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…
Literary Fiction
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…
Teaser Tuesdays: Exit West
byThere are some books that draw you in from the very first sentence itself. Very powerful, and reflects the tone of the rest of…
Top Ten Books I Liked More/Less Than I Thought I Would
byToday, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list top ten books I liked more/less than I thought I…
Room
byOh! How much I wanted to love this book! The premise is wonderful, and it’s a Man Booker nominee so it was anyway on…
Purity
byJonathan Franzen is one of those writers who I’ve always avoided. Initially, I didn’t mean to. But when a writer is labelled as the…
Top Ten 2016 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn’t Get Around To
byHello and welcome to my first Top Ten Tuesday of 2017. Last year, I dropped the ball on this meme, and really all memes,…
7.7 The Year of the Runaways
byI read this book about a month ago, and it’s already starting to fade from my memory, so here’s a review before it slips…
All the light we cannot see
byI never wanted to read All the light we cannot see for the longest time. From all the descriptions and reviews I read online,…
8.6 Booker Prize Winner: A Review of Bring Up the Bodies
byI am on a roll right here. Two Man Booker prize-winning novels in a row. That usually never happens. Usually award-winning books are such…