There is nothing more satisfying than reading a book while sipping a hot cup of tea.
I thought I'll not do the A-Z challenges this year but ...well I just could not resist, so I am signing-up for the 2013 A to Z Reading Challenge hosted @ On the Wings of Books. And I am going for both the authors and titles categories.If you are interested, sign-up here.
Last year, one of the challenges I could not finish was the A-Z challenge where one had to read 26 books in all pertaining to the letters of the English alphabet. Thus it gives me great pleasure to announce that this year I've been able to finish this challenge, hosted @ babies, books, & beyondHere … Continue reading Challenge Complete: A-Z (Titles)
He went out closing the door behind him, leaving her alone with Max.Mary Bergen is a psychic who helps the police track down and capture serial-killers, at times right at the moment they are about to murder somebody. However, lately there has been a change in Mary's life. For long, it was her brother Alan … Continue reading Forgotten Book: V is for (The) Vision by Dean R. Koontz
He turned the switch further, until the light was at maximum strength, then laughed again, ha-ha-ha, as if he'd just found a toy that pleased him. Everyone laughed with him, and the game went on until he began to turn the dimmer down. As the brightness dwindled, little by little everything began to freeze, to … Continue reading S is for Successor by Ismail Kadare
"How old are you?"That was for my benefit. he had a triple conviction: that a) his animus toward women made it impossible for him to judge any single specimen; that b) I needed only an hour with any woman alive to tag her; and that c) he could help out by asking some blunt impertinent … Continue reading Forgotten Book: R is for Rex Stout’s The Mother Hunt
Archbishop Richard Rushman, 'the saint of Lakeview Drive' is found murdered and the police don't have to search far for his killer because he is found cowering in the confessional, covered in blood, and holding a knife in his hand. The case seems open and shut and the mob wants the killer, Aaron Stampler, strung … Continue reading P is for Primal Fear
Frederick Forsyth is one of my father's favourite authors and when my sisters and I were young, Papa would often narrate to us certain incidents/ episodes from his novels: The Day of the Jackal., The Odessa File, The Dogs of War etc. Though, these novels, esp Jackal, have long been on my wishlist, somehow I … Continue reading FFB: N is for No Comebacks by Fredrick Forsyth
Muzaffar Jung is the detective in Madhulika Liddle's mysteries set during the Mughal times.Here is how the author describes him:A tall young man stood at the prow of the boat watching the spectacle. He was about twenty-five years old, broad-shouldered and fine-featured. He wore no beard, and his moustache was short and well-trimmed. The rich … Continue reading J is for Jung, Muzaffar
Ian Rankin is a Scottish crime writer, most famous for his creation: Inspector John Rebus. I have read two of his books: A Question of Blood, and Black and Blue. The latter is a significant book as it is often seen as the novel in which Rebus comes of age. First published in 1997, it … Continue reading I is for Ian Rankin
Michael Innes (J.I.M Stewart) is one of my favourite Golden-Age writers and there was a time when I read his books one after the other till I ran through all the titles the various libraries (I frequent) had on their shelves. After all these years, the titles and the plots are a little hazy but … Continue reading H is for Hamlet, Revenge! by Michael Innes
a hot cup of pleasure 