NADIA SCRIBBLES

BOOKED!

I love the library! (yep, I was one of those bookworms with glasses at school.) While reading was just a hobby as a child, I began to understand the power of words when I first read about ‘book burning’ as a symbolic ritual carried out through history and to date. The bookphobics knew that people die, but ideologies don’t. We read, we think, we question, we argue, and we disagree. When we aren’t heard, we write. Because the written word is eternal, timeless, and never forgotten.

As Oscar Wilde said in “The Picture of Gray” which fought censorships and bans,

“The books that the world call immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.”

Recommending a few of the books I’ve read.

I read fiction and particularly enjoy historical fiction (set against the backdrop of true events). This list is constantly updated.

  1. Oscar de Muriel – Strings of Murder, A Mask of Shadows, Loch of the Dead, A Fever of the Blood. A series of engaging thrillers with inspectors Frey and McGray in the lead – one stubbornly practical and the other obsessed with superstition – set in Victorian England.
  2. The Red-Haired Woman by Orhan Pamuk: An emotionally-charged and beautifully sketched-out father-son relationship.
  3. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain: A historical fiction on Ernest Hemingway’s first marriage to Hadley Richardson. A mesmerizing, vibrant romance explained artistically and gracefully.
  4. The Nightwatchman’s Occurrence Book: And Other Comic Inventions by V.S. Naipaul: (If you have a literary sense of humor and satire, you’d love this one).
  5. The Lions of The Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis: A brilliantly written historical fiction that highlights the significance of rare books, the struggle of women to assert their rights, and family secrets set in the New York City Public Library during the 1900s.
  6. The Paper Wife by Laila Ibrahim: A fiction inspired by true events set in 1923 China and California narrating the hardships faced by Chinese immigrants who come to America in pursuit of a better life, and the dangerous uncertainty looming over Chinese women immigrants in a foreign land.
  7. The Florios of Sicily by Stefanie Auci: A historical fiction based on true stories of the famous (or infamous) Florio family in Sicily. The book is character-driven and revolves around members of the Florio family, their grueling journey from rags to riches, desires, passion, and revenge.

Who am I?

A silent wanderer in the wilderness of words, I breathe because I write, garden because I breathe, and read to be free. I’m a bibliophile and a foodaholic cooking at www.cukzy.com.

What I’m Reading (Nov, 2022) : The Winners by Fredrik Backman

 

Here is a List of Books I recommend.

I love the library! (yep, I was one of those bookworms with glasses at school.) While reading was just a hobby as a child, I began to understand the power of words when I first read about ‘book burning’ – an act to impose censorship, erase history, curtail freedom, and control dissent. But here we are, criticizing book burning & celebrating the freedom to read.

As Oscar Wilde said in “The Picture of Gray” which fought censorship and bans, “The books that the world call immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.”