A Visit from the Secret Santa
byThis post is a little dated. Secret Santa actually visited a week before Christmas and gave us some wonderful goodies. In my wishlist, I…
Books
Teaser Tuesdays – Cutting for Stone
byWith the colon swollen to Hindenburg proportions it would be all too easy to nick the bowel and spill feces into the abdominal cavity….
First Reading Challenge Sign-up for 2013
byI know, I know, I have time and again joined and failed reading challenges. Why do I even keep bothering? But, I like this…
7.7 The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken
byVish Puri is as fond of butter chicken as the next Punjabi. So when it’s served at the Delhi Durbar hotel at an India…
The Handmaid’s Tale
byOffred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to…
Teaser Tuesdays – More Teasers from The Handmaid’s Tale
byI’ve finished this book. It’s awesome and probably the best book I have read this year, and I am just not ready to let…
Teaser Tuesdays – The Handmaid’s Tale
byWhy on earth haven’t I read this book before? I started it this weekend, and it’s just mind-blowing. Why did I think Margaret Atwood…
Mailbox Mondays: November 26, 2012
byWelcome to this week’s Mailbox Monday which is hosted this month by Kathy at Bermuda Onion. Random House India again very kindly sent over…
8.3 Identity, Culture, and New Beginnings: A Review of Unaccustomed Earth
byThis is a book of longish short stories about the Bengali American experience. Each story involves a Bengali family or individual who has immigrated…
A Case of Exploding Mangoes
byThere is an ancient saying that when lovers fall out, a plane goes down. This is the story of one such plane. Why did…