It’s 1969, and Frances Jellico, a woman in her late thirties, has just moved into the attic of the famous English countryside mansion at Lyntons. Frances has been hired by an American who just bought the estate to evaluate and research the architecture and its surrounding gardens. But Frances is not alone. Cara and Peter,…
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Book Review 16 – A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
At the end of any book, I am usually happy or sad, or crying or being excited about my next read. But this book, this story, this man who I met on these pages made me contemplate for a long, long time, contemplate on love, on grief, on death, and on life in general. When…
To read is to travel someplace else – a book is it’s most beautiful medium! – World Book Day Reading List.
World Book Day is also known as World Book and Copyright Day, or International Day of the Book. It is an annual event, organised by UNESCO to promote reading and publishing. Reading is a very important part of my life and books are a feeling of joy that nothing else brings. Every year there are…
Book Review 15 – Landline by Rainbow Rowell
“You don’t know what it really means to crawl into someone else’s life and stay there. You can’t see all the ways you’re going to get tangled, how you’re going to bond skin to skin. How the idea of separating will feel in five years, in ten – in fifteen.” Landline is a novel written…
Book Review 14 – Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid
A story of two best friends – Dave and Julia experiencing high school, and making a “never” list. The list is not to do all the cliché high school things that a typical American teenager does. Not going to parties, not having a fixed lunch spot, not running for prom king/queen, are among the few….
Book Review 13 – Jar Of Hearts by Jennifer Hiller
Jar Of Hearts by Jennifer Hiller is a psychological thriller spread across a night in high school, fast forwarded to fourteen years later. Three best friends, inseparable throughout high school, until a special someone, comes along. Popular Angela Wong disappears one night after a party. Nobody knows where she is apart from her best friend…
Book Review 08 – Surprise Me by Sophie Kinsella
Sophie Kinsella’s novel Surprise Me describes the meaning of love in today’s world in such beauty and charm. Marriage is not only about the love two people have for each other but also the trust and respect that they share and cherish. It is definitely hard work, but everything in life comes out better when…
Contemporary Romance Fiction – 14 Books for the 14th of February
“It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.” — John Joseph Powell, The Secret Of Staying In Love This Valentine’s Day embrace yourselves with…
Book Review 06 – The Sellout by Paul Beatty
“Silence can either be protest or consent, but most times it’s fear.” The Sellout is a 2015 published novel by Paul Beatty. Its one of those books that have this rare combination of satire and comedy submerged in its pages. The story of the narrator, a black African-American, is set in and around Los Angeles,…
2019 READING CHALLENGE LIST
I am starting something new for my blog. I’ll start posting some interesting book lists curated by me. The first reading list that I am publishing is the 2019 Reading Challenge that I am doing this year. This list has been curated combining the challenges from the last five years of the Ultimate Popsugar Reading…
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