Shatter Me

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Plot-wise, not the most thrilling but -
the language that Taherah used is beautiful. The emotion that accompanies the words and sentences is powerful, raw and I cried, no joke. This story depicts a girl who is trapped inside her own mind and has suppressed herself and her potential all her life just because she was condemned by society as a pariah and an outcast. Metaphorically, I believe that we all feel that way sometimes. I certainly do which is why I resonated strongly with Juliette's thoughts. Oh, I could go on and on about what I love about this series but I'll leave it here and carry on with my chemistry revision.

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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Lynne Truss is a lady of eloquent humour, and filled with passion to defend the one thing she cares about most in her life - Punctuation. She brings those squiggly bits of ink do-dos to life and breathes meaning and personality into each of their uses. She also shares interesting and comical anecdotes such as Roger Casement being 'hung on a comma' and Anton Chekhov's parody of a Christmas carol 'The Exclamation Mark'. As someone whose first language is English, and has spent the past 18 years of her life using this language most lavishly and extensively, I am glad that I had learned quite a fair bit about the technicalities of punctuation, as well as some new words (Truss is not afraid to showcase her verbal prowess) such as sententious, catharsis, perspicuity, puritanical, logorrhoeic, idiosyncratic, desultory and palaver. Yes, I wrote them all down and imprinted them into my head. An enlightening read!

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The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

One word: genius
I love this series because firstly, it is highly insightful as in Dan Brown takes the readers on a journey back in time to take a closer look at Da Vinci's dark side of the moon, per say. This book is highly informative and educational - my kind of a history lesson - and coupled with a brilliant plot with a creative plot twist, this book combines both history and adventure. The hidden secrets and cryptic aspects of Da Vinci's work, as well as the existence of the Priory of Sion are fascinating, though readers should be advised to take it all in with a pinch of salt. Who doesn't love a conspiracy?

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