The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan

My description of this book would have to be summarized as a "wonderful, all-too human, underrated beauty".  I've never heard of it before, and I haven't even seen it in stores (do they even sell it on stores?  I have to check.  I need to buy it!).  I came across this book while searching the lists in GoodReads (I know I mention it a lot, but it's heaven for us avid readers).  I actually stumbled upon it while searching for a specific type of book.  My sister and I tried out the 2015 Reading Challenge (I won, of course).  One of the challenges stated that I had to read a book set in a place I've always wanted to visit.  Ireland came to mind, and I searched high and low for a book set in Ireland.  I came across this book on one of the lists.  It was short, it had a simple plot, and most importantly, it was set in Ireland.  I gave it a go.  I bought it through my Reader and sat down to read it.

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

                                                                                                                                                                   

"Your life amounted to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean!" "Yet, what is an ocean but a multitude of drops?" - David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

Hello bookworms!  I wanted to make my first post about the book I recently finished.  And what a book!  It still lingers in my mind, the effect it had once I finished it.  I figured it would not only be a good way to start this blog, but also a way to introduce people to this gem.

Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell.  At first I didn't know it was a book.  I saw the trailer for the movie first, and decided against watching it because it seemed too confusing, unfocused.  I had no idea what was going on when I first saw the trailer.  So I paid little to no attention to it.  I asked my friend about it, who simply said that he found it boring and confusing.  I didn't need convincing after that, so I passed.