This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor Adam Kay 2017 Picador pp. 256 ‘This is going to hurt’ is a collection of diary entries written by Adam Kay. A non fiction account of his years of training and growing as a junior doctor, the diary entries hide beneath its many layers…
Hot Love Inferno Nicky Blue 2018 Amazon Asia Pacific pp. 144 This is the second book in the Prophecy Allocation series. A short and quick read, it can be finished in one sitting. And I think if you do choose to pick it up, you wouldn’t be able to leave it unfinished. The book, I…
Unladylike: A Memoir Radhika Vaz 2015 Aleph pp. 217 Unladylike, like the name suggests, is a memoir of Radhika Vaz. The title couldn’t be more apt, given the way she is living her life. Unladylike breaks away from stereotypes. But on a deeper reading you would feel that almost every girl and woman in India…
Winsome Winnie and Other New Nonsense NovelsStephen Leacock1920Kindle editionGeneral Books (2010) It takes a lot of effort to reach an author like Leacock. In my quest to meet the Extraordinary Reading Challenge by The Curious Reader, I was to read something funny. Now, heavens alone know why, but we are constantly fed with satire in…
How to Make Enemies and Offend PeopleG Sampath2013New DelhiPenguinpp. 205 Sampath’s book is part humour, part satire on a variety of social, political, and sometimes personal concerns. His keen observation and his play with words is entertaining and engaging. Buying a property in cities, having staycations, and umpteen attempts at rearranging books are themes that resonate…
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…
