Asian Fiction

09/24<06/05

Love is for Life and Beyond

When this book came to me for review, I was a little put off by the cheesy sounding title. But this weekend, I was…

08/23<04/22

I have been drowning in work the past couple of weeks, and I have no let up in sight. Not till October, at least….

08/10<07/21

It’s purely a coincidence that I picked The Glass Room and The Glass Palace to read in such short succession. Well, not entirely a…

I love a good historical fiction. And one that spans multiple generations and multiple countries, even better. The Glass Palace is also a book…

- Teaser Tuesdays: The Glass Palace

This book overall was a little uneven for me (see my complete review here). However, there is this one quote from the beginning of…

- Teaser Tuesdays: Saving Fish From Drowning

04/09<02/26

Amy Tan has always followed a formula. While I love her writing, it would be hard to distinguish one book of hers from the…

03/22<07/28

The Malhotra Bride is a short and sweet romance novel (very much in the style of a Mills and Boon book) by Sundari Venkatraman….

03/09<04/25

I read The Ministry of Utmost Happiness late last year. It’s a bit late to be putting down a review on it. For all…

02/21<11/03

The Goat Thief is a compilation of short stories by Tamil writer – Perumal Murugan. The stories were originally in Tamil but have been…

12/23<08/29

Looking back at 2017, it wasn’t a good reading year. After a disappointing run with books accepted for review, I decided to stick to…