The Man Booker Longlist 2013
The Man Booker prize longlist for 2013 was announced this week and the books are as usual a surprise for me… Five Star Billionaire…
Wordless Wednesdays: The Feet of Vishnu
Snubnose attempts an imitation of the feet of Vishnu. Tantric art is a popular art form in India. Here is an example of tantric…
Library Loot: July 17 to 23
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages…
8 The House at Riverton
Summer 1924 On the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his…
Did not Finish
I am finally giving up on these two books: Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand I had planned…
Wordless Wednesdays: Some Abandonment Stats
I love a good infographic, and this one is related to books. How can I not share this on my blog?
Super Saturday with Snubnose
Last saturday, snubnose and I had an exclusive 1-1 session. We used to do this on a regular basis, but of late, she’s been…
This is a book that started with a lot of promise. Here is a nice teaser. There were three volumes in all. Dog-eared green…
- Teaser Tuesdays – The House at Riverton
Miracle Cure?
I usually dread this time of the year. From about July onwards till mid-January is the snubnose’s allergy season. It starts with mild sniffles…
8.3 Exploring Memory In The Garden Of Evening Mists
Malaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed tea plantations of Cameron…