Archive | March, 2011

Author: Dr. Vivek Banerjee

Publisher: Cedar Books

It is the story of the young doctors as they pursue PG in medical college and then make their way into the real world. Rahul and Sarika are in love right from the UG days but they keep fighting till a potentially fatal accident decides it for them. Hina, a young women from the by-lanes of Bhiwandi, find the lifestyle of her co-students more difficult to adjust to than the academic challenges. Ranjiv, a rich kid turned rebel who would travel his own…

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GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell

Which self-respecting bibliophile hasn’t heard of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind? The famed love story of Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler. Even the making of its movie version is the stuff of legends.

For those who don’t, a quick re-cap : Placed during the period of the American civil war, it is a saga of the end of a way of life that was the southern states of the US, and a beginning of a more modern era after…

A young, shy and average looking guy, Rahul, joins his dream company after completing his graduation. He is excited on starting his career in a multinational company but his life takes different turn when he meets Shreya and falls in love with her at first sight. Shreya is hot, sassy and materialistic girl which makes her completely opposite of Rahul. Rahul falls for Shreya and her hot looks (Unlike what Author has mentioned in his back cover ‘For Rahul looks are secondary, what matters is the soul.’)

Rahul is a…

Jack Torrance loses his job as a school teacher after assaulting one of his students. Jack Torrance is a man with a terrifying temper and violent streak. He is also an alcoholic; trying to keep his drinking under control to keep his family from falling apart. With the help of one of his friends, Jack gets the job as the winter caretaker at the majestic Overlook Hotel. What he doesn’t know, is that the Overlook Hotel has a terrible history, especially when it comes to winter caretakers. Not just that,…

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Tales Untangled

Review: A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Spoiler Alert!
A Great and Terrible Beauty begins in India with Gemma bickering with her mother. While Gemma takes off on her own in the market place, being a petulant teenager, she has a vision of her mother’s death. After her mother’s demise she is sent packing to a Victorian boarding school in England where she meets up with a horribly cliquish set of girls. These popular girls thrive on harassing others, playing…

Book Review : A Lesson In Secrets, A Maisi Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear

The Maisie Dobbs novels span from the end of WWI to the cusp of WWII in the most recent addition, A Lesson In Secrets. I have been very interested in this series because it addresses the social situation in England rather than the military stratagem. This series also explores the breaking down of the Monarchical era and the role of women. Overall, I have enjoyed this series though I find the tone to be slightly melancholy…

“Six-thirty muhurtam,” the priest said.

“In the morning?” Rajji mama said, shocked.
Ananya’s relatives congratulated each other on the formal setting of the time. My relatives were aghast.
“This is a wedding or a torture? It’s like catching an early morning flight,” Kamla Aunty said.
‘If all fails with kin, touch feet,’ Krish advises.
I have loved Chetan Bhagat’s work. Always. Not just because he reflects the thoughts and emotions of the youth but for the fact that he gets across to all kinds of people irrespective of their political…

It’s been a year since Reggie first discovered the Vours, and the Winter Solstice is approaching once again. It will be another night of unspeakable horror for those unlucky enough to be taken by the Vours, because this time, she won’t be able to stop them. The Vours have imprisoned Reggie in a psychiatric hospital, where she is subjected to a daily routine of unfathomably sadistic experiments. Her life is a living Hell, but she won’t give up. They attacked her brother. They killed her friend. And Reggie will never…

Etruria–Travel, History and Itineraries in Central Italy by Mary Jane Cryan

Paperback: 155 pages
Genre : Travel and History
Publisher: Etruria Editions Edizioni Archeoares 2010
Source: Purchased directly from the author
Review Quote From Backcover: “Mary Jane Cryan’s latest book, confirms her as a leading voice on that fascinating area of Italy known as Etruria. A scrupulous researcher, she combines scholarship with a passionate love of her subject, bringing long ago personages and events vividly to life.” Margaret Stenhouse, Italy Update.

The March post with a list of books that…

The Last Sunset – The Rise & Fall of the Lahore Durbar by Amarinder Singh. After the Mughals exited, but before the British arrived, the Lahore Durbar was presided over by Maharaja Ranjit Singh Bahadur, affectionately known as the ‘Lion of Lahore’, who makes a brief appearance in Amarinder Singh’s narrative, but leaves a lasting impression on his history.

Ranjit Singh, who has been described in the book as a great man and an outstanding military commander, was a mass of contradictions. For instance, he was against the death penalty…