#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

Book Haul

Hey guys,

So the Big Bad Wolf Sale 2014 finally happened! And I gladly took the opportunity to visit my first loves, books of course. The boyfriend, my sister and I went to MIECC together by public transport. And I'm telling you travelling by Komuter as well as walking to the destination, was very much worth it. Anything for books I say!

After 3 hours of browsing, I finally decided on these books. They are Jodi Picoult's Vanishing Acts, Agatha Christie's Mystery Collection, Thomas Enger's Scarred, The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna, The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries and lastly, Stephen King's 3-in-1 Novels (Carrie, Salem's Lot and The Shining). 

Damn, the books were affordable and cheap. I bought these all for less than RM60! Truly a great bargain right? Unfortunately I was not allowed to purchase more books by my mum as she wanted me to concentrate on my studies instead. She knows when I start reading, the world will cease to exist around me and she doesn't want that. Hehe. 

Interesting fact; there were over 4 MILLION books on sale that day! I wish I could buy them all! Sadly, I'm not earning and I had to use my savings to purchase them. One day, I will be those people who brings their suitcases to events like this! Heh. 

Also, the books were ranged from RM8 to RM30. The books that were priced much higher came in boxed sets or a few books compiled in a single book. 

And Thomas Enger's Scarred is the sequel to Pierced which I did a review on here.

I think this sale is the best book sale in Malaysia as there were many sections available for people who have no interest in purchasing fictional books. There were sections for non-fiction books, books for children and toddlers, puzzles, cook-books, self-help books and even joke books. 

I can''t wait for the next sale already although I haven't read all the books. Yet. 

I will blog reviews of these books soon!

xx