2016
Penguin with Epic
pp. 182
Before the Coffee Gets Cold Toshikazu Kawaguchi (trans. Geoffrey Trousselot) 2015/ 2019 Picador pp. 224 I chanced upon this book while looking for books by Japanese authors. Admittedly, it is the name of the book that caught my attention. Coffee and book together make a strong combination and I thought this must be written by…
Name of the Book: The Catcher in the RyeName of the Author: J D SalingerNo. of Pages: 277Year of Publication: 2010 (Republished edition, first published 1951)Publisher: Penguin About the Book:The book is a first person account of the chief protagonist, a young man named Holden Caulfield. Dropping out from an exclusive private school, Caulfield describes…
The Wounds of the DeadVikram Paralkar2017Harper Collinspp. 215 Parlkar is trained as a physician. In this fictional work he has used his knowledge of medicine and combined with horror, fantasy, and some bits of folklore. You will also find traces of mythology here and there or may be that is just my interpretation. The story…
One of Us is Next Karen M McManus 2020 pp. 375 Penguin In the sequel to One of us is lying, McManus weaves a tale of a set of high school students attempting to carry forward the practice set in place by Simon in the previous book. The game of revealing students’ secrets takes an…
Name: Main Nastik Kyon hun? (Hindi)Author: Bhagat SinghReading Time: 1 metro ride About the Book: Bhagat Singh gives his argument for being an atheist and traces his own journey from being a believer to a non believer. He also examines his own thoughts and traces his own intellectual journey. The writing is smooth, very moving…
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ckMark Manson2016Harper Collinspp. 224One of the few books in the self help genre that I have ended up reading and liking. My experience of reading in this area is limited and had not been for the Extraordinary Reading Challenge by The Curious Reader, I probably wouldn’t have read…