Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman, Skottie Young (Illustrator)

A brilliant book for all ages by Neil Gaiman—just perfect for a quick fun read while killing time on a boring afternoon.

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami [Philip Gabriel (translator)]

Murakami is one of those authors you always hear about, either in praises by other people or in people’s to-read lists. And so, Murakami was added to my to-read list, just so I could find out what the hype is all about. I knew it wasn’t going to be a straightforward story or a simple subject, but boy did I underestimate the amount of metaphor and surrealism!

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Once upon a time long, long ago, I believed in magic and fairy tales. Not much now though… Neil Gaiman just brought back that time for me. Even if for just some time.

Books read in January

I know January is not over, but here are the three books I have read so far:

Strangeville (A review, sort of)

Have you read Strangeville by Kenneth Tingle? It is a weird sort of a book. I could not make what the book was going to be about for a very long time. Strangely, that is what kept me interested enough to read ahead. But, somehow, I feel that even the author wasn’t sure where the story was going to go …

The BookBucket Challenge!

So, turns out there is a new challenge making rounds on social networking sites. I was nominated by my friend to list ten books that I love. If I had more time I would’ve made a better list. But I don’t have all day to post the list…

Deciding on just ten books is tough, but here is the list I made…