1.0PoohsDenhttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsdenVinithahttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/author/pooh_admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="h7r13CqpnF"><a href="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/5-books-may-2014/">5 Books – May 2014</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/5-books-may-2014/embed/#?secret=h7r13CqpnF" width="600" height="338" title="“5 Books – May 2014” — PoohsDen" data-secret="h7r13CqpnF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> I hit on books with a vengeance this month. I read as if books were going out of fashion. It felt good. I read some amazing books the past month and here are a few 1) Divergent by Veronica Roth Another pick from the YA section. This book reminded me so much of The Hunger Games. It is nice to see the rise of the female protagonist in YA fiction. Daring, reckless Tris aka Beatrice doesn’t fit the box – she is Divergent. She fights and endures inspite of the odds being stacked against. And let us not forget – love. She falls in love with Four aka Tobias who has his own share of baggage. I read Book1 of the series and probably will not read the other 2 books. Not my cup of tea but definitely an interesting brew. 2)  The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty We all have our share of secrets – secrets that eat us, secrets that come back and secrets that can kill. The storyline while interesting is nothing spectacular – a letter written by Cecilia’s husband with a painful hidden secret. There were some unnecessary characters and sub-plots like the story of Tess […]