Men explain things to me begins with the author narrating an everyday, mundane experience. This anecdote might feel like shocking from a man’s perspective but yeah as women, we are very much used to such “mansplaining”. Although, the author categorically mentions that her brilliantly written essay has given birth to this term, but she would […]
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Writers And Lovers | Lily King
July 10, 2021
This new novel by Lily King beautifully and evocatively captures all the struggles and solaces of writers and lovers. The agony, excitement, heartbreak and sense of accomplishment are some of the common qualities being traced in both of these phenomenon – beginning to write and falling in love. The story, first person narrated by Kacey […]
From Words To Views |Ray
June 30, 2021
Satyajit Ray was not only a film maker par excellence but also scriptwriter, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher and music composer. So, it’s not surprising that so many creative minds try to adapt or inspire from his vast body of work. That includes his contemporaries as well as the new age creators who […]
The Farm | Joanne Ramos
June 26, 2021
This is my first book having its roots and characters from Philippines, written by an immigrant from that country who is currently living in USA. Therefore, it has a flair of authenticity to it while depicting the lives of immigrants in USA. The book is divided into different chapters based on the narratives and who […]
Evidence of the Affair | Taylor Jenkins Reid
June 14, 2021
What a cracking little novella this is, simply superb!! Exclusively presented by Amazon, it’s all the fun to hear it as an audiobook, specially the narrators selected by Audible are perfect to the T. They convey the distinct voices of the characters perfectly and sometimes in the middle of the story it feels like witnessing […]
Turtles All The Way Down | John Green
June 8, 2021
The new novel by John Green has all the hallmarks of his previous successful books- a girl having some sort of psychological/ physical issues, a good natured boy caught up in difficult circumstances, their friends or family members providing enough encouragement to move the story forward which will lead to an unexpected ending. So this […]
The second volume of the Penguin Book of the British Short Story presents spectacular writings from a variety of talented, brilliant authors across generations of writers. This list includes writing legends like P. G. Wodehouse, V. S. Naipaul, W. Somerset Maugham, Roald Dahl, Doris Lessing to contemporary geniuses such as Ian McEwan, Zadie Smith to name a few.
Less | Andrew Sean Greer
May 21, 2021
Arthur Less wants nothing but an adventure to get over life, love and loss of both- life & love. And how is he going to do that, well with the help of his ingenious plan to have a trip around the world- new sites, new people, new purposes to look forward to one’s days once […]
From Words to Views |The Woman in the Window
May 18, 2021
The screen adaptation of The Woman In The Window, a film by Netflix begins with an agoraphobic woman called Anna Fox, living alone in a sprawling Manhattan home except for a token company of subterranean tenant- David. Besides her ongoing battle with agoraphobia, Anna is struggling with signs of depression, substance abuse including her prescription […]
This is a super useful and quite short book which details as the name suggests the psychology at work to earn money and generate wealth. Well, that’s correct- Money & Wealth are two interdependent, interconnected but totally different concepts. How and what makes them so is narrated beautifully by the author with help of few […]