Reading Is All There Is

Simon Snow is a magican. He's actually the Chosen One. This means that he is supposed to save the world of mages from an evil creature called the Humdrum. No one has actually seen this creature - other than Simon and his best friend Penelope Bunce. However, Simon is not a typical magician and he only learned about his powers at the age of 11. Even after almost 8 years at the magical school Watford, Simon is still struggling to control his magic. Baz Pitch is Simon's roommate and nemesis. They've had multiple battles and they both know that some day, one of them will kill the other. So when Baz doesn't show up for the first day of their last school year, Simon is worried. And bothered. What if Baz is planning some crazy scheme to kill him? I truly have so much love and admiration for this novel. It was such an easy and enjoyable read. Exactly what I needed right now! It's been a long time since a book has really captivated me the way Carry On did. The whole sto...

I can't believe it took me 4 years to read this book! I bought it while I was on a vacation on Sri Lanka in 2016. Me being me, I had convinced my family to go to a bookstore and I stumbled upon  The 7 Habits.... My aunt then told me that she had read it once and that I should get it. And so I did. I started reading some of the first chapters and I enjoyed it, but when school started again I set the book aside. To be honest, I've never read any "self-help" books before so it was new to me. I quickly felt lazy and started turning to my fiction novels again. Then the whole corona thing happened and I was looking for something to read. I actually hate when I don't finish a book. I own a total of 3 books that I would categorize as "self help" books. I've read the first few chapters of all of them, but never finished one. However, I did finish  The 7 Habits...! And that makes me proud. I read one chapter every day, and I loved it.  So basically what...