Have you ever had one of those moments where you look at a parent, somebody about whom you think you know everything there is to know, and realize that you don’t know them at all? Or heard one too many cliched stories that made you shake your head or roll your eyes at the sheer … Continue reading »
The Puffin book of spooky ghost stories
I seem to have discovered a veritable treasure trove of ghost stories recently! While I haven’t written about the rest yet I figured I’d do this one first. First, because it’s the freshest and second, because in its way this is something new to me – probably, technically, the first book of ghost stories for … Continue reading »
The five people you meet in heaven
Now this was one book I’d been wanting to read for a while. It was one of those for me that frequently came up in conversations wit ppl going, ‘have you read that one yet?’ So finally I got home a copy and settled into it. What I found interesting was the unassuming author’s note … Continue reading »
Palace of Illusions
Something really strange is going on. Have you ever had the feeling that you just wake up one fine day and start noticing a particular thing that never really seemed like a big deal to you till now? ‘Cause I, it would seem, am waking up to sexism. Now, I’m not blind or stupid so … Continue reading »
Land of the Seven Rivers
I’ve barely put the book down and I’m so excited I’m already writing about this. Had any of you been following me on Twitter (just fyi you can find me at Sharmistha33) you would have had fair warning. As such, this is it. Consider yourself warned for I’m about to launch into an absolute fawn … Continue reading »
The Fishing Fleet – Husband-hunting in the Raj
OK I’m going to admit this right off the bat and tell you that I am a huuuge history junkie. I’m one of those people who get misty-eyed when they look at old buildings and their heads get flooded with (imaginative, hence, probably inaccurate) images of the people who must have once lived there and … Continue reading »
I Heard That Song Before
I’m going to say it right at the offset – I’ve read more captivating Mary Higgins Clarks than this one. That’s not to say I Heard That Song Before (far be it from me to find faults but I just cannot shake the ‘bad grammar feeling’ every time I say the title) was a bad book. … Continue reading »
WWW Wednesdays
Well, today is certainly not a Wednesday. I think. However, any day is a good to talk about books, right? Right! So here goes … from http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/ To play along just answer the three questions below. 1. What are you currently reading? I’m currently reading Anne de Courcy’s The Fishing … Continue reading »
Roads to Mussoorie
So here it is – the first post of 2013. And from the stacks and stacks of books I seem to have devoured in the recent time of transit the one I want to talk about first is Ruskin Bond’s Roads to Mussoorie. I’m unsure how many of you would be familiar with the name … Continue reading »
Ahem…
(Shuffles sheepishly onto the scene while staying as close to the wings as possible, for safety…) Er..ahem…s0… well, yes, we are indeed still alive (she addresses her feet) even though we’ve been missing in action for a very very very very very very … ahem … well, you get the point. Well, no excuses, no … Continue reading »
No Vacancy?
Whether it’s all a brilliant publicity gimmick or there’s some truth to the murky tales regarding JK Rowling that are surfacing, there’s hardly anybody who’s unaware of the release of her new book, Casual Vacancy. And this is one that’s already made the bestseller list. Whether or not its good enough remains to be seen. … Continue reading »
