The Crooked Banister Carolyn Keene 1971 Grosset and Dunlap pp. 179 This quick read was a reminder of my childhood days. One of the earliest memories I have of reading are of borrowing books from the library to read detective stories. The idea of a teenaged girl, solving mysteries was so enchanting. Nancy Drew was…
Fatal Accidents of Birth: Stories of Suffering, Oppression and Resistance Harsh Mander 2016 Speaking Tiger pp. 203 Harsh Mander’s writing never fails to leave an impact. So far, I had heard his lectures and read some articles, but this is the first book by him that I picked up. It is a book that will…
An Unsuitable Boy Karan Johar (with Poonam Saxena) 2017 Penguin India pp. 352 I picked up this book because I wanted to read something light, and positive. The resonating image of Karan Johar is of a chirpy, happy, rich, over the top Bollywood celebrity and I thought how terse would his auto biography be! It…
Tim Tim Raston ke Aks (Hindi) Sanjay Vyas 2014 Hind Yugm pp.160 Another collection of short stories in Hindi. I have made it a point to read Hindi regularly and have started enjoying some of the contemporary writers in Hindi. I remember picking up this book by Sanjay Vyas from the New Delhi World Book…
Critical Robin Cook 2007 Pam Macmillan pp. 476 Another in the Laurie Montgomery- Jack Stapleton series, Critical is a medical fiction about the tie up of medicine with the corporate world. With a bit of personal twist, Jack has to undergo surgery himself in a hospital that has a recent history of dealing with a…
Godplayer Robin Cook 1983 Pan Books pp. 293 This is one of the earlier writings by Cook. I am increasingly starting to wonder if I should have read his books in the order in which they have been written. His writing has changed substantially over a period of years, moving more towards literary pieces and…
Theek Tumhare Pichhe (Hindi) Manav Kaul 2016 Hind Yugm pp. 192 This collection of short stories by Manav Kaul came as a surprise to me. Not a short stories fan, I picked it up with the clear thought that this will fill in the fifteen minutes of reading a day slot. Pleasantly surprised, I found…
Nano Robin Cook 2013 Pan Macmillan pp. 436 Another in a series of medical fiction by Robin Cook, Nano is a reminder to all readers about why Cook’s writing is so engaging. Despite the longish read, the book was quite engaging. It reminded me of why I had initially started reading his books. Besides being…
Bookless in Baghdad- And Other Writings about Reading Shashi Tharoor 2005 Penguin pp. 236 Bookless in Baghdad is a work of non fiction by Shashi Tharoor. This is the only writing by Tharoor that I have read so far and I picked it up for its interesting title more than anything else. I was unaware…
Aranghya & Jahar (Bandahar Series I) Vidhya Iyer 2019 pp. 147 Amazon Asia- Pacific The book is the first in a series as the title specifies. It falls in the fantasy fiction genre. The tale revolves around the kingdom of Bandahar. There are a lot of characters and as many places. The story line is…
