Anyone Looking Forward to Seeing Shutter Island?
byShutter Island was the first Dennis Lehane novel I read (in 2004, I think), and I was completely blown away by the book. It…
Books
The Wishbones
byI first heard of Tom Perrotta when I saw the movie Election (loved the movie, loved Reese Witherspoon in it), which is based on…
What Book Am I?
byYou’re The Hobbit! by J.R.R. Tolkien All you wanted was a nice cup of tea when some haggard crazy old man came into your…
Who’s Your Favorite Literary Hero?
byMessieurs Mills n Boon and the Cheltenham Literary festival have a nice little competition here. You get to choose your favorite literary hero from…
My Man Booker 2009 Reading List
byThe Man Booker 2009 shortlist was announced on 8th September, so this post is a little outdated. But for those who haven’t been following…
Between the Assassinations
byThere is a general consensus among reviewers that Indian writing is depressing. Well, there is plenty of pretty upbeat Indian writing out there these…
BBAW: Reading Meme
byI picked up this meme from Medieval Bookworm, and just felt like posting my responses in my blog as well… The goal is to…
7.7 Secrets & Laughter: A Review of Can You Keep a Secret?
byAfter the somewhat heavy reading of The Given Day, I was in the mood for some light and easy reading. With this in mind, on…
The Given Day
byThe New York Times calls this book Wrenchingly masterful…a majestic fiery epic. I would not quite agree all the way. This book is an…
7.5 The White Tiger
byThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga has been getting rave reviews all over the blogosphere plus it is a Man Booker winner, so I…