1.0PoohsDenhttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsdenVinithahttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/author/pooh_admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5Miq7788EF"><a href="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/5-books-october-2013/">5 Books – October 2013</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/5-books-october-2013/embed/#?secret=5Miq7788EF" width="600" height="338" title="“5 Books – October 2013” — PoohsDen" data-secret="5Miq7788EF" 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> Here is an assorted pick of 5 books that I have read recently. Looking back at the books I have read I am quite amazed by the boundaries I crossed with my reading. Gone are the days when I used to stick to an author or a genre. It has been an amazing journey and much thanks to the bloggers and friends who inspire me along this journey. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath A much acclaimed novel (and the only one by Plath) told the story of a girl who had it all and just does not feel it. It is said to be based on the author’s life. I loved how she compared her life to living in a glass jar, breathing the sour gas and suffocating. Some  quotes from the book “Let me live, love and say it well in good sentences.” “The silence depressed me. It wasn’t the silence of silence. It was my own silence.” Paper Aeroplanes by Dawn O’Porter This is typically not a genre I gravitate to. I stay out of Young Adult fiction. I picked this book on a whim and it turned out to be a great vacation read. Set in […]