India Loses Her Ratan (Jewel)

Since yesternight, I have been feeling low as I heard about the death of India's foremost industrialist and philanthropist, Shri Ratan Tata (1937-2024). There are certain deaths which make us feel as though we have lost somebody close to us, without ever knowing that person. This is one of those. Here is a beautiful obituary …

Two books by Marie Belloc Lowndes: Cressida: No Mystery (1928) and One of Those Ways (1929)

Marie Belloc Lowndes is quite a favourite of mine and the past few weeks, I read two of her books. Cressida: No Mystery begins with the engagement of heiress Lizzie Bowden to Captain Larry Wortle. Lizzie is an orphan who has inherited a fortune from her father, and her guardians, her aunt: Lady Alice Bignor …

Top Five Tuesday: Award-Winning Books

Top Five Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Meeghan Reads where we make a list of five books on a particular topic. This week's topic is award-winning books in which we can choose a specific award or any five books that have won awards. Well, I am going with the first option and have …

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Read because of the Hype

Today's TTT has an interesting take: Books one read/ avoided because of the hype and whether it turned out to be a correct decision or not. Well, I am going to talk about the books that I did read because of the hype surrounding them. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Everybody, …

Crime Fiction Fest for those who can attend

September 28th: Three Books on Indian History

Today is September 28th, the birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh, arguably India's most well-known revolutionary. He was a voracious reader and I thought it would be fitting to write briefly about three books read this year related to Indian history. Waiting for Swaraj: Inner Lives of Indian Revolutionaries by Aparna Vaidik (2021) Bhagat Singh plays …

Wish-Fulfillment: Mindshadow by J.M. Dillard (1986)

Yesterday, in my post on three Star Trek novels, I mentioned that it was the second time that author J.M. Dillard had disappointed me. And then I found this draft on that earlier novel, and decided to post it too. Has it ever happened to you that you started a book with a great deal …

Comfort Reads: Three Star Trek Novels

A sudden trip and then a return after a short stay left me feeling happy and then gloomy. To ward away the feeling of despondency, I turned to my favourite family aboard the Enterprise... or not really because in the three books that I read in quick succession our favourite space travellers are hardly in …

Library Loot: September 25-October 1

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of …

Hailing All Frequencies: The Sci-Fi Books of 1970

In less than a month, the second Reading Club of 2024, hosted by Kaggsy and Simon, will begin. The year chosen is 1970. While searching for books published in that year, I was surprised to see a large number of sci-fi books. So I have a couple of questions for my friends who love sci-fi: …