The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Sometimes I feel like going all Maria von Trapp and singing, "In my early youth or childhood, I must've done something good!"
Why? Because not only do I have relatives and friends who bring me such WONDERFUL books but also because unlike many who don't touch even a piece of paper with writing on it, I LOVE to read! It's a blessing indeed, but I will go Italo Calvino some other time and talk about importance and the sheer joy of reading later! This one's about Hugo Cabret: a story where you can NEVER decide whether the film was better than the book or the other way around. In fact, the whole book is actually a movie in itself! You fall irrevocably in love with it the moment you read the first sentence of the first page! You're hooked on to it and the phantasmagorical sketches that flip past your eyes as your read/watch/absorb all its beauty and its sheer genius!

I started my year with watching the movie and now that I have read the book, I ca officially say it is THE BEST STORY I'VE COME ACROSS ALL YEAR.
Do I still need to tell you whether I recommend it or not?

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