A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini 2007 Riverhead pp. 432 Hosseini’s second book weaves an engaging tale around the lives of Mariam and Leila. Unlike his earlier work, this book presents female protagonists who strive through trying circumstances. While the context is quite similar to The Kite Runner, the protagonists gender, and thus the central…
The Last Dance Anmol Arora 2019 Speaking Tiger pp. 320 The Last Dance is the debut novel by Anmol Arora. The narrative traces the life of a young Kurdish girl growing up in India. Having taken refuge in India at the peak of Turkey- Kurdistan conflict, the girl, struggles to find her identity in the…
The Strange Library Haruki Murakami 2014 Harvill Secker pp. 88 (Audio book 1 hour) The Strange Library describes a young man’s experiences at a library which he visits to return books, and gets entrapped into reading thick books. The book is absurd with a surreal touch to it. It leaves you with a sense of…
Birthday Stories Haruki Murakami 2006 Vintage Books pp. 207 Birthday stories is an anthology of stories written on the theme of birthdays. Most stories are snippets from a single day or at most a few days. The short stories, I am ashamed to admit, are mostly by writers I have never read before. Murakami is…
The Street Lawyer John Grisham 1998 Century pp. 348 The Street Lawyer is a thriller about an affluent lawyer who is shaken by being in a sudden hostage situation. A large part of the book is about the thoughts and reflections of this protagonist and his questioning of what values to hold close to heart….
A Girl, A Stolen Camera and A Borrowed Bike: The Tale of a Journey Nikhil Singh Shaurya 2018 Notion Press pp. 78 The book is exactly what it is titled: tale of a journey, undertaken by a girl, who comes across a stolen camera and borrows a bike. The story had potential and would have…
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…
Fifty Shades of Grey and Fifty Shades Freed E L James 2011 & 2012 Vintage Books pp. 514 and 592 I started reading the Fifty shades series last year and gave up, quite wisely after the first book. Reading the first one was a harrowing experience. To finish a book you do not enjoy is…
October Junction Divya Prakash Dubey 2019 Hind Yugm pp. 150 I want to begin by writing that I pre-ordered this book. This should be a clear indication of how high my expectations are from Dubey and his writing. This is his latest work and I think I have managed to read all of his writing…
Mrs. Dalloway Virginia Woolf 1925 (this print 2017) Fingerprint pp. 208 Mrs. Dalloway is the story of a woman who throws a party and in the process reminisces about her life. The entire book is set in one day that culminates in the party. The protagonist is best described as an upper class woman who…
