A Wordsmith's World

   The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas                                                                               John Boyne Genre – Young Adult Fiction ‘Heartbreaking’ A vintage classic, this book tackles one of the darkest and  most terrible times of European history. Powerful yet upsetting to read with no happy ending. John Boyne is an Irish  novelist . He is the author of eleven novels for adults and six novels for younger readers. His novels are published in over 50 languages. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas  was adapted into a  2008 film of the same name . It is a heartbreaking tale of two best friends skillfully told by the author. it will make you get absorbed into the life of two young boys and their soulful journey. Inside book: A 223 paged novel with a beautiful cover picture is a window to the largest Nazi concentration camp built by the Germans during the Second World War functioned to imprison and exterminate people from across Europe in the Nazi program of cultural and

  ONCE IN A LIFETIME    Something happens that changes you forever Cathy Kelly Genre –Literary fiction ‘Suspense’ WARM, CAPTIVATING STORYTELLING FROM THE HEART – every woman needs her Cathy Kelly time . Inside book The cover of this book which made me pick it, actually misleads us that it’s a story of a carefree girl or might be a romance-filled novel but in reality, it’s something more, actual suspense I would say. This book is full of characters and will take you to the lives of 4 different women but all connected in some way. The author will make you step in the shoes of the characters and make you feel that everything is happening with you.  Each chapter starts with a line or two of advice, which I jotted down to be looked upon as life lessons . “ONCE IN A LIFETIME- Something happens that changes you forever” Inside story The novel is set in Ardagh, Ireland and it revolves around the lives of four women- Ingrid Fitzgerald, Natalie Flynn, Charlie Fallon, and Star Bluestone