Category: Books & Poetry

  • So, another eventful year comes to an end, and it’s time for my review of the books I read this year! Thanks to Goodreads, I can properly keep track of them, so here’s a little infographic detailing the 50 books…

    2022 – A year in books
  • It is said that the world belongs to those who read, and 2021 (and 2020) made that literally true, and how!  Confined to our homes and immediate localities for the most part, reading is what opened the doors to far…

    2021 – A year in books
  • Author: Nita Prose  Date of Publication: Expected on January 4, 2022 Genre: Mystery, Crime Legacy: This is the author and long-time editor’s first novel How I heard about this book: Got an advance review copy of the e-book from Netgalley.com. I…

  • Came across this wonderful book by Susannah McFarlane, while browsing (online) my local library’s bookshelves. It is a modern take on fairy tales, and I was blown away by it. What if Rapunzel wasn’t a poor, helpless princess with her…

  • Author: Supriya Kelkar Date of Publication: 9 June 2020Genre: Young adult fiction, comedy-drama, coming-of-ageLegacy:  The author is an India-American brought up in the mid-west, and has written many brilliant children’s books Intended Age Group: Any, but particularly tweens and teenagers This…

  • “Where the mind is without fear, where the head is held high, Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken into fragments by narrow domestic walls…” This amazingly beautiful classic poem from Rabindranath Tagore’s Geetanjali was floating…

  • Author: Trevor Noah Date of Publication: 15 November 2016 Genre: Autobiography, Social commentary Legacy:  This is the first book by the author who is a renowned comedian and TV host Intended Age Group: Any “We tell people to follow their…

  • My oh my!!! For the first time in 10 years of computer literacy, I read an e-book completely! And after a long long time, I sat up the whole night to read a book!! Plus, both the above statements are…

  • Just read the latest one by Chetan Bhagat! And by his own standards, its a very nice book! Fairly gripping (I finished it in non-stop 5 hours), humorous, and easy-flowing, this book describes the life and times of a couple…

  • Yup guys… this is such an AMMMAZZZING novel, that you shouldn’t miss reading it, not even in lieu of a live book reading of a new Jeffrey Archer novel!!!

  • I just started reading the book ‘Wise and Otherwise’ by one of my favourite authors, Sudha Moorthy, and although I have just been able to feast on 3 of the stories, I have almost fallen in love with the book!…

  • Just came across this classic poem by Rudyard Kipling…and thought it would be nice to share with all my readers…..Enjoy folks! 🙂  ===============================================================  IF…………. If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on…

  • Confused by the title people?? Actually its just my laziness to write 3 seperate reviews for the 3 pieces of work i read/watched of late…. So lets not beat around the bush and get straight to the point! 😉 John…

  • When you are listening to a song, what is more important to you? The music or the lyrics? Well I have always been partial towards music.. I ‘ve always been more attentive to words only when recited without music, you…

  • Book Review : Anything For you Ma’am — An IITan’s Love Story Author: Tushar Raheja Rating: 3/5– Definitely Readable How many of you think that IIT students are nerds?? OK may be nerd is too harsh a term, how many…