WW: Raksha Bandhan
This is a very late post. Raksha Bandhan (an Indian festival celebrating the bond between brother and sister) was in August, but I am…
7.6 Life On The Run: Exploring The World Of Outlaws
On a summer day at the arcade, timid sixteen-year-old Ignacio Cañas encounters two charismatic rebels: El Zarco (“Blue Eyes”) and his gorgeous girl, Tere….
The Maze Runner
This one is not going to be a book versus movie kinda review. And that’s because I haven’t read the book this movie is…
Mailbox Mondays: YA and Yoga
Welcome to Mailbox Monday, a meme started by Marcia of To Be Continued. Last week I got a pleasant surprise from Bloomsbury Publishing when…
Teaser Tuesdays: Outlaws
I finished Outlaws by Javier Cercas last week, and even though I found it a tad slow in places, I enjoyed the writing and…
WW: View From the top
Makalidurga is about 2 hours drive north of Bangalore, and is a popular trekking place. This place first became famous after a tragedy that…
Top Ten Tuesdays: Ten Books on my Fall TBR List
Today, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list our ten fall reads. This is a bit embarrassing. I…
Teaser Tuesdays: Dangerous Women
This book is a collection of short stories from many writers in sci-fi and fantasy genres. Here is a teaser from The Princess and…
27 Dresses
I’ve been on a movie-watching rampage recently. The past couple of weekends have been blessedly free of any social obligations, and there have been…
Lady Audley’s Secret
This book has been on my TBR list for years, and it feels good to cross it off my classics book club list finally….