started reading Toni morrison's beloved but after reading a few chapters, I got bored and confused. Thank god this is not the first Morrison book that I read otherwise I would have excluded it from my reading repertoire.
Went on to read the strange library... it's more of a children's book albeit a dark one than adult fiction- a little puzzled why it was shelved under adult fiction in the library.
It was quite an interesting 15-min read-that's how short the book is. The story revolved around a boy of 11 who went to his neighborhood's library asking for books on tax collection in the Ottoman Empire. What he received was a nightmare. The mysterious old librarian gave him three books and insisted that he went to the reading room to read those books, as those books were not meant to be checked out. Being an obliging boy who couldn't say no, he agreed to follow the old man to the reading room which was in a maze of sorts. Alas, he was tricked and was imprisoned by the old man. The condition for his release? Memorization of all the three books in a month's time.
Together with the old man's "slave", the sheep-man, they planned their escape, as the boy realized the horrific reason behind his imprisonment- his brain. The old man had an appetite for brains that were made more delicious by memorization.
They made their prison break after a harrowing experience through the maze and a full frontal confrontation with the old man. The boy returned to his home, finding his mother nonchalant about his disappearance. It was like nothing ever happened except that his shoes and dog were missing- both victims of the old man's antics.
Moving on to jack london's call of the wild. It's kinda sad now that I can only start reading in the wee hours since there just isn't much time left after dealing with the many demands of life. 😂 I should really be sleeping....
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