At the time I’m writing this post the two last books I’ve read are The Sea and The Narrow Road to the Deep North, both of which are Booker Prize winners. That’s perhaps the most striking memory I have of her.ģ. My flatmate, whom I rarely saw throughout my 2nd year, said it is her favourite book. I guess that’s why I took so long to decide to read it, just as I did with The Outsider. Published a very long time ago, it is one of the rare Folio editions that do not have any illustration. I bought this second-hand Folio edition a little before going to university. I Know Why the Caged Birds Sing – Maya Angelou Oddly enough, it was one of my first Folio books, way back in 2013! Somehow I overlooked it for other more appealing books at that time. I still haven’t got around to reading ” L’Etranger”. Still on course to catch up with my reading this year, I will try to finish these 4 books by early August: Instead of exhibiting acceptance at life’s events and an awareness of what would come, I questioned things and didn’t see how they were falling into place. Far from it, being in my early twenties at the time, I lived life as it came I drew a line between fiction and my life. That is not to say that I fared exceptionally well thanks to what I learnt. You will have all kinds of things come your way, and somehow, they are all parts of life’s greater designs. And my main takeaway from this book is you have to accept things as they come. I read Of Human Bondage when I was twenty, months before I set off for university – which was going to be the most determining part of my life. The book is mammoth-sized, and I remember how deeply satisfied I was upon finishing it. From then on, we’ll follow him as he goes through life and meets a variety of people. It tells the story of Philip Carey who has just lost his mother. Yet this book feels intimate as few books can. In view of all that, Of Human Bondage doesn’t quite fit the bill.
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