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Today I completed reading the 4th book of April. Being a very slow reader, I never thought I would be able to read 4 books and more than 1000 pages in a month. When I signed up for the reading challenge, I said it would be possible for me to read only one book. This reading challenge definitely helped me read more. I'm glad I participated in this reading challenge.

A discussion on the books:

The Cat Who Saved The Library:

I read 2 psychological thrillers (The Locked Door and Tell Me Your Dreams), 1 horror-thriller (Home Before Dark), and 1 fantasy (The Cat Who Saved The Library). And as expected, I liked The Cat Who Saved The Library most. It's a sequel to the bestselling book named The Cat Who Saved Books. I liked this book so much that I couldn't wait to read the sequel. I was eagerly waiting for the release of the sequel. The sequel, The Cat Who Saved The Library, was released on 10th April of this year. Sosuke Natsukawa is such a talented author! These two books have so much depth and warmth, even though they're written in simple words. It shows that authors don't always need to use complex language to express emotions, convey their messages, write vivid descriptions, create a sense of warmth, and bring depth to books. They can make people think, and they can make people fall in love with reading. I hope Sosuke Natsukawa writes more books and they get translated into English so I can read them. I really admire Sosuke Natsukawa! Apart from being a talented author, he's a physician. He also wrote Kamisama no Karute (God's Medical Records), which was made into a movie. Many Japanese books give calm and comforting vibes, which makes them beautiful. When I read The Cat Who Saved The Library, I came to know about several books such as The Gentleman Thief (French literature), The Hollow Needle (French literature), The Moon and Sixpence (British literature), Solaris (Polish literature), and Sanshiro (Japanese literature). It's wonderful that the author mentioned many books throughout his book, therefore, a lot of readers will come to know about those books if they read his book. I'll always consider these tales of books (The Cat Who Saved Books and The Cat Who Saved The Library) to be heart-warming and entralling.

Tell Me Your Dreams:

My 2nd favourite of this month is Tell Me Your Dreams. Even though I liked The Cat Who Saved Library the most, I want to mention this book as well. I like this novel because the author explored the depths of a human being's mind beautifully in this book.

Interesting quotes from The Cat Who Saved The Library

"Words are like a telescope. They help you see the things you want to see, but they leave you blind to everything else."

"Time is crucial. Like tea – it doesn’t taste good once it’s gone cold, but if you’re in too much of a hurry to take a sip, you’ll get burned. The important thing is to relax and browse the bookshelves until the temperature is right."

Looks like I have got a few interesting reads for future.

Thank you Shirsha for the books’ recommendations

Originally posted by: Srijeeta06

Looks like I have got a few interesting reads for future.

Thank you Shirsha for the books’ recommendations

You can definitely try reading The Cat Who Saved Books and The Cat Who Saved The Library. These books are absolutely beautiful!

Originally posted by: Shirsha

Today I completed reading the 4th book of April. Being a very slow reader, I never thought I would be able to read 4 books and more than 1000 pages in a month. When I signed up for the reading challenge, I said it would be possible for me to read only one book. This reading challenge definitely helped me read more. I'm glad I participated in this reading challenge.

A discussion on the books:

The Cat Who Saved The Library:

I read 2 psychological thrillers (The Locked Door and Tell Me Your Dreams), 1 horror-thriller (Home Before Dark), and 1 fantasy (The Cat Who Saved The Library). And as expected, I liked The Cat Who Saved The Library most. It's a sequel to the bestselling book named The Cat Who Saved Books. I liked this book so much that I couldn't wait to read the sequel. I was eagerly waiting for the release of the sequel. The sequel, The Cat Who Saved The Library, was released on 10th April of this year. Sosuke Natsukawa is such a talented author! These two books have so much depth and warmth, even though they're written in simple words. It shows that authors don't always need to use complex language to express emotions, convey their messages, write vivid descriptions, create a sense of warmth, and bring depth to books. They can make people think, and they can make people fall in love with reading. I hope Sosuke Natsukawa writes more books and they get translated into English so I can read them. I really admire Sosuke Natsukawa! Apart from being a talented author, he's a physician. He also wrote Kamisama no Karute (God's Medical Records), which was made into a movie. Many Japanese books give calm and comforting vibes, which makes them beautiful. When I read The Cat Who Saved The Library, I came to know about several books such as The Gentleman Thief (French literature), The Hollow Needle (French literature), The Moon and Sixpence (British literature), Solaris (Polish literature), and Sanshiro (Japanese literature). It's wonderful that the author mentioned many books throughout his book, therefore, a lot of readers will come to know about those books if they read his book. I'll always consider these tales of books (The Cat Who Saved Books and The Cat Who Saved The Library) to be heart-warming and entralling.

Tell Me Your Dreams:

My 2nd favourite of this month is Tell Me Your Dreams. Even though I liked The Cat Who Saved Library the most, I want to mention this book as well. I like this novel because the author explored the depths of a human being's mind beautifully in this book.

Interesting quotes from The Cat Who Saved The Library

"Words are like a telescope. They help you see the things you want to see, but they leave you blind to everything else."

"Time is crucial. Like tea – it doesn’t taste good once it’s gone cold, but if you’re in too much of a hurry to take a sip, you’ll get burned. The important thing is to relax and browse the bookshelves until the temperature is right."

Beautiful quotes, Shirsha! I am adding them to my diary. And the books suggestions seem interesting. I'd love to read these Japanese books. Thank you for the wonderful recommendations across international literature. ♥️

Originally posted by: Shirsha

Today I completed reading the 4th book of April. Being a very slow reader, I never thought I would be able to read 4 books and more than 1000 pages in a month. When I signed up for the reading challenge, I said it would be possible for me to read only one book. This reading challenge definitely helped me read more. I'm glad I participated in this reading challenge.

A discussion on the books:

The Cat Who Saved The Library:

I read 2 psychological thrillers (The Locked Door and Tell Me Your Dreams), 1 horror-thriller (Home Before Dark), and 1 fantasy (The Cat Who Saved The Library). And as expected, I liked The Cat Who Saved The Library most. It's a sequel to the bestselling book named The Cat Who Saved Books. I liked this book so much that I couldn't wait to read the sequel. I was eagerly waiting for the release of the sequel. The sequel, The Cat Who Saved The Library, was released on 10th April of this year. Sosuke Natsukawa is such a talented author! These two books have so much depth and warmth, even though they're written in simple words. It shows that authors don't always need to use complex language to express emotions, convey their messages, write vivid descriptions, create a sense of warmth, and bring depth to books. They can make people think, and they can make people fall in love with reading. I hope Sosuke Natsukawa writes more books and they get translated into English so I can read them. I really admire Sosuke Natsukawa! Apart from being a talented author, he's a physician. He also wrote Kamisama no Karute (God's Medical Records), which was made into a movie. Many Japanese books give calm and comforting vibes, which makes them beautiful. When I read The Cat Who Saved The Library, I came to know about several books such as The Gentleman Thief (French literature), The Hollow Needle (French literature), The Moon and Sixpence (British literature), Solaris (Polish literature), and Sanshiro (Japanese literature). It's wonderful that the author mentioned many books throughout his book, therefore, a lot of readers will come to know about those books if they read his book. I'll always consider these tales of books (The Cat Who Saved Books and The Cat Who Saved The Library) to be heart-warming and entralling.

Tell Me Your Dreams:

My 2nd favourite of this month is Tell Me Your Dreams. Even though I liked The Cat Who Saved Library the most, I want to mention this book as well. I like this novel because the author explored the depths of a human being's mind beautifully in this book.

Interesting quotes from The Cat Who Saved The Library

"Words are like a telescope. They help you see the things you want to see, but they leave you blind to everything else."

"Time is crucial. Like tea – it doesn’t taste good once it’s gone cold, but if you’re in too much of a hurry to take a sip, you’ll get burned. The important thing is to relax and browse the bookshelves until the temperature is right."

I haven’t read Japanese books before. But I really like the psychological thriller recommendations very much! Maybe next month I’ll try those

Thank you for the recommendations!

Originally posted by: Shirsha

Today I completed reading the 4th book of April. Being a very slow reader, I never thought I would be able to read 4 books and more than 1000 pages in a month. When I signed up for the reading challenge, I said it would be possible for me to read only one book. This reading challenge definitely helped me read more. I'm glad I participated in this reading challenge.

A discussion on the books:

The Cat Who Saved The Library:

I read 2 psychological thrillers (The Locked Door and Tell Me Your Dreams), 1 horror-thriller (Home Before Dark), and 1 fantasy (The Cat Who Saved The Library). And as expected, I liked The Cat Who Saved The Library most. It's a sequel to the bestselling book named The Cat Who Saved Books. I liked this book so much that I couldn't wait to read the sequel. I was eagerly waiting for the release of the sequel. The sequel, The Cat Who Saved The Library, was released on 10th April of this year. Sosuke Natsukawa is such a talented author! These two books have so much depth and warmth, even though they're written in simple words. It shows that authors don't always need to use complex language to express emotions, convey their messages, write vivid descriptions, create a sense of warmth, and bring depth to books. They can make people think, and they can make people fall in love with reading. I hope Sosuke Natsukawa writes more books and they get translated into English so I can read them. I really admire Sosuke Natsukawa! Apart from being a talented author, he's a physician. He also wrote Kamisama no Karute (God's Medical Records), which was made into a movie. Many Japanese books give calm and comforting vibes, which makes them beautiful. When I read The Cat Who Saved The Library, I came to know about several books such as The Gentleman Thief (French literature), The Hollow Needle (French literature), The Moon and Sixpence (British literature), Solaris (Polish literature), and Sanshiro (Japanese literature). It's wonderful that the author mentioned many books throughout his book, therefore, a lot of readers will come to know about those books if they read his book. I'll always consider these tales of books (The Cat Who Saved Books and The Cat Who Saved The Library) to be heart-warming and entralling.

Tell Me Your Dreams:

My 2nd favourite of this month is Tell Me Your Dreams. Even though I liked The Cat Who Saved Library the most, I want to mention this book as well. I like this novel because the author explored the depths of a human being's mind beautifully in this book.

Interesting quotes from The Cat Who Saved The Library

"Words are like a telescope. They help you see the things you want to see, but they leave you blind to everything else."

"Time is crucial. Like tea – it doesn’t taste good once it’s gone cold, but if you’re in too much of a hurry to take a sip, you’ll get burned. The important thing is to relax and browse the bookshelves until the temperature is right."

First of all, congrats Shirsha for completing your goal. In fact, you've read far more from what you were aiming. It's a great improvement

Secondly, I'm glad that the books you read were enjoyable. I haven't read any Japanese books yet. I had started one a few months back but I DNFed it because of my reading slump (and i don't remember the name now :"((). But i do agree, Japanese books have that subtle and simple language but they are still so thought provoking and the story telling is very comforting.

I'm listing TCWSTL for my next month's read

Originally posted by: missFiesty_69

I haven’t read Japanese books before. But I really like the psychological thriller recommendations very much! Maybe next month I’ll try those

Thank you for the recommendations!

I also like psychological thriller novels a lot! But you can also try Japanese books. Many Indians nowadays read Japanese books. I think you know the name of Haruki Murakami. It's not possible not to know his name as he's extremely well-known all over the world. And he's incredibly popular among Indian readers nowadays. Whenever I watch videos of Indian Booktubers, most of the time I find the recommendations of Haruki Murakami's books. You probably heard the name of Prajakta Koli. She's a famous Youtuber, influencer and actor. She acted in a Netflix show named Mismatched. She absolutely loves Haruki Murakami's books. I didn't read Haruki Murakami's books very much. But yes, I know Japanese books have their own charm. Many of them have emotional style and thoughtfulness. Most of Japanese books aren't very long, so you'll be able to complete them quickly. When I read The Cat Who Saved Books last year, it immediately became my favourite book of 2024. The book is very beautiful! It's about the power of books, finding inner strength and growth.

This month I have only read 4 books completely.

- The Selection series (1-3) which was basically a re-read so it's a given that I enjoyed these 3 books when i read them first time

- Cross My Heart by Roxy Sloane : very smutty (lives up to it's 'smutty dark romance' tag) but mildly entertaining. The FMC has basically enrolled into a super flashy college to uncover the mystery behind her sister's death and in book 1, all she does is basically sleep (with MMC), and travel in train to meet with the ex alumina(s) of the college to find 'clues'. This is the first book of the trilogy. I don't really like the extra smut but we cannot count this as a negative. It's a personal opinion and I was warned before. This book has more of female POV (with maybe just 3/4 chaps of male POV) and the way she keeps describing her 'feelings' for the MMC - objectification of men lmao . I am not sure if I would continue reading the other TWO books (like who's going to sit through 2 books just to know the actual killer?! very slow paced)

There's this one more book which I picked up and I instantly felt "trees were cut for this shit?!" and that's Run to Me by S. Wilson. I'll recommend this to my enemies to ensure that they waste their time . I usually know these published billionaire 'dark romance' books make 0 sense most of the times but this?! No words

Originally posted by: Moonstique

First of all, congrats Shirsha for completing your goal. In fact, you've read far more from what you were aiming. It's a great improvement

Secondly, I'm glad that the books you read were enjoyable. I haven't read any Japanese books yet. I had started one a few months back but I DNFed it because of my reading slump (and i don't remember the name now :"((). But i do agree, Japanese books have that subtle and simple language but they are still so thought provoking and the story telling is very comforting.

I'm listing TCWSTL for my next month's read

I would recommend you to read The Cat Who Saved Books first. The Cat Who Saved The Library is its sequel. Both of them are two different stories. Still, I think it's better to start with the first book. Also, a character from the first book occurs in the second book. If you read The Cat Who Saved Books first, you'll be able to know about that character.

Originally posted by: Shirsha

Today I completed reading the 4th book of April. Being a very slow reader, I never thought I would be able to read 4 books and more than 1000 pages in a month. When I signed up for the reading challenge, I said it would be possible for me to read only one book. This reading challenge definitely helped me read more. I'm glad I participated in this reading challenge.

A discussion on the books:

The Cat Who Saved The Library:

I read 2 psychological thrillers (The Locked Door and Tell Me Your Dreams), 1 horror-thriller (Home Before Dark), and 1 fantasy (The Cat Who Saved The Library). And as expected, I liked The Cat Who Saved The Library most. It's a sequel to the bestselling book named The Cat Who Saved Books. I liked this book so much that I couldn't wait to read the sequel. I was eagerly waiting for the release of the sequel. The sequel, The Cat Who Saved The Library, was released on 10th April of this year. Sosuke Natsukawa is such a talented author! These two books have so much depth and warmth, even though they're written in simple words. It shows that authors don't always need to use complex language to express emotions, convey their messages, write vivid descriptions, create a sense of warmth, and bring depth to books. They can make people think, and they can make people fall in love with reading. I hope Sosuke Natsukawa writes more books and they get translated into English so I can read them. I really admire Sosuke Natsukawa! Apart from being a talented author, he's a physician. He also wrote Kamisama no Karute (God's Medical Records), which was made into a movie. Many Japanese books give calm and comforting vibes, which makes them beautiful. When I read The Cat Who Saved The Library, I came to know about several books such as The Gentleman Thief (French literature), The Hollow Needle (French literature), The Moon and Sixpence (British literature), Solaris (Polish literature), and Sanshiro (Japanese literature). It's wonderful that the author mentioned many books throughout his book, therefore, a lot of readers will come to know about those books if they read his book. I'll always consider these tales of books (The Cat Who Saved Books and The Cat Who Saved The Library) to be heart-warming and entralling.

Tell Me Your Dreams:

My 2nd favourite of this month is Tell Me Your Dreams. Even though I liked The Cat Who Saved Library the most, I want to mention this book as well. I like this novel because the author explored the depths of a human being's mind beautifully in this book.

Interesting quotes from The Cat Who Saved The Library

"Words are like a telescope. They help you see the things you want to see, but they leave you blind to everything else."

"Time is crucial. Like tea – it doesn’t taste good once it’s gone cold, but if you’re in too much of a hurry to take a sip, you’ll get burned. The important thing is to relax and browse the bookshelves until the temperature is right."