From Words To Views: The Lincoln Lawyer

Stylish and brilliant is the best way to describe this crisp looking series based on books by Michael Connelly. Based in California, this lawyer sure knows how to handle his business from a devilishly trendy car. The series begins with a down and out lawyer- Mickey Haller, who has been battling personal demons for over…

From Words To Views: Bridgerton (Season 2)

To be frank, I was a bit sceptical about watching this season of the famous series. The promos and trailers all look promising but what was really not motivating me enough to watch this latest season was too much familiar love story between the lead pairs or rather a love triangle. Actually similar storylines have…

From Words To Views: Anatomy of A Scandal

If you have started watching this series by looking at the cryptically interesting trailer then you are not the only one. The series is indeed stylishly crafted with actors and their surroundings pleasing to the eyes. Even the storyline seems to be on familiar territory of a man cheating his wife with his coworker from…

From Words To Views: Luckiest Girl Alive

Luckiest Girl Alive brings Ani’s story to the screen who happens to be a survivor of a gruesome school shooting and now works as an editor in a women’s magazine in the New York City. Her past has shadowed her present for far too long and now, she is trying to carve out a niche…

Piranesi By Susanna Clarke

Piranesi lives in the House. The House protected him till now and it still looks after him. It provides him shelter from tides and nurtured him with the bounties brought by the tides. The House is boundless and merciful to Piranesi; at least, up till now. Susanna Clarke’s marvellous novel begins in the House with…

From Words To Views: Anxious People

Well, if you have read the book and then watching this Netflix adaptation (like me) then there are hardly any spoilers or shock value to the story. However, readers might get surprised by the topsy-turvy treatment given to the original story while transforming it to be a screenplay. Unlike the book where more or less…

Vinegar Girl By Anne Tyler

Vinegar Girl is a modern take on Shakespeare’s Taming The Shrew by Anne Taylor. Like the original source, this book also has a spinster at its heart who is a bit problematic for her father and then gets eventually ‘tamed’ (sort of) by an arranged suitor. However, unlike the original play, the entire plot line…

From Words To Views: Maid

This is an interesting story of taking a big step and making big in the life. This inspirational tale portrays the true life story of a resilient woman who becomes maid due to the circumstances around her but rises beyond her station with exemplary will. It is the story of Alex who is living with…

From Words To Views: American Crime Story S3- Impeachment

Based on A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President by Jeffrey Toobin, this third season of the famous anthology series takes us to the late nineties during the time of Clinton administration. Rather than concentrating on the administration and governance, this season is all about the…

The Tattooist of Auschwitz By Heather Morris

This is the second book in a month where the book is worthy of the all the praise and hype for making it so famous. ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ is such a remarkable book containing such a fragile and fantabulous love story. Although people have already used cliché to describe its existence, I would simply…

कृष्णा सोबती लिखित मित्रो मरजानी

एखाद्या पुस्तकाबद्दल तुम्ही खूप प्रशंसा ऐकावी, त्याच्या उल्लेखनीय असण्याची नोंद घ्यावी पण काही ना काही कारणाने ते पुस्तक वाचायचं राहून जावं असं माझं ‘मित्रो मरजानी’च्या बाबतीत बऱ्याच वेळा झालं. कधी कधी तर हि अतिप्रशंसा पुस्तकाच्या दर्जाबद्दल देखील प्रश्न उपस्थित करते कारण सध्याच्या काळातील ओव्हर हाईप्ड चीजा खरोखरचं तितपत चांगल्या असतील याची काहीही शाश्वती नाही. पण…

Under The Whispering Door By T.J. Klune

An unusual setting, limited characters with solid backstories supporting them and an interesting plot line with curious twists are some of the elements which make this novel an amazing feat. Surrounded by so much talks of death and afterlife, this story still manages to weave a tapestry of amusement, joy, simple pleasures and love with…

From Words To Views: The Perfect Mother

A French series with limited episodes which talks about the mother daughter relationship in current times. Shuttling between Paris and Berlin but the storyline mainly taking place in Paris, this crisp plot line challenges many misconceptions surrounding the perfect family. Although the focus is more on a mother’s role in establishing such a perfect family…

From Words To Views: The Baztán Trilogy

There are three movies which complete the aforementioned trilogy called The Invisible Guardian (El guardián invisible), The Legacy of The Bones ( Legado en los huesos) and Offering To The Storm (Ofrenda a la tormenta). Coming from the penmanship of the acclaimed Spanish author Dolores Redondo, the first two movies are based on the eponymous…