Nowadays with all the short form content such as Youtube shorts, Instagram Reels and Tiktok available our attention spans have become lesser as time passes. The easiest way and one of the cheapest ways to relax in my opinion is to cozy up with our blankets and read a good book. The thrill of reading a coming-of-the-age romance novel or reading an absolutely brutal murder mystery can’t be understated. I have listed some of my favorites down below and the reasons I love them.
I really do enjoy reading a good book in silence, it feels as though time is at a standstill and I have turned 10 years younger. As an avid reader of many genres this is one of the best books I have read that makes me feel warm and makes me question in awe and imagination:
The Moonstone (Collector’s Library Classics)
On her eighteenth birthday, Rachel Verinder, a young Englishwoman, receives an inheritance of a big Indian diamond. Her uncle, a dishonest British army commander who fought in India, left her this inheritance. The diamond is incredibly expensive and holds enormous religious importance. Three Hindu priests have devoted their life to locating and reclaiming it. The narrative includes details of the Kohinoor’s fabled beginnings. Rachel’s cousin Franklin Blake attends a lavish celebration held to commemorate her eighteenth birthday. That evening, she wears the Moonstone on her dress so that everyone may see it, including several visiting Indian jugglers. Later that evening, there follows a time of upheaval, sadness, miscommunications, and bad luck after the diamond is taken from Rachel’s bedroom. The intricate tale follows the ensuing attempts to locate the stone, identify the thief, and explain the theft. It is told through a succession of narratives from some of the main characters.
Khaled Hosseini considers main themes to be love, suffering, and familial affection. “The heart of the book” is the separation of Abdullah and Pari, the two siblings. Both then turn into “victims of the passage of time”: Pari, who is younger and able to move on from her brother’s death, becomes a victim of time, while Abdullah, who is older and remembers Pari, suffers from her loss for the majority of his life. But at the end of the novel, Pari finds out that she was adopted and that Abdullah is her brother. When she finds him in the US, she finds out that he has Alzheimer’s and has forgotten about her.
The mystery and the adventure of the books remains a classic throughout time and time can’t break the influence of the fun I had reading this book! These are the must reads, heavily recommended 😉
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