by Puneetinder Kaur Sidhu
Before beginning the review, I have to say that this is my very first travel journal. I have read travel anecdotes and accounts on blogs all over the Internet, but I had not read such an extensive journal till date.
My first reaction after reading this book was simple awe and a decided kinship! It is amazing that this author can pack up her bags and leave to the most favored destinations of the world trusting a shoestring budget and a bunch of relatives & friends.…
Italy in Books – Reading Challenge 2011
Paperback: 373 pages
Genre: Mystery Fiction
Publisher: Penguin 2005
Source: Purchased Oxfam Bookshop in UK
First Sentence : ‘Genova sprawls on the northern Mediterranean between two mountainous spurs that dip into the sea, a snarl of industrial steel, bridges, tunnels and peeling tower-blocks.’
Review Quote: ‘Well drawn, Kent manipulates her transplanted inglesi and loquacious locali with unfussy authority’
My Opinion : Realistic Italian background.
The September post with a list of books that the other people taking part are reading this month has already been…
Leela Gour Broome completely impressed me with her very first book – Flute In The Forest (reviewed here) and it was a dream come true when she contacted me after having read the review of the book here.
She gladly accepted the offer to be interviewed so that the readers get to know more about her and her experience of being an author.
Is the story of ‘Flute in the Forest’ purely fictional or is it inspired by some real life characters, incidents or experiences?
Flute in the Forest is…
Some weeks back I posted a comment on the fanpage of the book after reading a sample chapter that the author sent me. In the comment, I proclaimed that Kasturi Shukla, the protagonist of Ruchita Misra‘s ‘The Ineligible Bachelors’ is the desi Bridgette Jones and I could not wait to read the book. So I received this book some four days back and immediately took it in my hand, discarding other small things like work and taking a bath. The book as people believe is not about arranged marriages though…
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Traegonia the Ember Rune
As soon as you start this novel you are inthe middle of action. An old Traegonia prophecy that had brought theprotagonists together was the beginning of an adventurous life for them in theprocess of which they learned many things in life together. There is a sweetmention of a game Track 20 which was innovatively created as a combination of hide-and-seekand Marco Polo. The game to me appears to be an initiative by the two differentspecies to make a step forward to come closer to each…
Book : Musings of a WandererAuthor : Shreya ChatterjeeISBN : 9381205006Publisher : Power Publishers
For I write, what I seeAnd speak ofThings I feel.Thus “Musings of a Wanderer”Stand true to its name.
True to the lines mentioned above, Shreya Chatterjee has carved out each poem with her feelings and emotions. Each poem is a gem in its own way & will pull out some or other bundled up memory that is close to your heart.
The words are strung together in such a way that you will feel, see and…
Title : Out of Place in Time and Space
Author : Lamont Wood
Publisher : New Page Books
ISBN : 978-1-60163-178-7
‘Out of Place in Time and Space’ is a delightful read highlighting the things, incidents and situations from the past which resemble the ones that happened or were invented many years later. How is it possible to see things in the past that look similar to the things in the present? The picture of children holding toy helicopters, toy airplanes on the tombs, the presence of planetary objects in…
What a thought is indeed a thought provoking book, as the name aptly suggests. Written by Manoj Khatri, the book in every word would not fail to energize and inspire anyone who reads it.
The book has a collection of quotes from various eminent people from different parts of the world and from different walks of life. The quotes have been aptly chosen, starting from Gautama Buddha to Kahlil Gibran, Ralph Waldo Emerson among many others. The quotes chosen in this book reflect on different aspects of life and how…
Title: 1888 Dial IndiaAuthor: Anuvab PalPublisher: Random House IndiaGenre: FictionISBN: 9788184001587Pages: 230Source: PublisherRating: 4.5/5
Anuvab Pal is one of the wittiest writers I have read in a while. I would not classify his writing as necessarily funny. His writing style is more sarcastic and satirical than anything else. He writes about India – today’s India and what it means to its citizens and how outsiders view it. I remember watching his play, “The President is Coming” with much trepidation – as he wasn’t a known playwright back then. I also…
Title: In the Sea there are CrocodilesAuthor: Fabio GedaPublisher: Harvill Secker, Random House UKGenre: Non-FictionISBN: 978-1846554766PP: 224 pagesPrice: £10.99Source: PublisherRating: 5/5
The first thing I thought of when I completed this book was how easy most kids have it in our part of the world. That’s not a bad thing, but perhaps it would be good for our pampered children to see how the real world is, and how an alternate reality is the case for most of the children worldwide.
The novel starts out explaining that it’s fictionalized, as…
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