Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach — an “outlander” — in a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord… 1743.

Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of a world that threatens her life, and may shatter her heart. Marooned amid danger, passion, and violence, Claire learns her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives.

Recommendation: George R.R. Martin says the STARZ show, based on Gabaldon’s series, “is one of the best shows on television, a wonderful blend of historical drama, science fiction, fantasy, and romance.”

Moby-Dick

Melville started off writing more straightforward adventure novels set in exotic South Sea locations and featuring alluring and dangerous natives, but then he wrote Moby-Dick, which was much more brilliant and original and much less commercially successful. The basic framework of the adventure novel is still there, but for most of the novel the hazards Ishmael wrestles with are philosophical rather than physical.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

When thirteen-year-old Meg Murry and her brother Charles go searching through a ‘wrinkle in time’ for their lost father, they find themselves on an evil planet controlled by a pulsating brain known as ‘It’. But can they outwit the forces of evil to find and free their Dad? 2018 sees the release of this classic adventure as a major motion picture for Disney and imaginative readers will love the mix of sci-fi and fantasy.

“XO, OX: A Love Story” by Adam Rex

Very few people would have truly wondered about the love stories of gazelles or oxen. This book proves that if such a relationship would ever become real, then it would be nothing short of hilarious.

The story is told through a collection of letters where a love-struck and adamant Ox tries to impress a celebrity Gazelle. The joyful illustrations make the book truly memorable.

This may seem like it is a book for children, but adults can understand the theme of unrequited love and appreciate the way the author plays with language.

Funniest quote:

“You are so graceful and fine. Even when you are running from tigers you are like a ballerina who is running away from tigers.”

“Captain Underpants” by Dave Pilkey

If you want stories that ar easy but in addition clever, then usually|this can be} often the book you are checking out. The plot is concerning a pair of boys, patron saint and Harold, World Health Organization would like to draw comics and ar noted pranksters in their school.

One day their principal catches them fixing a series of stunts and threatens them. For a brief time he makes them do his chores, but presently the boys understand a way out. They tranquillise their principal and build him into a superhero they drew—Captain garment.

The story reveals masses concerning the dominating relationship between adults and youngsters. The central offer of humor comes from the foremost characters’ smart strategy to reverse this relationship and have a good time with it.

The book is filled with funny cartoons and jokes that ar typically disgustful but unceasingly fun.

Funniest quote:

“George and Harold were usually responsible youngsters. Whenever one thing dangerous happened, patron saint and Harold were usually responsible.”