Book: Kiss the Girls Author: James Patterson Year: 1994 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤❤♡♡ James Patterson came up with a sequel to Along came a Spider within a year! Yeah, he does that pretty often. We'll get to that later, because there is a part that unsettled me about it. Anyway, Kiss the Girls features the same kick ass Dr. Alex... Continue Reading →
The Cobra – Review
Book: The Cobra Author: Frederick Forsyth Year: 2010 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤❤♡♡ Abroad is such a convenient place for violence. Although this line comes towards the end of the book it is the one line that stands out in the entire book. Not to say that the book was bad; it was good, but there are very few lines that... Continue Reading →
I have been reading a book of short stories since the past half month or so. Yes, I’ve been slower than what I thought could be my worst. Anyway, the book is a collection of short stories of one the most prolific writer from India. Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami. He’s better known as R.K Narayan.... Continue Reading →
World Poetry Day
On the occasion of World Poetry Day, just like last year, we, the admins, share a poem that we love, each. We hope you love them, feel them, breathe with them, and if not, you find your own poems to love and hold on to. For women who are ‘difficult’ to love by Warsan Shire... Continue Reading →
Looking for Alaska – Review
Book: Looking for Alaska Author: John Green Year: 2005 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤❤❤♡ Miles Halter has walked out into the big bad world when he moves to Alabama to attend Culver Creek Boarding School. Suddenly, he is plummeted into the teenage world of rule-breaking, new loves, snatched cigarettes, the recklessness of youth and the instability of emotion.... Continue Reading →
Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within – Review
Book: Black Milk: On Motherhood and Writing Author: Elif Shafak Year: 2007 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤❤❤♡ In a remarkably poignant memoir about her travails, Elif Shafak sketches her journey from being a spinster to a mother. The blurb describes the book about Elif's battle with post-partum depression and yet spans the challenges of being a woman in a man's... Continue Reading →
The Book Thief – Book Review
Book: The Book Thief Author: Markus Zusak Year: 2005 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤❤❤❤ From the perspective of children, most societal discrimination is somewhat bleached while their immediate universe is always in focus. When Scout narrated To Kill a Mockingbird, we witnessed a town enveloped in racism but what stayed with us most are the actions of an... Continue Reading →
Ajaya – Review
Book: Ajaya Author: Anand Neelakantan Year: 2013 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤❤♡♡ The Mahabharata is the story of the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The Pandavas are a set of 5 brothers; Yudhisthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva. The Kauravas are 100 brothers from which the epic talks about Duryodhana predominantly. The extremely sad part is that it is originally written in Sanskrit.... Continue Reading →

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