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 →
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 →
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 →
Book: The Tin Drum Author: Günter Grass Year: 1959 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤❤❤❤ In the words of Günter Grass, to be human is to be childlike, curious, complex and immoral, and The Tin Drum (translated from the original German Die Blechtrommel) is all of these qualities at once. It is the autobiographical narration from his bed in a... Continue Reading →
Book: The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel about Rumi Author: Elif Shafak Year: 2010 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤❤❤♡ This is my third Elif Shafak book, therefore, by common assent, it must be agreed that she is a writer I love to read. Before reviewing this book for language, story, reader immersion, and the likes I will... Continue Reading →
We just realised we seem to know a lot of Engineers. Not a bad thing, eh? So, what do we do? We go and interview one more of them. Presenting to you Aamil Syed. Reader Bio: Aamil says that he is not a very well read person, but he really likes to read. Aamil says, "Most... Continue Reading →
Book: The Fifth Mountain Author: Paulo Coelho Year: 1996 A lot of Paulo Coelho's literature is centred around folklore and mystical tales. He's the modern-day teller of age-old stories by picking their essence and creating a whole new perfume. I believe that some stories live on for ages and cut across culture, region and boundaries... Continue Reading →
Book: The Devil Wears Prada Author: Lauren Weisberger Published: May 30th 2006 How many times have we walked out of cinema halls and trashed a movie because it desecrated our beloved book? Sounds familiar? How many times have we read a deficient book and thought how could one make an absolutely amazing movie on it?... Continue Reading →
You know what I think it is about 'references' and 'recommendations'? They have just one shot at getting their foot in the door and then, from thereon they have to walk the whole journey based on how much substance they've got! When I picked Kathryn Stockett's bestseller, The Help, it was nothing more then a... Continue Reading →
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