Thank You LoveAyush Gupta2016Half Baked Beanspp. 153 Another one in the young adult romance journal. The good things about this book are that it was free and it was a quick read. The plot is not new, the narrative style is not new, it lacks totally in editing which is the fault of the publisher…
A Wasted Hour Jeffrey Archer 2017 (ebook edition) Pan A Wasted Hour is part of a series of short stories to be published. A quick read, the short story is about a young woman who aspires to be a writer and finds stories in the people she meets while hitchhiking to and from the…
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonF. Scott Fitzgerald1922 (original)pp. 49BN PublishingFitzgerald’s work is a brief description of the life of a man who is reverse aging. Born as a seventy year old, he lives his life in reverse. The struggles with family, education, and society at large have been presented. A full novel would have…
How to Kill Your Husband (and other handy household hints)Kathy Lette2006Pocket Bookspp 326 How to Kill Your Husband is a witty tale of three friends in their forties and their (extra) marital escapades. If fiction is a representative of real life, it would seem that the whole world is having extra marital affairs. I give…
My Name is RedOrhan Pamuk 1998(translated in English by Erdag M Goknar in 2001)Alfred A Knopf pp. 448 A Nobel prize winning novel, My Name is Red is set in Istanbul. A story of miniaturists in the sixteenth century, it is a tale of love, violence, art, religion and life. Hidden between the descriptions of complex…
Name: A Matter of HonourAuthor: Jeffrey ArcherNo. of Pages: 350Publisher: Hodder and StoughtonYear of Publication: 1986 About the Book:The book describes the story of a young man’s inheritance of a historical symbol of international significance. The plot thickens as the chief protagonist gets embroiled in the dark side of international politics. He is soon to…
Name: To Cut a Long Story ShortAuthor: Jeffrey ArcherNo. of Pages: 419Publisher: Harper CollinsYear of Publication: 2001 About the Book:The book is a collection of short stories. Archer opens it with his favourite middle eastern short story about a man trying to escape death. The fifteen other short stories have been written by Archer, some…
Name: InfernoAuthor: Dan BrownNo. of Pages: 480Publisher: DoubledayYear of Publication: 2013 About the Book:Inferno presents the story of Robert Langdon, who was also the protagonist in Brown’s two other books- Angels and Demons and The DaVinci Code. Langdon, a college professor, specialises in symbolism and is a renowned art historian. His characterisation in the books…
Name: Digital FortressAuthor: Dan BrownReading Time: 10-12 metro rides About the Book: Digital Fortress is a science fiction, political drama. It repeatedly questions the world scenario of Big Brother watching and the uncalled for US domination. It raises ethical issues but does not talk about them explicitly. The ethics seem to get lost somwehere in…
