A novel by Graeme Simsion

This book was listed among Bill Gates's favourite books, and the fact that this is a romantic comedy novel intrigued me, so I decided to read it.

A look into my feed reader

Having recently abandoned social media (it feels really good, by the way), and not enjoying the ads, pop-ups, and overall clickbaity tone of most news sites, I have now moved to using rss feeds to get my updates. I find it funny that rss feeds have been around for ages, but after years of not really getting it, I now enjoy this method for getting news and updates more than any other.

A short story by Neil Gaiman

I have been in a bit of a slump this week, so I am glad I picked a short story for my blog: even if I didn't feel like reading, this was short enough that I could do it, and in turn, I was able to push myself to write this blog entry.

In which I understand why “The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson is considered one of the best ghost stories of the 20th Century.

I picked up this book after I watched both the 1999 film “The Haunting” and the more recent Netflix TV adaptation, and:

• Failed to imagine how the two screen adaptations could be even connected.
• Based on what I saw in the TV adaptation, I wanted to know how important Nell's isolation was in the original book.
• As a skeptic, found interesting how the book was inspired by the story of a real-life “paranormal investigation”, of which the author noticed the flaws.

Some notes on the novel “Let the Right one In” by John Ajvide Lindqvist

I have been traveling a lot the past couple of weeks, but thanks to my long commutes, I was still able to finish Let the Right one In (this might be the only perk of train commutes), which I found to be intensely creepy in a good way.

My thoughts on the novel “Ishmael” by Daniel Quinn

I used to be an avid reader, but my life has been so hectic recently, and filled with not-so-good events, that I abandoned reading for quite a long time now.