book include the sessions in the prison where the inmates discuss The Tempest and share their own opinions of the characters, their motivations and what might have happened to them after the end of the play. I think the story dragged a bit. But it's still a very good retelling of the tempest. 

A hat full of sky by Terry Pratchett:

It's a magical adventure, absolutely, but it's also very touching and poignant and says a lot of things that I could have stood to hear when I was Tiffany's age and feeling the same anxieties about being a bad person as she is in this book. It's not a short book, but it feels short because the story just flies by. It doesn't feel rushed or even like there's a lot happening, it's just the kind of story you devour. It also has one of those false endings where it seems everything is pretty much wrapped up but there's still two hours of book to go, which was absolutely delightful. Maybe I should've read Wee free men before. Eh,I will do it now.
 

Tiger hills by Sarita Madanna:

As a rule I tend to avoid books with a sad story and no fantasy elements because they leave me feeling unsettled and depressed. Maybe that's the reason I don't read a lot of historical fiction especially when it's so close to home.I still couldn't stop reading this, it did leave me in a reading slump though. Also I couldn't stop myself comparing this with a Village by the sea by Anita Desai.

A Mind for Numbers, by Barbara Oakley:

Barbara Oakley is one of the instructors of Coursera’s highly popular and top-rated Learning How to Learn course. In her book, which equally teaches you how to learn, she lays the focus on math and the sciences. Over the course of 250 pages, she takes the reader through different concepts related to studying.It’s a good recommendation for anyone active (either as a student or teacher) in these fields. However, the ideas contained within are relevant for anybody from any domain; the presented techniques apply to everybody’s learning.

We develop a passion for what we are good at. The mistake is thinking that if we aren’t good at something, we do not have and can never develop a passion for it.

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