The book focuses on two main characters , a father and a daughter . The father , Fergus Boggs is a man full of secrets and have a love for marbles while his daughter Sabrina is a woman who lives a monotonous life filled with sighs and looking after her three children . It shows how the father loses his memories and the daughter goes on to find one of her father's most precious possessions , marbles and is then embarks on the search of finding the remaining marbles . 

The books rapidly shifts continuously on both the characters , the life of Fergus as the marble collector from his childhood era and the life of his daughter and her quest to find the marbles . 

The book begins with prologue that narrated by the daughter . She talks about how she have this knack for remembering things others have forgotten and how she remembers all the dramatic moments when people around her showed the part they have always hidden . The thing that triggered me to read the book is in the end of the prologue where  Sabrina is quoted saying, ‘That part of us is present the whole time ,lying dormant ,just waiting for its moment to be revealed . Including me .’

Rating : 10/10

This book follows the female character, Thea Hughes, an effervescent artist, a girl who suffers from the world’s second worst documented case of amnesia after a dreadful car accident. Due to the amnesia, Thea’s memory only lasts for five minutes and when those precious minutes go by, her brain automatically resets, erasing everything she has learnt or met with during those five minutes. Her life is reduced to scribbling with pens and paper, living an empty, quiet life, three hundred seconds at a time. Until....   

Every drawing was an Egyptian scene, with every image crafted out of words. Chains of words. Pointillism paintings made of letters instead of dots. And at the end of every word chain, a repetition. The theme. The period at the end of Thea’s sentences.
Carried Buried bury born torn mourn moan loan alone lone lonely lonely lonely

I give this book  9.5/10

The author Suzanne Collins has mixed both classical and modern elements to produce this story with her unique imprint. The Hunger Games combines elements of an intense survival adventure with a story of friendship and love. But the book is more than a page-turner with a strong, appealing heroine. 

I give this book an 8/10

The Hunger Games is a powerful and often disturbing story that is sure to spark intense discussion not just about Katniss Everdeen’s world.

 

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends.  Starr becomes entangled in a national news story after she witnesses a white police officer shoot and kill her childhood friend, Khalil. She speaks up about the shooting in increasingly public ways, and social tensions culminate in a riot after a grand jury decides not to indict the police officer for the shooting. Facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and decide to stand up for what's right.

I absolutely adored this book. I truly don't feel like it has a single flaw. Every topic addressed was approach so wonderfully and did not hold back. I would give this book 10/10 because it covers all the issues a person of color goes through in day to day life.  This novel is fueled by vividly drawn characters and large themes of systemic racism and speaking truth to power. Especially memorable is Starr’s fierce, sometimes sharply humorous first-person voice as she reflects on things including politics and her loving, strong-willed parents.

Author- Berlie Doherty

Based on a true story, an awarding winning novel, set on the stages of 1860’s in London this breathtaking story takes you through the journey of a little boy, Jim Jarvis.

The beginning of the story itself is an eye catching cliché and when the reader slowly tries to understand about what is going on more of the dark secrets are revealed. From the title one could make out what the story is about, but what makes the story interesting is not just the figure of speeches used by the author and the brilliant dialogue delivery but also the real emotions connected with each character.

The readers can develop as much as hate for one character and they might just fall in love with another. All the emotions bought out by the author, whether be it sorrow, mild happiness, shock, anger and jealousy have been perfectly combined and put in to the story so as to give the readers a taste of everything.

The actions and thrills and twist and turns bought about during the escape journey have been merged very well and the reader could relate one incidence to another.

All in all the book gives you a complete rollercoaster ride, taking you up and down with a little jiggle and fear down your tummy. One of my most highly recommended novels. Along with the novel I would also recommend to read ‘Far From Home’ which tells you about the journey of the two sisters of the protagonist.

Ratings: 9.5/10

-Dhanvi Nautiyal