“To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is a bad dream.” The Bell Jar is the only novel written by the famous poet Sylvia Plath. It is a semi-autobiographic novel as it partially tells the story of Plath’s own descent into mental illness. The novel’s…
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Book Review 11 – Sleeping Arrangements by Madeleine Wickham (Sophie Kinsella)
“For all the planning in the world, one could not govern one’s own fate.” Sleeping Arrangements is a novel by Sophie Kinsella writing as Madeleine Wickham. The plot is set in and around a holiday trip to Spain. The story surrounds the lives of two families who have never known of each other and are…
WOMEN’S DAY READING LIST
“We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.” – Kavita Ramdas This women’s day lets celebrate the brave, the strong, the bold, the everyday women. Here’s a…
Book Review 10 – Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie
As a kid, I was only interested in reading two genres of the reading world — romance and crime fiction. Two extremely different surrounding emotions but just in books can they be magically spun together. Well, this book definitely isn’t about love at all but about a crime, a crime that has taken place on…
HABITS – WHAT GOOD ARE THEY? (A list to create habits and break habits)
Its already the end of second month of this year! Where did the time go? Well mine went in reading, starting a blog, writing reviews, exercising and hoping for a better tomorrow :P. This year I am really into making new habits and breaking some of the old ones (very important!). Have you guys started…
Book Review 09 – My Heart And Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga
The debut novel by Jasmine Warga, My Heart And Other Black Holes is a YA contemporary novel that talks about the topic of depression and suicidal thoughts and how it consumes a person to the extent that they want to take their own life. The story surrounds two teenage kids – Aysel and Roman who…
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 07 – The Woman Who Stole My Life by Marian Keyes
The Woman Who Stole My Life is a novel written by the famous Irish author Marian Keyes. The title of the book is very engaging, and so is the about me on the back cover. But as soon as you start reading the book, you’ll find yourself in a zigzag passage of time travel, where…
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,…
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