'The Perks Of Being A Wallflower' by Stephen Chbosky

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower is so far one of my favorite books.

The main story is based on a young freshman at high school. He is a quite an unusual protagonist; emotional and sensitive in spite of only being a teenage boy. He leads an antisocial life until he meets two siblings who become his best friends; Sam and Patrick. The entire book is written in Letters addressed to 'a friend'. He changes the name of the characters in the book for anonymous reasons. The book is essentially about important events and situations 'Charlie' deals with daily. The book investigates both the subject of abuse and awkward teenage situations.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend this book to anyone who is amused by the trials and tribulations of being a teenager.

"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky

Recently, I started reading the book, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. This novel is narrated by a teen boy named Charlie and shows parts of his life by writing anonymous letters to a person he doesn't know. This book shows the life of teenagers and human personality theories.

Charlie is a freshman in high school. A few month before school started, his best friend Michael committed suicide and he has no one else to talk to and he feels as if no one else understands him. By the end of the book, he learns that he can go through life because he is a wallflower.

Through his letters, he expresses how it feels like to fall in love, adolescent life, and much more. By the end of the book we see how much Charlie has grown and how he learns how to deal with life.

1984 George Orwell

I was in the library the other day when a book catches my eye. 1984 there stood with big, bold red letters. It made me stop and think, what happened in 1984? I personally love history, so curiously I picked up the book and read the blob.
As far as I understood, a man starts a journal, on his thoughts about "the Party", where he writes his rebellious thoughts against them. If this journal was found, it would result in his execution.
I still am not 100% aware of the story line of the book, but it seems very interesting. I am suggesting it as a class book, or else, I shall get it myself as my next reading book!

The meaning of things

I think that this title "Applying Philosophy to Life" is one that suits this book quite well. This book helps us understand many things about life. This book also gives us definitions such as a definition of the word Betrayal, that there can be no betrayal without pre-existing trust.
This book helps us apply a philosophical point of view to life.
I found this book very helpful and very interesting to read. This book, however, had some very difficult passages to comprehend but if we stick to it long enough, we can grasp the knowledge that A C Grayling is trying to express.This book took me a while to get through and it is still unfinished but that is the beauty of this book, the fact that you do not have to read the little chapters in any order whatsoever, you just have to read what interests you and what you feel like reading.
Overall, if you enjoy reading about philosophy and actually having to think about the content, then this is a very good book.

The Arabian Nights

The Arabian Nights is a book which holds short stories that have been passed on for centuries. I am currently reading the story called "The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree, and the Golden Water." It is a story about jealousy, greed, and nagging dissatisfaction which leads to the death of many people. The main story is about three things; a talking bird, singing tree, and golden water. A girl who hears of these three prizes becomes obsessed with the thought of having them. In order to satisfy her wants, her brothers set out for them. However, they are killed due to black magic. So the girl goes out for herself and finds the talking bird which then leads her to the singing tree and golden water. However, the story continues because the girl does not yet seemed satisfied. I have not yet finished the story, but have read up to where she returns home with her prizes.
The collection of stories in the Arabian Nights are mesmerizing and paint a picture in my mind as I read them. - Beatrice de Vaulx

The Betrayal Update

In my last post I spoke about my current reading book, The Betrayal.
As I mentioned the book is a continuation of the first, The Siege. Now, The Siege takes place during the war, as it comes and goes, and The Betrayal is once the war was over. But still under the rein of Stalin, there are many lies yet to be uncovered.

Andrei is a doctor, he mostly works with children. One day, his colleague tells him about a new patient, a patients whose name, is one of those you don't need to repeat twice. The child is the only one of a very important family. Anna, Andrei's wife, also works at the children's section of the hospital, she is very busy, and she is mad, because their son, Koyla, is out, and seems to have no care in the world, yet she is not really mad at him, but rather at herself. She longs for spending more time with Andrei, and she feels as if she is being pulled in half by the two. She was offered to take another job, but she would have to have extra schooling hours, onto the long working hours. She does not know what way to go yet.
A Ball is approaching, both Andrei and Anna are looking forward, (and so am I!).

The book is simply genius, I love the way it is written, it is very hard to put down at times. I am exited to read on, and find out more about this mysterious patient, and the Ball which is soon to take place.

Tender Is The Night

I have started reading an interesting book called 'Tender Is The Night' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is a modern classic set in the 1920s, genred as a fictional autobiographical novel. I have just started and am already enjoying it immensely. So far the main character, Rosmary, a famous actress has taken a trip with her mother to the south of France, Cannes. They are staying at a glamorous hotel and Rosemary is adapting to the place perfectly.
It is beautifully written and I am excited to read on.