Archive | June, 2010

Review by Sumana
THE BLURB:
Early one summer morning, Matthew Bishop kisses his still-sleeping wife Marissa, gets dressed and eases his truck through Milwaukee, bound for the highway. His wife, pregnant with their first child, has asked him to find the antique cradle taken years before by her mother Caroline when she abandoned Marissa, never to contact her daughter again. Soon to be a mother herself, Marissa now dreams of nothing else but bringing her baby home to the cradle she herself slept in. His wife does not know-does not…

Reviewed by MonikaI had first heard of this book at Jabberwock and thought of reading as when it comes to book I trust Jai’s reviews 100% but somehow never got hold of it…
And then I went to attend the launch of Love, Life and Jazz and found that Dreams in Prussian Blue was been co-launched at the same time… Needless to say I picked up the book and Paritosh is a software engineer in the day was an added push to me… yes we all, u all nerds see…

 Book Review by LindyLouMac
This novel caught my interest as it is set in Italy, however the historical genre  and  the medieval period  that it is set in were not so appealing but I decided that I was interested enough to give it a try.Also this was to be my first opportunity to read a book on my  Post on E-readerThe year is 1270 and the young Duke Amoro Dragone has returned to his home Castle Dragone in Genoa, Italy to attend the funeral of his father Duke Bartolomeo Dragone.He died…

Book review by Smitha
As I have mentioned before, I have developed a taste for books related to the Indian Subcontinent. I grabbed this book, based on the synopsis at the back and the fact that it was a book by a Pakistani author – a first for me.
Based in the Pakistan of 1971, with the backdrop of the civil war within Pakistan and the war with India, it is a touching story of a friendship between two girls. Laila is the eight year-old daughter of Fareeda and Tariq…

Book Review by Ashok Kaneria
As suggested by the cover, it is a little story about a powerful business idea. And what is that powerful business idea?
Giving !
Yes. Giving. Give more to receive more. Add more value to get more money. Add value faster to get value faster.
The authors present this central concept through protagonist Joe’s story. The parable is simple and the characters and story is predictable. However, it lives a good impression and sets you thinking. Hmm. This is special!
The book is a good…

Fiction

Theodore Boone by John Grisham

This is multi-million bestselling thriller writer John Grisham’s first book for children and it’s as masterful as everything else he has done.Read a full review at the independent.ie here

The girl who kicked the hornets’ nest by Stieg Larsson

“The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest” is an incredibly worthy successor to the previous two books in the trilogy. And toward the end, there will be moments when tears are brought to your eyes. Larrson knew precisely how to play with timing, rhythm, and…

Reviewed by Monika
I am die hard CBD fan since the day I have read Palace of Illusions… Prior to that I had read Mistress of Spices but somehow it didn’t leave a very very lasting impression on me unlike the palace of illusions and after that whatever books I have read from her, I have loved them too…. So when I saw this book at jumped at it
The novel is set in the Indian Consulate in where else but the United States, 7 different people have come to…

I read the book ‘A Better India, A Better world’; written by a great person whom I admire a lot – Mr. N R Narayana Murthy, Founder of Infosys – a giant Information Technology Company. I admire him for many reasons; and I would like to share four specific reasons. First, he is a successfulEntrepreneur. Second, as a person he is humble to the core and he is an extraordinary human being with very good values. Third, He contributed his best to address the most critical problem of our nation – Unemployment and Poverty by creating thousands…

Book Review by Smitha
I started this book with high expectations after reading and loving ‘The Weight of Heaven’ by the same author.

The book is set in America, where Tehmina Sethna, still raw after losing her husband, Rustom, has come for a vacation at her son Sorab and American daughter-in-law, Suzanne’s house. Sorab has asked her to relocate to America and live with them. Tehmina is in a qaundry. She is unsure of the path that she ought to take. Bombay has been her home since her wedding and…

Book review by Bedazzled
Almost 100 years back, Eleanor Porter wrote this classic story of an orphan,Pollyanna who made people around her feel glad about their circumstances in life .. and 100 years later,the book is just as popular as it was back then.Miss Polly is a stern disciplinarian who takes in Pollyanna,the child of her late Sister, in her care only as a duty. Miss Polly frowns upon open windows and banging doors, seldom smiles and is a classic case of a touch-me-not.Pollyanna breezes into Miss Polly’s life and…