I recently watched a Tedtalk with my English class about a woman who decided to read books in pairs. Sometimes they were very similar, either about the same person, or about different ppl in the same event, but they could also be very different, like te roles they had in those events.
I think this is a great idea, and allows you to make connections, and also compare and contrast ideas that are mentioned. It gives you two outlooks on similar ideas, because you wouldnt read two random books that have no relevance to eachother. It requires out of box thinking, but so do books in general, haha.
I recently read this book called 'Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz about a boy (started as a boy) who survives the holocaust, going through 10 different concentration camps, sometimes hiding or helping others, always playing the Nazi's 'games', but lost his family. He ha a strong mentality, most times, that he WOULD survive the war, and that hes been through too much to die suddenly. He was a strong boy, and it was based on a true story.
I thought this would be interesting to read along with Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler that he wrote in the 1920's about himself when he was imprisoned, about his political ideas and the plans he hopes to do in the future. It was titled 'my struggles' in German, so its kind of self explainitory.
These would be so interesting to read together, to get the ideas and thoughts from one mans perspective, but to also get the perspective of someone experiencing Hitlers thoughts and ideas, and how unfair it was to the Jews, and Yanek,, but also how good of an idea it seemed like to be done. Both would make me sympathetic and angry at moments, but they're moments easily connected between stories.
If you ever get the chance, try this! Maybe not these two novels if they'ren't your genre, but its an eye opening experience.
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