Book Review: I picked this book to read on my Kindle because I am a great fan of the paranormal genre. Most of my readers and blogger comrades know by now that I just can’t get enough of the horror/paranormal genre. ‘Long Stories Short’ by Karen Black is a fine example of this genre. I read the book in one sitting yesterday, the day we celebrated the festival of Holi, … [Read more...] about ‘Long Stories Short’ by Karen Black
‘Anusual’ by Anu Aggarwal
Book Review: I bought this book way back in 2015 from Kitab Khana, Fort. The book attracted me because of its tagline – ‘The Memoir of a girl who came back from the dead’. I did not realize then that the author of this memoir, Anu Aggarwal, was the scintillating and glamourous actress whom I saw in a movie on T.V. when I was a school kid. When I was very young I was … [Read more...] about ‘Anusual’ by Anu Aggarwal
‘Slivers Of Life’ by Beem Weeks
Book Review: Beem Weeks has done a marvelous job with his intriguing collection of short stories titled ‘Slivers of Life’. In this book Weeks has crafted the stories of many different characters in varied situations offering twists to the plot line which makes us ponder over the fact that we are indeed reading a master craftsman of the short story genre. I bought this … [Read more...] about ‘Slivers Of Life’ by Beem Weeks
‘What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape’ by Sohaila Abdulali
Book Review: I came to know about Abdulali like most young adults around that time, in 2012, because of the infamous gang rape of Nirbhaya, in New Delhi. Nirbhaya was out with a male friend and boarded a bus full of her rapists, one of whom was a minor. She was tortured and gang-raped on the bus, and a rod was pushed through her vagina damaging many of her organs. She … [Read more...] about ‘What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape’ by Sohaila Abdulali
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Book Review: I read this book in 2011 when I was teaching at a regular school. I was 22 years old back then and loved the book. I reread this book in February 2019, and it still has that magic that shocks you, shames you, and serenades you. ‘Lolita’ by Vladimir Nabokov is one of the most lucid, beautiful and poetic books in the form of prose that sweeps you off your … [Read more...] about Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov