Archive | January, 2011

Review by LindyLouMac
I have read five other novels written by Anita Shreve since 2003 when I first discovered I liked this authors descriptive style of writing. Although in this instance I could have done without quite as much detail of exactly what people were wearing. This novel is divided into three sections covering the periods of 2002, 2003 and then finishing up with 2005. The protagonist is Sydney Sklar  divorced then widowed, although still only twenty nine years old. Whilst trying to come to terms with what she wants to do with…

If middle school stunk for Vladimir Tod, high school is a real drain. Besides being a punching bag for bullies, he’s still stalled with dream girl Meredith, and he’s being tailed by a photographer from the school newspaper. Needless to say, practicing his vampire skills hasn’t exactly been a priority for Vlad — until now. A monumental trip to Siberia with Uncle Otis is Vlad’s crash course in Vampire 101. Training alongside the most gifted vampires is exactly what Vlad needs to sharpen those mind-control skills he’s been avoiding. And…

As 30th January is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s (Gandhiji’s) Death Anniversary, I wish to share his “Experiments with truth” Pages: 478Genre : Autobiography/inspirational

The book is divided into 5 parts. My Experiments with Truth (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5).
The first part is his journey from Birth , Childhood, Child Marriage with Kasturba, Death of his father, and famous misgivings. This chapter contains several anecdotes which are taught at school for character building. Also, he speaks of the authoritative husband he was, and his insecurities. Nursing his father, he would…

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ANNE FRANK
The Diary of a Young Girl
Edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler
Translated by Susan Massotty
Published by Penguin Books India.
Ages 12+
Anne Frank was an ordinary thirteen year old, who kept this diary from her thirteenth birthday for the next two years. She penned all everyday happenings, her feelings about everything and everyone around her. We have her account of her growing-up pains and joys, a lowdown on her relationships, all the yo-yo-ing typical of adolescence, her darkest, deepest secrets…

Sacred Ground & Holy water is the kind of travel book that makes you wish there were more of it’s kind out there. But then again, I do it a great disservice by calling it merely a travel book.
It is also a very personal, frequently humorous and often poignant call to take a look at your religion or whatever higher powers it is that you bow your head to. The book seems to be answering the question that the author himself makes clear.
‘Do I travel to know a…

Review by LindyLouMacPreferring something quick and easy to read while travelling recently I accepted my husband’s suggestion of reading this title which he had just finished. He is a fan of James Patterson novels and although feeling this one is far from his best, thought I would find it good enough to hold my interest. It did, I devoured it in just a few days not for any reason other than it was an easy read though.The book is divided into six parts plus a prologue and an epilogue. The Dunne…

Title: Keep the ChangeAuthor: Nirupama SubramanianISBN: 9788172239428Pages: 356Release year: 2010Genre: Women’s Fiction

Keep the change is Nirupama Subramanian’s first novel and I decided to go for it after reading the interesting summary.Now I don’t regret choosing this novel to read ,as I enjoyed it thoroughly.
B.Damayanthi, is an endearing character throughout the novel.She suffers from a mid-life crisis and has a feeling of having-done-nothing-in-life-till-now,thanks to her orthodox upbringing and the still-single status. One fine day she decides to break the ice and moves on to get a new life.She meets…

Incarceron is a prison so vast that it contains not only cells, but also metal forests, dilapidated cities, and vast wilderness. Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, has no memory of his childhood and is sure that he came from Outside Incarceron. Very few prisoners believe that there is an Outside, however, which makes escape seems impossible. And then Finn finds a crystal key that allows him to communicate with a girl named Claudia. She claims to live Outside- she is the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, and doomed to an…

The Penelopiad is a novel by Margaret Atwood. It is a probing, innovative and beautiful retelling of the myth of Odysseus form the perspective of his wife, Penelope. Odysseus had gone to fight on behalf of Agamemnon, and returns after two decades after the Trojan war ended. On return, he killed twelve maids of Penelope. This question forms the crux of the narrative. Another consideration is what was Penelope doing in the absence of her husband.
The myth is retold in a fresh manner, so that the reader is not at…

Another Chance is the second novel by Ahmed, I have read first one Love, Life and All that Jazz (read review here). Like Love Life and All that Jazz this book is about relationships too. Like Love, Life and All that Jazz is about love, friendship, losing and gaining… Like Love, Life and All that Jazz its a book about our generation… the current youngsters (can I still call myself that?) but yet the two books are very different.
Another Chance is a primarily a story of Ruheen who is…