What “The Reading List” and “Inheritance of Loss” have in common?

There are books that you stumble upon, and then they take you over. You can’t stop reading them, but worst of all, you can’t stop thinking about them. They make you laugh; they make you cry. Emotions shown while reading are often the best way to show that the book you took is perfect and essential for you. Let’s forget about literary criticism for a while and think about the impact. The impact that words have on you, even though there are so many things you need to do or solve daily. The same things happened to me with “The Reading List.“

“The Reading List” by Sara Nisha Adams presents a charming exploration of the potent influence of literature, woven through a tapestry of diverse and intricate characters, all tied together by a found reading list in a local library. The books on the reading list play an integral role in the storyline, serving as transformative agents that catalyse changes within the characters’ lives.

Hari Kunzru’s “WHITE TEARS” – Blues and some very human devils.

“The White Tears” is “dark and powerful novel about two man whose lives are forever changed by the discovery of a forgotten blues record”. Hari Kunzru’s novel is also much more than that line. From the beginning of “White Tears” the reader is pulled in into the world of the record collectors and searchers for the musical authenticity. However, when Seth said in that memorable quotation: “… if I wasn’t careful I’d lose my grip on the present and find myself back there seventy or eighty years in the past” I realized how much music works as a time machine. Temporal and narrative shifts became Kunzru’s tools while he’s telling a gripping story about the musical, cultural and racial identity.