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Year-In-Books 2017

At the start of this year, I made a challenge to myself to complete 25 books - though I covered only 21 of it, I am really proud of achieving this number. Here's the list:
  1. The Class: This marvellous piece of a book was second of Erich Segal which I read. The story of Harvard Graduates, where they started from and what they become is truly mesmerizing.
  2. The Jungle Books: The Jungle Book movie made me revisit this classic by Rudyard Kipling. A small book but it’s a feel-good read.
  3. Half Girlfriend: Once again the movie by the same name made me revisit this Entertaining novel by Chetan Bhagat. Though people may make fun of his writing, no one can argue his novels are gripping. Once started, you can’t pause without reaching the end.
  4. Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle, #4): Then after much wait, I regained my love for Fantasy and was able to complete this amazing series by Christopher Paolini. The series as a whole is good but I didn’t like the end much. It just couldn’t live up to the whole build up made, according to me.
  5. A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1): The GOT season was at its peak in Summers of 2017. Having lost a bet I had to watch the first episode of the series. Right then I realized this story needs to be lived rather than watched. And I started my journey across the Westeros.
  6. A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2): No words here the journey was just going on quite well.
  7. A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3): Again having read all these in quick succession, I have even forgotten where one ended and where another started.
  8. A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4): No new words :P
  9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1): I took a one-day break for my all time favourite series of June 26, for on this day the series became 20 years old. #HarryPotter20
  10. A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5): Finally completing the series as released till now. Eagerly waiting for the next few books, trying to save me from the Spoilers.
  11. The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, #1): Keeping up with the Fantasy world I was in, I turned to Rick Riordan. He creates a world which exists along with our own reality much like JK Rowling. The idea of a God exiled to Earth without any major powers is amazing to read.
  12. The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, #2): Apollo faces all his previous enemies with our previous heroes coming back is quite a read.
  13. Sita (Ram Chandra #2): The second book in the Ram Chandra Series by Amish Tripathi. His outlook on the Indian Mythology makes the things quite believable. And almost everyone in India knows Ramayana making it quite relatable.
  14. The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1): A new series by Rick Riordan on Norse Gods, with Thor: Ragnarok on the way, was quite engaging to read. Getting to know a little about the Norse mythology with the same old charm of Rick is quite wonderful.
  15. The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #2): Well no new words :P
  16. Wonder: Came to know about this from the movie trailer of the same name being directed by my favourite author Stephen Chbosky. The story of a young boy with facial deformity going to a real school for the first time is quite intriguing. It’s like a younger version of Perks of Being Wallflower.
  17. Mahashweta: A book by Sudha Murty, I just read it as to pass time while lying around in my lab.
  18. The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #3): The last book of the Magnus Chase trilogy, it had a predictable though good end as Rick writes quite similarly in all his works.
  19. Prizes: Then near the end of the year going back to Home and getting access to my Mom’s library. I again came across the write of The Class. This book too, has a story of three people fighting for a call from Stockholm.
  20. Man, Woman, and Child: Once again making full use of the Mom’s library. I started a smaller book from the Erich Segal’s works. I just love this Author. The book is quite gripping with a story of a child who meets his father for the first time.
  21. Doctors: At the end comes this piece of a classic. A quite large book about a batch of Harvard Med School Graduates fighting in the real world. This book made me respect the medical community a lot more than I ever did.
So these are the books I have completed so far this year. 4 more days are left, let's hope I’ll be able to complete another one 😊.
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