Ok. I know AMBARISH RAY and I never expected this from him. This is a mother of an MIND F#$K. It raises an ethical question, does the author has the right to blatantly force a reader for a ride without an agreement or argument. Why did I buy this book? Is a different question after… Read More: BASTARD HEARTS by Ambarish Ray. A Mind-F#$KED Magical Sliced Ride… »
Ok, I am firmly going to blame Juggernaut books for trapping me to read this genre after many years. Following one of the tweets, I landed on this simple page that sold me six stories at an invitational type of pricing. Just for INR 30, all delivered digitally in the next few minutes. It was… Read More: ‘TRIED AND TWISTED’ – EROTICA – A BOOK REVIEW »
OM GANESHAY NAMAHA. My copy of the book ‘I AM A TROLL- Inside the Secret World of the BJP’s Digital Army’ by Swati Chaturvedi was delivered last week. I could not stop myself from reading it. The super-hot comments and views by fellow member on a whatsapp group led to a deep curiosity. They are… Read More: I Am a TROLL- a quick bite »
None of us have any doubt that ‘love’ as an emotion has a vast canvas and vignettes that is tough to understand. My picking of this book is a result of being a sucker for short stories. I picked it from Mumbai Airport, when one of the flights, I was destined to take was delayed… Read More: Only a LOVEHOLIC should pick- ‘SHADES OF LOVE’ edited by… »
I read ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and then reread many passages. One silly thought kept creeping up. Knowing the appetite of Indian audience, what if a movie was made on such a lovely story? How successful will it be? All it needed was adapting the Mughal era as the… Read More: Book Review – Love in the time of Cholera by… »
Normally, I read books in sequence. I just follow the ‘FIFO- First In- First Out’ policy. For ‘The Poison Artist’ by Jonathan Moore, I made an exception. How could I hold myself back after reading my favourite author of horror stories Stephen King’s comment. He says ‘it is an electrifying read… I haven’t read anything… Read More: ‘THE POISON ARTIST’ by Jonathan Moore, a multilayered dark crime… »
A semi cooked not so perfect psychological thriller. It has a dated, read somewhere kind of feel. Maybe, I have been suffering the after-effects of reading too much. The plot is full of characters drawn together to fit a jigsaw puzzle. Pity, the readers complete it with many pieces yet to be picked. It is… Read More: TRY NOT TO BREATHE by Holly Seddon. Book Review »
E-Squared is a simple book, that welcomes you to nine – experiments. It asks you to do them yourself and then decide if REALITY IS MANAGEABLE, A CREATION OF YOU. If you desire something, you can make it happen. It is you who with your thoughts, and mind power has been creating reality in your… Read More: ‘E-SQUARED’ – REALITY IS WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE… »
As 2016 comes to an end, here I am with the round-up of books I recommend reading. (Click at the respective year to read the list of the books I recommended in 2014 and 2015) And right at the top comes the disclaimer. Frankly, I have read most of them, but not all of them.… Read More: 10 Books to read from 2016 »
After a long time, I read a book that is an example of brilliant storytelling. ‘A Village Dies – your invitation to a memorable funeral’ by Ivan Arthur. Published by ‘Speaking Tiger’. It is a story in convenient flashbacks. TVD, is a story of two villages Kevni and Amboli, in erstwhile Bombay. A mixed community… Read More: Brilliant Storytelling…- BOOK REVIEW- A Village Dies- by Ivan Arthur »
