Teaser Tuesdays: Midnight’s Children
byBecause this is Rushdie, I cannot restrict myself to just one. Here are two quotable quotes I came across today that I definitely had…
Literary Fiction
Winners of the Literary Giveaway Blog Hop
byI never expected to see such huge participation in the literary giveaway blog hop! It’s taken some time to sort all the participants into…
The Literary Giveaway Blog Hop Starts This Weekend
byI am really excited for this literary blog hop hosted by LeeSwammes blog. It’s a fairly simple and straight-forward giveaway. As this is a…
Her Fearful Symmetry
byWhen I was younger, I always wanted to have a twin. Lazy me thought how easy it would be to have an instant best…
The Road
byCormac McCarthy is not one of my favorite writers. A couple of years back,I had read No Country for Old Men, and found it…
7 The Swan Thieves
byWhat I feared would happen has happened. I have finished The Swan Thieves, which I had expressly picked up for the flight, even before…
The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle: Reviewing David Wroblewski’s Masterpiece
byFinally finished this behemoth of a book. Whew! I am now struggling to come to terms with the book as well as decide how…
Peony in Love
byPeony in Love is an example of awe-inspiring yet utterly readable historical fiction/mythology. It is based in 16-17th century China just after the downfall…
9 A Thousand Splendid Suns
byKhaled Hosseini’s second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, is a story of two women and their lives in Afghanistan over the past 30 years…
8.3 The Bad Girl – A Book Review (Warning: Spoilers Ahead)
bySome men equate love with pain, craving love that brings them misery and unhappiness. The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa is the story…