The tiger did not know they were bombs. He did not know anything beyond the hiss and screech of the fighters passing overhead, missiles…
- Teaser Tuesdays – The Tiger’s Wife
Literary Fiction
Man Booker 2013 Shortlist Announced
byAnd the books that made it to the shortlist are: The book that I was rather hopelessly gunning for here – The Kills by…
This is how the English patient chides his nurse when she reads Kim by Rudyard Kipling a little too fast. Read him slowly, dear…
- Teaser Tuesdays – The English Patient
Love, Betrayal, and War in The English Patient: A Review
byThe English Patient is one of the more intriguing books I have read this year. The story is about 4 strangers rattling together in…
Top Ten Tuesday – Favourite Books Set in London
byToday, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list my Top Ten Favorite Books With X Setting. So, bearing…
Mailbox Mondays: August 05, 2013
byWelcome to this week’s Mailbox Monday which is hosted this month by The Reading Fever. Random House publications sent me a varied selection of…
The Man Booker Longlist 2013
byThe Man Booker prize longlist for 2013 was announced this week and the books are as usual a surprise for me… Five Star Billionaire…
Library Loot: July 17 to 23
byLibrary Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages…
Did not Finish
byI am finally giving up on these two books: Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand I had planned…
8.3 Exploring Memory In The Garden Of Evening Mists
byMalaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed tea plantations of Cameron…