Top Ten Tuesday: My First Book Reviews
byTop Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It…
Asian Fiction
Shanghai Girls
byI picked up this book primarily because I plan to travel to China next month, and one of the places I am going to…
Anon
byThis is a book review that has been sitting in my Drafts folder for ages. Until today, when a prompt from the publisher reminded…
8 A Tale of Survival and Resilience in The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
byLast year, when I read The Glass Palace, I had an inkling that I had found an author I loved so much, I have…
January 2019 Recap
byJanuary started slow. We didn’t do anything exciting for New Year after our action-packed December holiday. Snubnose went to a party with her friends….
5.9 Rafina by Shandana Minhas: A Bold, Ambitious Novella
byI am seeing a lot of good literature coming out of Pakistan of late. Rafina by Shandana Minhas is definitely one of them. When…
Secret Diary of an Incurable Romantic
byI really like epistolary (diary-style) novels. One of my all-time fave such books are the Bridget Jones books by Helen Fielding. Another fave is…
6.9 The Sane Psychopath: A Fascinating Study of the Human Mind
byWhen the folks at Fingerprint Publishing approached me offering Salil Desai’s latest book, I accepted it blindly. After all, I have read and loved…
Best Books of 2018
byIt’s that time of the year – time to look back and see what was the best of 2018. This month, I planned to…
8.3 The Disappearance of Sally Sequeira: A Gripping Mystery Unveiled
byI am always thrilled when I discover a new thriller writer (especially desi crime). Thriller writers tend to be prolific, which usually means a…