Switched back to Blogger

I’m very sorry to confuse everyone, but I’ve switched back to my previous blog on Blogger again. http://zawan.blogspot.com/   I won’t erase this one though (wordpress), just in case.

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The Reader – Bernhard Schlink

The Reader is a book by the German author, Bernhard Schlink. On his way to school, a 15-year old ill with hepatitis named Michael throws up and is assisted by a stranger old enough to be his mother. After Michael gets better and pays a visit to the stranger, whose name is Hanna, he and [...]

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a new home

I haven’t been posting or responding to your comments lately because we have just moved to The United States the day before yesterday! My father and I are staying at a place called Ithaca in New York state, since he’s coming as a visiting scholar at Cornell University. I’m very excited to be here and [...]

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Hello everyone

Ok, this is going to be my new blog. I’ve imported all my previous posts from Blogger and I will continue to update this one. Zawan   note: my previous blog was http://zawan.blogspot.com/

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CNN Business Traveller: reading

This month’s edition of CNN Business Traveller (hosted by Richard Quest) is about reading and books: the things I’m most interested in! I watched it twice on TV, and it was very good. Anybody who is a traveller or an avid reader (or both) should watch this edition. It will introduce you to some historical [...]

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The Catcher in the Rye

https://www.stanfords.co.uk/stock/the-catcher-in-the-rye-129247/ Title: The Catcher in the Rye Author: J. D. Salinger In The Catcher in the Rye, an odd teenager called Holden Caulfield narrates his experiences in New York after being expelled from his fourth prep school, Pencey. Holden states that he is undergoing mental treatment, and throughout his narration he criticizes and judges people [...]

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The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini

image via wikipedia Yesterday, I finished reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, which is definitely a favorite of mine. During their childhood, Amir and Hassan shared an inseparable friendship, despite their different beliefs, ethnicity and status. Hassan is supposed to be the son of Amir’s father’s servant. After a kite fighting tournament, Amir witnesses [...]

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Love in the Time of Cholera

Buy the book at Amazon After impatiently reading the last pages, I’ve finally finished Love in the Time of Cholera. The story begins with the accidental death of Dr. Juvenal Urbino, the husband of a woman named Fermina Daza.Read my review of One Hundred Years of Solitude, by the same author.   Then it switches [...]

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A book site for teen readers

image: http://telescope0.logika.net/b/scope?u=www.teenreads.com/&c=voxwunnllvkwvykpnmqpquvpqvkztmkr TeenReads is a wonderful site for books for teens. It’s focused on the newest and latest Young Adult books with reviews and author interviews. There are lots of contests and giveaways on TeenReads. What I like the most is their ‘Ultimate Reading List‘, which includes over 300 titles of a good combination of classics, [...]

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The Thief and the Dogs

The Thief and the Dogs is a popular novel by the Egyptian author, Naguib Mahfouz. After being imprisoned for four years, Said Mahram is finally out of jail; he is seeking revenge. All those who have betrayed him are now leading their own lives.His wife and his once best-friend, Illish are now married and estranging [...]

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Dubliners – James Joyce

photo via Wordsworth-editions Dubliners is a book of 15 short stories written by James Joyce, which is about the life of middle-class people living in Dublin. It is set in a period where people were searching for a sense of identity. I thought the stories were very ironic and realistic. My favorite stories were A [...]

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