Assignment 2 - Sanat Dharwad

 I usually only like to read books that are fantasy or sci-fi. Non-fiction books mostly bore me, but last year I read Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger, a memoir about his experiences serving for the German army in WW1. I suspect that the reason I actually liked this book was because it was so far removed from anything I’ve experienced, which I think isn’t as common in the nonfiction books I’ve previously read. This being important because the main reason I read books is to forget the world and go somewhere else. This book did change my way of thinking, as it touches on there being no absolute good or evil, as the author shows respect and sometimes sympathy for his enemies on multiple occasions. My favorite book I’ve read in the past 12 months is actually my favorite book of all time, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It employs a writing style that I haven’t seen anywhere else. It can seem dense at first glance, which is completely off putting to me most of the time, but somehow makes everything interesting to read and never bores the reader.