Book: The Rabbi's Cat Author: Joann Sfar Year: 2002 Bookhad Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ This is Bookhad's second graphic novel this year. If this is an acceptable place to write about the quality of paper, I must say that my mind was practically blown when I opened the novel - so smooth, so full of colors, and smelling... Continue Reading →
Book: The Appointment Author: Herta Müller Year: 1997 Bookhad Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ The wedding cake still had two windows left in half a wall, I ate a curtain. During the time that I was reading this book, I said to the fellow admin of Bookhad, "She wrote this book when she was high." And I mean it. I... Continue Reading →
Book: Midnight's Children Author: Salman Rushdie Year: 1981 Bookhad Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ What can I say about this book that hasn't already been said? For one, I'm not going to tell you the story or the detailed premise for sure. This is one of those books that is (almost) singularly balanced upon the brilliance of the structure and the... Continue Reading →
Book: Me Before You Author: Jojo Moyes Year: 2012 Bookhad Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ (half) I turned in my seat. Will’s face was in shadow and I couldn’t quite make it out. ‘Just hold on. Just for a minute.’ ‘Are you all right?’ I found my gaze dropping towards his chair, afraid some part of him... Continue Reading →
Book: The Things They Carried Author: Tim O'Brien Year: 1990 Bookhad Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ All those eyes on me—the town, the whole universe—and I couldn't risk the embarrassment. It was as if there were an audience to my life, that swirl of faces along the river, and in my head I could hear people screaming at me. Traitor!... Continue Reading →
Book: Twilight in Delhi Author: Ahmed Ali Year: 1940 Bookhad Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ “In dinon garche dakkan mai hai badi qadr-e-sukhan Kaun jaye “zauq” par dilli ki galiyan chhod kar” Published in 1940, this novel on the capital is a necessary addition to all the other books written on the city. Quoting William Dalrymple in City of... Continue Reading →
Play: The Post Office (Dak Ghar) Author: Rabindranath Tagore Year: 1914 Bookhad Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ I conduct a brainstorming session at the workplace. The idea is to demonstrate the varied inputs people bring to the table based on their perspective. It’s a session designed to appreciate the various points of view of people and bring the same... Continue Reading →
Book: The Girl on the Train Author: Paula Hawkins Year: 2015 Bookhad Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ (half) Stories where the wife goes missing: The Zahir by Paulo Coelho Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins All three worth reading even though the trigger is somewhat the same. Somewhat. The Girl on the... Continue Reading →
Book: Death and the Penguin Author: Andrey Kurkov Year: 1996 Bookhad Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ Death and the Penguin has a spot on my book list due to my resolve to read books from different countries. Set in Ukraine, this satirical and bleak novel revolves around the protagonist Viktor Zolotaryov and his profession, which, in a rather... Continue Reading →
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