Book:Â Death by Scrabble Author:Â Charlie Fish Year:Â 2006 Well, look at the publishing date guys. This one isn't a relic from the past. It's as recent as 6 years ago! Like, half a dozen years! That's it? Death by Scrabble is a short story which won't take more than 3 minutes to finish and understand. But I... Continue Reading →
Book: The Open Window Author: Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) Year: 1914 Saki. The name struck me as odd. It just didn't sound English, or American for that matter, at all. I later learnt that it was not. Saki, the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro, is based on a character of a play. Wikipedia says, The name Saki... Continue Reading →
Book: Gone With the Wind Author: Margaret Mitchell Year: 1936 Margaret Mitchell’s only published work, Gone With the Wind, is a novel of massive proportions. Not to be confused as an out-and-out love story this historical saga spans the years of the American Civil War and the period of Reconstruction and traces with it the life of Scarlett... Continue Reading →
“We bow to the inevitable. We’re not wheat, we’re buckwheat! When a storm comes along it flattens ripe wheat because it’s dry and can’t bend with the wind. But ripe buckwheat’s got sap in it and it bends. And when the wind has passed, it springs up almost as straight and strong as before. We... Continue Reading →
Book: The Palace of Illusions Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Year: 2008 A poignant tale about a woman and her dreams A re-telling of the famous epic of pride, love and revenge—The Mahabharata The goings-on of a girl’s mind, a girl who always wished she was a man—Panchaali Divakaruni gets into the psyche of Draupadi (Panchaali), a girl surrounded... Continue Reading →
Book: The Eleventh Commandment Author: Jeffrey Archer Year: 1998 I read this a long time ago. Got my hands on it again this past year, so re-read it. My first Archer novel and, boy, was I a happy man when I was done with it! Surprisingly, I loved this one much more than the fabled... Continue Reading →
"To-morrow at twelve o'clock I regain my freedom and the right to associate with other men, but before I leave this room and see the sunshine, I think it necessary to say a few words to you. With a clear conscience I tell you, as before God, who beholds me, that I despise freedom and life and... Continue Reading →
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