I was too keen to read this fiction as I personally attended the book launch event and heard the authoress sharing her thoughts on this book. Therefore I was too excited to dig in the book as I avidly enjoyed the book launch event. I finished this book in two days. But I bet it can be easily finished in 3-4 hours. The Secret Wish List is the second novel that I read by Preeti Shenoy. Simple Language and elementary narration are the foremost qualities that Preeti always wins over…
This book is a collection of short stories that deal with the trials and tribulations faced by people of this century. It deals with the lifestyle and ideals that the modern Indians choose to live by. The focus is mostly on the relationships that are thriving or breaking up around us as a result of these choices. Nine short stories dealing with different relationships with few characters interconnecting each other.
First things first and for me characters always take the center stage as it is their life and their…
Deep in the Cambridgeshire fens is an old house by the name of Ninepins where lives Laura with her 12 years old asthmatic daughter, Beth. Laura rents out the pump house, once a fen drainage station to students every year to earn a little extra income. But this year she lets it to a girl named Willow on the recommendation of her social worker, Vince. Willow has a dubious past. Her childhood has been particularly disturbed as her mother, a hippy, had since been suffering from some bi polar disorder.…
Synopsis:
A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir tells the story of two heroines, separated by time, but intriguingly linked by history’s most famous murder mystery.
Lady Katherine Grey has already suffered more than her fair share of tragedy. Eight years ago, her older sister, Lady Jane Grey was beheaded for unlawfully accepting a crown that was not hers. Now, in risking all for love, Katherine incurs the worth of her formidable cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, ho sees her as a rival for her insecure throne.
Interlaced with Katherine’s story is…
This story is all about Julia – a travel magazine journalist. She enjoys her exotic trips that take her all over the world. She has problem maintaining focus and is very clumsy too – not very helpful characteristics when she has to meet deadlines! She returns from her trip to Italy, only to find out that her personal and professional lives have collided as her father is her new boss. Her missed deadlines and the recent below average articles land her into trouble and the only way to save…
Title: THE SEPTEMBER REVELATION
Author: KANIZA GARARI
Publication: FROG BOOKS
The sleek and slender book, ‘The September Revelation’ is a simple tale about a young woman Zainab with a past that she cannot forget which invariably becomes an obstacle in her present, refusing to permit her to settle down in life.
With not too many pages to pull you down, the book is a delight to read, something which you can finish reading without straining your nerves. The narrative is smooth, hiccup-free and simple so, you just sail along with…
I had bought this book from the library the day I spotted it on the shelves. Yet, it had been sitting on my shelves for quite a time before I picked up to read. Why? I was wary. It has happened quite many times that a book that has been winning rave reviews failed to make a strong impact on me. I have had the feeling of being on the wrong side so many times that I was darn skeptic to read it. But, I am proved so wrong. I…
Title: Bollywood’s Top 20 Superstars of Indian Cinema
Author: Bhaichand Patel (Editor))
Publisher: Penguin Viking
Pages: 279
Price: Rs 599
Genre: Non Fiction / Film
Rating: 7/10
Source: Review Copy (from Publisher)
If you ask me, my expectations with ‘Bollywood’s Top 20’ were to first find out who all made it to the Top 20, and then discover new facets of their personalities, growth as performers and their cinematic journeys. There are no issues with the essays per se but personally I felt that they were quite on the surface and…
Title: Melancholy of Innocence
Author: Raj Doctor
Publisher: Frog Books (Leadstart Publishing)
Pages: 342
Genre: Fiction / Romance / Philosophy
Rating: 7.5/10
Source: Review Copy (from Author / Publisher)
‘Melancholy of Innocence’ in author’s own words is ‘a philo-poetic fable of love set in the late 1920s in Istanbul, just after the political revolution leading to Turkish independence. It is an adolescent’s journey into self discovery about the true meaning of love’.
13 year old Umit has had a normal and happy childhood. His parents had a love marriage, and they…
Title: Hot Tea Across India
Author: Rishad Saam Mehta
Publisher: Tranquebar
Pages: 191
Price: Rs 195
Genre: Non Fiction / Travel
Rating: 7.5/10
Source: Review Copy (from Publisher)
‘Hot Tea Across India’ is a collection of experiences put together by travel writer Rishad Saam Mehta, from his many road trips across India. The stories are not in any particular order or about any one particular journey. The chapters – some really entertaining, some interesting while a few inconsequential – are independent of each other. ‘Tea’ acts as the common element in all these stories,…
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