REVIEW: Sandman: Endless Nights – Neil Gaiman – A Collector’s Copy
Discover the enchanting world of the Sandman universe with Neil Gaiman’s Endless Nights. Each story unveils the intriguing lives of the seven Endless siblings.
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Salt & Saffron: Kamila Shamsie – Where you came from and where you’re going
A review of ‘Salt & Saffron’ by Kamila Shamsie
Career Woman or Wife: Why Should A Woman Have To Choose?
This story of an 80s feminist is always a comfort read. And it brings up a question we’re still grappling with thirty years later.
The Cleft: Doris Lessing – Great Idea Falls Flat
The Cleft by Doris LessingMy rating: 1 of 5 stars This is an example of a mediocre (even bad) book with a promising blurb. The story of human creation, where the first beings were not men but only women (called Clefts). Boy children first appeared as anomalies of birth and…
The Hunger Games Trilogy-Suzanne Collins : Starts great, deteriorates downhill
A review of all three of The Hunger Games books by Suzanne Collins.
BOOK: Fifty Shades of FAIL!
Do read my earlier post on Fifty Shades, if you haven’t already. I finished reading the second Fifty Shades book – Fifty Shades Darker. I retract everything I thought while reading the first. This is not a good book. This is not a good story. These aren’t strongly etched characters….
Fifty Shades of Foolish Females
Thoughts on reading Fifty Shades of Grey
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The City and The City-China Mieville: Stunning, Surreal & Sensational
The City and the City by China Miéville My rating: 4 of 5 stars Recommended by: Sumant Srivathsan At one level, there’s a story about two cities that share the same space. Not twin cities, not neighboring cities even, these are two different cities that sit on the same geography….
If Bollywood made ‘The Avengers’
I caught the movie that’s been big on comicbook fans’s minds for over two years now and that everyone on my timeline is talking about – The Avengers. I’m a borderline viewer, which is to say that I enjoy the comics medium and know a bit about the characters, but…
How Social Media Helped ‘The Reluctant Detective’
Author Kiran Manral innovatively used social media to promote her new book ‘The Reluctant Detective’.