8.1 A Closer Look At The Dovekeepers By Alice Hoffman
byThe Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman is the book I chose to take with me during my holiday to Assam and Meghalaya. I picked up…
Historical Fiction
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Teaser Tuesdays: Fingersmith
byIn spite of an unpromising start, I ended up really loving Fingersmith. This is a very Dickensian tale about orphans, asylums, devious plots, and,…
Exploring Sarah Waters’ Fingersmith: A Tale Of Love, Deception, And Redemption
byWhen I first expressed interest in reading Sarah Waters, many bloggers recommended that I start with Fingersmith. I however ended up picking up and…
7.4 The Night Watch by Sarah Waters: A Gripping Historical Novel
byThis is the second Sarah Waters book I have read. The first book I picked up is The Little Stranger, which I read a…
Teaser Tuesdays: The Night Watch
byI read The Night Watch a couple of weeks back, and can’t say I loved it. It was very different from the usual Sarah…
Life Lately #1
byOf late, I have been feeling like my blogging has got a bit mechanical – a bunch of book reviews (usually done way after…
A Feminist Perspective on Pride and Prejudice: The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet by Colleen McCullough
byThis is the second Pride and Prejudice-related fiction I’ve read recently (see my review of Death Comes to Pemberley). Both books came to me…
Death Comes to Pemberley
byI never really got the idea of reading all the various sequels/adaptations of Pride and Prejudice. Don’t get me wrong, I love the classic,…
Nefertiti
byI am shamefully ignorant of the details of the Egyptian civilization. Sure, I know the names of a handful of Kings and Queens, but…
7 Unveiling the Dark Secrets in The Tailor of Panama: A Book Review
byExcuse me for this post’s a rather shabby shot of the book cover. When one so deeply invests in second-hand books, it’s very difficult…