Magic Square Salini Vineeth 2018 Amazon Asia Pacific pp. 62 Magic Square is a novella about search for a mysterious gentleman. A young scholar finds a poem written in a discrete mathematics book and can’t stop herself from finding about the owner of the book. As events unfold, she also finds a sense of purpose…
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…
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…
Masala Chai Divya Prakash Dubey 2014 Hind Yugm pp. 206 Masala Chai is a collection of short stories by Divya Prakash Dubey. It is exactly what the introduction claims it to be, stories that you share with your friends over a cup of tea. Most stories are simple, based on everyday occurrences that characterise life…
A Horse Walks Into A Bar David Grossman (Trns. Jessica Cohen) 2014 Penguin pp. 194 The book is about a stand up comedian in Israel. The book runs through one of comedians acts. The narrator is an old friend, a retired judge who the comedian invites to his act. The act turns away from comedy…
The Wedding Tamasha (The Menon Women Book 1) Sudha Nair 2017 Kalari pp. 229 The Wedding Tamasha is a cute story of a young Indian woman who shifts to America after an arranged marriage. The book begins with her marriage falling out. The story revolves around her finding friendship, the support of her parents and…
Three Men on Motorcycles Ketan Joshi 2017 Amazon pp. 216 The book describes the bike ride of three men to Ladakh. It is every bullet owner’s must ride to place so the destination was no surprise. The descriptions of the places visited are thus predictably stereotypical. What is refreshing is the style of writing. Joshi…
Married to Murder: The Bizarre and True Accounts of People who Married Murderers William Webb 2013 Absolute Crime pp. 92 When a book has a name like this, you have to read it, right? Curiosity took the better of me and I picked it up. It is interesting but not so much. It is exactly…
Who Will Cry When You Die? Robin Sharma 2003 (This impression 2016) Jaico pp. 225 This book by Sharma is exactly what the subtitle describes it to be: Life Lessons from the Monk who sold his Ferrari. It is a collection of 101 lessons on life that help you to deal with everyday challenges, bouts…
Ghachar Ghochar Vivek Shanbhag (translation by Srinath Perur) 2015 Harper Perennial pp. 124 Ghachar Ghochar is a psychological, family drama that traces the rags to riches story of a family. Narrated in the voice of a young man who gets embroiled in everything that is happening around him in setting up and success of the…
