Top Ten Tuesday – Ten Best Books of the Year so far
byWow! It’s mid-year already! I am always taken by surprise by how quickly the time seems to fly. I still feel like it just…
The Lowland
8 The Lowland
byGrowing up in Calcutta, born just fifteen months apart, Subhash and Udayan Mitra are inseparable brothers, one often mistaken for the other. But they…
Teaser Tuesdays: The Lowland
byI started reading The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri last week, and although I’ve probably read only 2-3 pages I know I am going to…
Mailbox Monday: A Vlog
byWelcome to Mailbox Monday, a meme started by Marcia of To Be Continued. Starting the new year with something different. I thought I’d try…
Top Ten Tuesdays: Ten Covers I’d Love to Make Over
byToday, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list the Top Ten Covers We’d like to Redesign. I’m not…
Man Booker 2013 Shortlist Announced
byAnd the books that made it to the shortlist are: We Need New Names – NoViolet Bulawayo The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton Harvest –…
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…