Having heard of the author, I was eager to read one of her books. I was a bit hesitant, as it was an e-book, a format that I am not familiar with. However I pushed aside my hesitation and bought the book on Juggernaut. (The author too sent me a […]
White Mughals by William Dalrymple is an interesting blend of history and a real life romance. It is not just the romance of two people, but the romance of two cultures. It is set between the late 18th century and mid 19th century in India, which, at the time, was […]
Happily Never After by Jane De Suza is about Tina, a woman in her thirties in Bangalore, raising three children on her own. The story as narrated by Tina, is mainly a collection of her blog posts, where she vents her frustrations. Tina and her husband Vikram (Vik), find that the […]
Songs Of Stone by Sujata Sabnis, is about the life long romance of the couple, Jagat and Nilofer, set in the Mughal era, starting in 1617 during the reign of Jahangir and ending with the construction of the Taj Mahal in 1641. The book presents the Mughal era through the […]
Glitter and Gloss by Vibha Batra is an entertaining book for young girls and those others who are young at heart and still have that romance kicking in their minds. The style is quite different from what I usually read and I was not sure if I would like it. […]
The Eight FBian Hearts by Harsha Shastry narrates the story of eight people of different age groups and backgrounds finding the love of their lives on Facebook. The 32-year-old Bhaskar — a content writer and a divorcee — ventures into Facebook, posting an old photo of his as the profile […]
After having read Preeti Shenoy’s “Life is What You Make It“, “Tea for Two and a Piece of Cake“, “The Secret Wishlist“, and now The One You Cannot Have, I feel that relationships have become very complex. Free will and the right to exercise it enables people to make decisions, […]
The title Facebook Phantom drew me to this book; I thought it might be a book on Facebook addiction and how to overcome it. Though my guess was close, the story was slightly different. Written by the author when she was fifteen years old, the story revolves around Sonali Machado, the protagonist, […]
Ananya: a bittersweet journey by debutant author Shilpa Gupta had me thinking about a lateral question that has been on my mind since a long time, even before I started with the book. The author is a chemical engineer from IIT, with a post graduate management degree from the IIM and […]
After having read Preeti Shenoy’s “Life is What You Make It” and “Tea for Two and a Piece of Cake“, I was impressed with her writing style and narration, so I decided give “the Secret Wishlist” a try on a bored afternoon. Did I say that it spruced up my […]
“Someone Like You”, co-written by Nikita Singh and Durjoy Datta, is a book published by Penguin Books India under its Metro Reads series. Chetan Bhagat’s biggest contribution to the publishing industry in India was the creation / identification of a new target segment of readers. The readers of this segment […]
I bought “Tea for Two and a Piece of Cake” by Preeti Shenoy based on my experience with the earlier reading of her book “Life is what you make it”. I was definitely not disappointed in that it was an easy read and I finished it in a few hours […]
“Half Girlfriend” by Chetan Bhagat is the story of a romance between a boy and a girl from different circumstances and backgrounds. Written in a typical Chetan Bhagat pattern, it has a prologue where the protagonist meets CB at critical juncture of his life. The major part of the story […]
“Letters from an Indian Summer” by debutant novelist Siddharth Dasgupta is the love story of two nomadic beings – Arjun Bedi, a photographer of Indian origin and Genevieve Casta, an artist of French origin. Arjun and Genevieve are nomads at heart and refuse to be tied down, travelling on a […]
I tend to avoid certain authors because of my first impressions. The title of Preeti Shenoy’s “34 bubblegums and candies” had induced certain prejudices in me that I avoided reading her for a long time. By a certain turn of events, I decided to give her book “Life is what […]
Back in Time by Andaleeb Wajid is the second of the Tamanna Trilogy for Young Adults. The first of the trilogy is No Time for Goodbyes. Tamanna travels back in time by 30 years to 1982, where her present mother is younger to her. In this setting, she is received […]