Book: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear Author: Elizabeth Gilbert Year: 2015 Bookhad Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ “He became a poet the way other men become monks: as a devotional practice, as an act of love, and as a lifelong commitment to the search for grace and transcendence.” Liz Gilbert (as she calls herself on Facebook) tells us... Continue Reading →
Book: The Red Tent Author: Anita Diamant Year: 1997 Bookhad Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Maybe it was a sign that she died with an undivided heart, and wished the same for you. At an extended family function, a couple of years ago, one of the women, after a superficial acquaintance, gave me a sour dressing down on the... Continue Reading →
Book: A Tale for the Time Being Author: Ruth Ozeki Year: 2003 Bookhad Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ A monk told Joshu, "I have just entered this monastery. I beg you to teach me." Joshu asked, "Have you eaten your rice porridge?" The monk replied, "I have." "Then," said Joshu, "Go and wash your bowl." At that moment the monk... Continue Reading →
Book: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Author: Anne Lamott Year: 1994 Bookhad Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ “If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real emotion at the center of your work. Write straight into the emotional center... Continue Reading →
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: 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 →
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