Anecdotes and Realizations

 "To Kill A Mockingbird". I have heard from multiple people how this book is their favourite and a must-read. This book did not give me clarity. It gave me questions to think about. It doesn't make me happy or instill faith in people, it disturbed me.  To Kill A Mockingbird touches upon those subjects which are taboo'd. Those subjects which society would consider best left alone and leave things as it is. This is because society is not ready to go through the humiliation and pain to undo what is wrong.  The story opens with tomboy Jean Louise "Scout" Finch who is six years old and her ten-year-old brother Jem Finch. Their single parent Atticus Finch is a lawyer in the small town of Maycomb. Their mother figure is a black woman, Calpurnia, who has a personal connection with the Finches. Scout dislikes school as it is holding her back from reading and tells that to Atticus. In the summer, grumpy Ms. Rachel's nephew Dill arrives who fits in with the Finches...

 My proudest moment is perhaps that I religiously maintained my list of sticky notes with the names of the books. This is my 13th year of books. I forgot the date for some , so I am just giving the names :  1 Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer Hickory Dickory Dock - Agatha Christie Asterix : All at Sea(Asterix is technically a comic book though)- Uderzo and Goscinny Asterix: Magic Carpet - Uderzo and Goscinny  Asterix: Omnibus - Uderzo and Goscinny Cat among the pigeons- - Agatha Christie The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling Passenger to Frankfurt- Agatha Christie Cards on the Table- Agatha Christie Alice in Wonderland- Lewis Carroll Through the looking glass- Lewis Carroll Artemis Fowl : The Arctic Incident- Eoin Colfer The Inimitable Jeeves- P.G. Wodehouse Appointment with Death- Agatha Christie I am Malala- Malala Yousufzai Artemis Fowl : The Eternity Code- Eoin Colfer Percy Jackson : The LIghtning Thief - Rick Riordan The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank Home to Roost- Tessa H...