2 Books You Must Read to Keep You Engrossed on a Summer Afternoon

Experiencing terrible boredom on a hot summer? Shed your worries as these 2 books/series will turn your bore into a blast!

1. 'The Young Samurai', written by Chris Bradford:

All voracious adventure/action readers, this one's for you! Packed with scenes of courage, adventure and action, this is my all-time favourite series. The series is based in the early 17th century in Japan. The principal character of the story is Jack, a 12 year old boy from England.

His father, the captain of the ship sailing to Japan, was just about to drop anchor, when they were attacked by a clan of ninja-pirates, led by the infamous ninja 'Dragon Eye' who instills fear in the hearts of all. Excepting Jack, none of the crew members survived. Jack was rescued by the legendary samurai sword master, Masamoto Takeshi, and learns Japanese from a Portuguese scholar.

This is only a small part of the true magnanimity of the story and hence it is my favourite.

2. 'The Hobbit', written by J.R.R. Tolkien (prelude to the 'Lord of the Rings'):

Now this, is what I call 'A flawless and timeless masterpiece'. And 'The Times' indubitably agrees. Readers of Classics, this book will truly blow you away, if you haven't already. This is the story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected.

Bilbo Baggins, the star of the story, is a hobbit, that is, an unusually tiny fictional creature. Like all other hobbits of the Shire, Bilbo enjoys a quiet and unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his comfortable hobbit hole. Just when he couldn't be more contented, all of a sudden, the wizard Gandalf, and a party of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep to whisk him away on an adventure, 'There and Back Again'. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug, a humongous and menacing dragon. What this story tells, can never be retold. Such is the lucidity of Tolkien's language. It is this which places it among my most celebrated books.

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