The Reading List
By Sara Nisha Adams
369 pages
What’s it about?
Mukesh is a recent widower living in the Wembley neighborhood in West London. Although his three daughters and his three grandchildren keep an eye on him- he is lonely after the death of his wife. When he finds a copy of The Time Travelers Wife on her nightstand he decides to try reading a few pages- after all his late wife loved to read. He soon finds himself involved in someone else’s story and he forgets his troubles for a time. He decides to try another book at his local library. He meets 17-year-old Aleisha who is working the front desk as a summer job. Aleisha (who is also not a reader) has just found a reading list in a book and decided to try reading herself. She shares the first book on the list with Makesh and they begin a book journey together.What did it make me think about?
What would your personal reading list be? I have WAY too many books I could add to a list but if I was forced to narrow it to 10 this would be it. I am sure I have forgotten one of my favorites…Favorite Books Over the Years
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Rules of Civility (or A Gentleman in Moscow) by Amor Towles
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Moshin Hamid
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Kruger
*I would be remiss not to add Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell, History of Love by Nicole Krauss, The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman, Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, and East of Eden by John Steinbeck. I could list SO many incredible books….Should I read it?
This was a sweet, heartwarming book about loneliness, and connections, and the power of stories. This novel would be a wonderful gift for anyone who believes in the power of books. I will be handing it right off to my own mom tomorrow.Quote-
“They were all her favorite books, the books she had grown up with, the books that had found her at the right time, that had given her comfort when she needed it, had given her an escape, an opportunity to live beyond her life, an opportunity to love more powerfully, a chance to open up and let people in.”What’s it about?
Mukesh is a recent widower living in the Wembley neighborhood in West London. Although his three daughters and his three grandchildren keep an eye on him- he is lonely after the death of his wife. When he finds a copy of The Time Travelers Wife on her nightstand he decides to try reading a few pages- after all his late wife loved to read. He soon finds himself involved in someone else’s story and he forgets his troubles for a time. He decides to try another book at his local library. He meets 17-year-old Aleisha who is working the front desk as a summer job. Aleisha (who is also not a reader) has just found a reading list in a book and decided to try reading herself. She shares the first book on the list with Makesh and they begin a book journey together.
What did it make me think about?
What would your personal reading list be? I have WAY too many books I could add to a list but if I was forced to narrow it to 10 this would be it. I am sure I have forgotten one of my favorites…
Favorite Books Over the Years
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Rules of Civility (or A Gentleman in Moscow) by Amor Towles
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Moshin Hamid
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Kruger
*I would be remiss not to add Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell, History of Love by Nicole Krauss, The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman, Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, and East of Eden by John Steinbeck. I could list SO many incredible books….
Should I read it?
This was a sweet, heartwarming book about loneliness, and connections, and the power of stories. This novel would be a wonderful gift for anyone who believes in the power of books. I will be handing it right off to my own mom tomorrow.
Quote-
“They were all her favorite books, the books she had grown up with, the books that had found her at the right time, that had given her comfort when she needed it, had given her an escape, an opportunity to live beyond her life, an opportunity to love more powerfully, a chance to open up and let people in.”
