#2 Book Review - Diary of A Young Girl: Anne Frank

Hey guys!

Thank you so much for being patient for the lack of posts on my blog. I just sat for Accounting mid terms and had to dive right away into an assignment, then I had to sleep for 2 days cause, you know, last minute assignments = sleepless nights.

So I'm going to get into the 2nd book review! If you haven't read my 1st book review, I will link it here. My 2nd book review is about - Diary of A Young Girl: Anne Frank

This book is literally a diary of Anne Frank, a thirteen-year old girl who went into hiding with her family during the Holocaust. 

Just as the Nazis occupied Holland in 1942, a Jewish family with a thirteen-year old girl fled home to go into hiding and succeeded in eluding the dreaded Gestapo for two years.

The girl, Anne Frank, wrote her diary till the family were betrayed and caught. While Anne Frank, her mother and her sister eventually perished in captivity - in concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen - her beloved father Otto Frank survived the Holocaust.

Her Diary survived too, for the invading Gestapo thought the papers as a heap of 'scrap'. The edited version of the manuscript was published after the War. Since then it has been extensively filmed and widely translated.

The diary contains Anne Frank's vivid impressions during the lengthy isolation and offers a fascinating insight into her bold personality.

So, hopefully you guys will enjoy this book! I greatly do recommend it because it is very interesting to see a young girl's perspective of the war around her. Though it can be a bit sad at times, but it was fun and refreshing to read Anne Frank's view of the war and the situation she was in. 

I would give this book a 10/10!

Fun fact: The mystery that was plaguing the mind's of everyone was - who was the person who betrayed Anne Frank's family? Rumours were saying that it was someone close to the family who betrayed them. And apparently they were right! The individual was finally identified! You can read the short article here!

I bought this book from Popular, however, I can't seem to remember the exact price. Sorry guys!

Till the next time,

xx

#1 Book Review - Pierced

Hey guys,

As a self-proclaimed bookworm, I feel that my blog should have book reviews coz that's what my life is about right? Heh. After quite a while, I've started reading again.

Hence, I've decided to do a book review today.

The book is titled Pierced by Thomas Enger. This book's genre is crime/mystery. For the faint hearted or squeamish readers, do not fret! There are no descriptive gory scenes in this book. Pierced was originally written in Norwegian but was translated to English.

Pierced is actually the second book in the series. It is about a journalist named Henning Juul who solves mysteries when he writes them for the newspaper company he works for. When I purchased this book, I did not know this was the second one. While reading it, there were some parts where I couldn't understand as it had already happened in the first book. However, the author, Enger, frequently reminds the reader regarding incidences that happened in the previous book.

I recommend this book for readers who love fast-paced plots and those who love the thrilling suspense of the what-might-happen. This book can be purchased at Book Xcess, Amcorp, Malaysia for less than RM20. I give this back a rating of 7/10.

Have fun,

xx