Next Read: The Shadow of the Wind

It is nice to be back into reading again. But what’s nicer is to have friends who won’t only tell you how to get rid of blackheads effectively but also recommend what books are good reads.

As suggested by my friend, Kaje, I will start reading “The Shadow of the Wind” by Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafón. I just finished Jodi Picoult’s “Keeping Faith” and I can say that I like it though the ending did confuse me. Haha! (And according to Kaje, The Shadow if the Wind is as confusing as well. Oh well!)

Synopsis:
The novel, set in post–Spanish Civil War Barcelona, concerns a young boy, Daniel. Just after the war, Daniel's father takes him to the secret Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a huge library of old, forgotten titles lovingly preserved by a select few initiates. According to tradition, everyone initiated to this secret place is allowed to take one book from it, and must protect it for life. Daniel selects a book called The Shadow of the Wind by Julián Carax. That night he takes the book home and reads it, completely engrossed. Daniel then attempts to look for other books by this unknown author, but can find none. All he comes across are stories of a strange man – calling himself Laín Coubert, after a character in the book who happens to be the Devil – who has been seeking out Carax's books for decades, buying them all and burning them. He is really Julian Carax.