Reviewed by Suhel Banerjee
Disclaimer – I am a friend of the author and a fan of his blog. Also, to my utter surprise and delight, my name is mentioned in the acknowledgement section of the book. In spite of the above I will try and review the book as impartially as possible.
First things first, this is not a novel but a collection of discrete chapters, like a blog. A format Arnab revels in, as is evident from his unanimous victories in consecutive IndiBloggies. In fact some of the…
Reviewed by Bookwormz
(note, the full name of the novel is as follows, but if you’d like to buy it, you can just look for “Such a Pretty Fat” haha)
“Such a Pretty Fat – One Narcissist’s Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big” or “Why Pie Is Not the Answer” by Jen Lancaster – 5!!!!
Rating Scale: 1 – Didn’t Finish. 2 – Meh. 3 – Kept my interest, but probably wouldn’t read again. 4 – Would Recommend. 5 – LOVED IT! Added it to…
“I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It’s totally for myself”
- J.K Rowling
No! I will not speak about a book written by Joanne Kathleen Rowling. In fact, I would speak about the lady herself. It took me a sale at the library to allow me to visit the life of the famous Harry Potter creator. Written by Marc Shapiro, the biography of Joanne titled “Princess of Magic” takes us on a journey of dreams. The book is a record of events which…
Reviewed by Hydelguy
I do not really pick up books that have romance written all over it (contrived?). But this novel was unique. What attracted me to this novel was the fusion of science fiction and romance. And when I started reading it, it had me hooked from the first page. The novel reads like a diary of a couple living in Chicago – Henry and Clare. Henry works as a librarian (somehow, I find that an attractive profession — the smell of books all around you, the pin…
Reviewed by Amayel
The book explores the parameters of Good and Evil. If you had a choice, between good and evil, knowing the satisfation from evil can be greater sometimes and more tempting. What if all barriers and punishments, guilt and remorse were to be removed, which would you choose? Are human beings good or evil in essence. I’ve asked myself the question many times given my field of study (Conflict Resolution) and you come ccross the greatest of evils but also, men in the face of adversity, that defy…
Reviewed by Adnan Khalid
“Once Upon a Time there was a prostitute…”.
Paulo Coelho’s great work of fiction “Eleven Minutes” starts with this statement that apparently indicates a conflict but in its depth is hidden a fact that a prostitute has all the right in the world to be a protagonist in a “Fairy Tale”.
Paulo takes us along with him on a journey from interior Brazil to Rio Dejinero and then to Switzerland. We follow Maria, a prostitute, not due to her ill fate but by choice, a choice…
Reviewed by Sudheer
One of the most brutal episodes in the planet’s history, in which a million men, women, and children were killed and ten million were displaced from their homes and belongings, is now over half a century old.
Partition, a euphemism for the bloody violence that preceded the birth of India and Pakistan as the British hurriedly handed over power in 1947, is becoming a fading word in the history books. First-hand accounts will soon vanish. Khushwant Singh, who was over thirty at the time, later wrote Train…
By By Khaled Hosseini
Easily one of the most memorable books I’ve read recently. This beautifully written first novel by Hosseini presents a glimpse of life in Afghanistan before the Russian invasion and introduces richly drawn, memorable characters.
Quiet, intellectual Amir craves the attention of his father, a wealthy Kabul businessman. Kind and self-confident Hassan is the son of Amir’s father’s servant. The motherless boys play together daily, and when Amir wins the annual kite contest, Hassan offers to track down the opponent’s runaway kite as a prize. When he…
Humans are often misled by abstract nouns of their own making, and sometimes the bamboozlement can last centuries or more. Because one can say the word “justice”, one might conclude that a singular thing or essence called “justice” actually exists. And so one could spend a life trying to figure out what this abstract animal called “justice” really is, and fail to pay much attention to problems of justice in the world.
The eminent professor and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has chosen for his deeply interesting synthesis of political philosophy,…
Reviewed by Phronk
I’ll keep this short, because Freakonomics is a pretty simple book. It takes a look at various topic—the effect of names on success, drug dealer salaries, cheating in sumo wrestling, etc.—through the eyes of an economist.
This book is a few years old (and has a sequel out now), and it took me a while to get through it, mostly because it’s been my “sit on the bedstand and read for a few minutes before bed” book for a long time. And that’s the ideal context for…
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