Top news this week – Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and The Bone Season Series
9 years ago Shaili Desai 1
It was quite a week for fantasy lovers this week as we saw news from popular fantasy authors and publishers about upcoming books! George R R Martin released an excerpt from his upcoming book ‘The Winds of Winter’, the next book in The Song of Ice and Fire Series, of which Game of Thrones was the Read More
Book Review: Unnatural Creatures by Neil Gaiman
9 years ago Shaili Desai 2
In this book, Neil Gaiman has selected some of his favourite stories featuring monsters and beasts. Most of these beats exist only in myth or folk lore and some, only in our minds. These stories have been selected by best selling author Neil Gaiman, with stories by noted authors in the collection like E Nesbit Read More
Bye Bye 2013, Welcome 2014 !
9 years ago Shaili Desai 0
First of all, Happy New Year ! (Image Source) There’s something impossibly optimistic and happy about a new year coming your way. It fills you with hope and faith that things are going to be so much more better in the new year ! Not to forget, the pleasant surprises which may possibly hit you Read More
Book Review: Asura Tale of the Vanquished by Anand Neelakantan
9 years ago Shaili Desai 0
I miss MICA. Yes, I do. It’s not like it was Utopia (In some ways, though, it probably was, compared to real life). People living together in a campus means that there are bound to be the usual jealousies, back stabbings and the constant need to hide your insecurities by pretending to be someone you Read More
Book Nook #2: 3L Library in Defence Colony Market, New Delhi
9 years ago Shaili Desai 3
It’s been a pitiful state of affairs these past few weeks. I have been sad and discontented because of things not really going well on any front, especially work. I am still discontented but I am learning to take it better. I guess the pressure will always remain as long as this sales stint lasts. Read More
Book Review: The Kill List by Frederick Forsyth
10 years ago Shaili Desai 1
The Kill List by Frederick Forsyth has been a much awaited book, especially for fans of the thriller genre. The only other book by Forsyth that I have read is The Fist Of God and I found it to be quite interesting. Reading it was like stepping into another world altogether, a covert world which is Read More
The Thursday Morning Breakfast and Murder Club by Liz Stauffer – An Excerpt
10 years ago Shaili Desai 1
The Thursday Morning Breakfast (And Murder) Club by Liz Stauffer is a debut mystery novel, published by Sartoris Literary Group. It is murder mystery which follows Lilly Mae and other ‘breakfast club’ ladies, who help the police in tracking down a killer. Book Cover Here’s a short excerpt: “Clare’s dead!” When she spoke the words, Read More
Some ‘bites’ from Manish Gupta, author of English Bites
10 years ago Shaili Desai 0
English was always my favorite subject in school. Whenever the text books would be bought for the new school year, I would pick up the English textbook and finish reading it in two hours. And the rest of the year would pass, along with examinations, without me ever studying a word of it. I was Read More