Published: 5th September 2017 Pages: 368 Amazon India Price: Rs. 209
“Sometimes the truth is a secret you're keeping from yourself because living a lie is easier.”
I picked it up just because of the title. Subtle much, huh? It’s later I discovered how fantastic this book is and the other...
“It’s a small thing. But it feels like we’ve been doing this forever.”
The Sun is also a Star is an absolute love. That’s all I can say about it.
Plot (No Spoilers)
It’s a story of Jamaican-American, illegally living in the US, soon to be deported girl, Natasha, and Korean-American, dreamer, poet,...
The story starts with Salvatore (Sal) and Samantha (Sammy) starting their senior year at school. Sammy is a drama queen, intelligent and beautiful best friend of a white boy adopted by gay Mexican father, Sal. Sal has always been a kind and gentle soul until this year when someone...
First, I saw the trailer for this movie and instantly liked it. It was later that I got to know it’s based on a book and is a true story. I got the reviewing copy from Bloomsbury India and enjoyed the read.
PLOT
The story starts with Abdul Karim waking up...
Arvind Parashar got his second book published in May this year, and he has not looked back. Arvind has worked hard on his second book and readers across India seem to have taken a note of it. We got in touch with Arvind to talk about his books:
The Bookoholics: A...
The Book Thief
By
Markus Zusak
Published in 2005, Pages: 584, Amazon India Price: Rs. 211
“A small fact:
You are going to die....does this worry you?”
The Book Thief is set in 1939, Nazi Germany. There are a lot of books written about the war and holocaust but only a few of them from...
Published in 2006, Pages: 256, Amazon India Price: 239
“Very slowly he turned his head back to look at Shmuel, who wasn't crying anymore, merely staring at the floor and looking as if he was trying to convince his soul not to live inside his tiny body anymore, but to...
"My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world." You know this line. You know this from Agatha Christie's books. And now, you can see this on the big screen this year. The movie adaptation of Christie's book is directed by Kenneth Branagh...
J K Rowling has seen phenomenal success. She has earned stardom which was earlier known only to music stars. She has earned money as much as a business tycoon does in a lifetime. She has earned the respect of one and all. And she did all this by becoming...
"I hate you. And you know that." Meera harshly said.
"Trust me honey, you're lying, but your eyes don't." Raj answered.
"Don't be a mad kid Raj. You know very well that I can't be a mom, ever!" Meera added.
"Maybe, that's why I'm acting like a mad kid lately." Raj softly...
