There is nothing more satisfying than reading a book while sipping a hot cup of tea.
I have successfully finished the Back to the Classics challenge hosted by Karen at Books and Chocolate. I read books in seven categories out of a total of 12. Here are the books read: Categories: 1. A 19th century classic. Any book first published from 1800 to 1899 2. A 20th century classic.: # 28: The Double Turn … Continue reading Wrap-Up: Back to the Classics 2022
Signing-Up for the 2017 edition of the Back to the Classics challenge, hosted @ Books and Chocolate.I'll try to read books in as many categories as possible:1. A 19th century classic - any book published between 1800 and 1899.2. A 20th century classic - any book published between 1900 and 1967. Just like last year, all … Continue reading Reading Challenge: Back to the Classics
I have completed 10 categories out of a total of 12 (which means I get two entries), in the Back to Classics 2016 challenge hosted by Karen K @ Books and Chocolate.Here are the classics read:1. A 19th Century Classic - any book published between 1800 and 1899.THE GREAT TONTINE by HAWLEY SMART (1881)2. A … Continue reading Challenge Wrap-Up: Back to Classics 2016
Signing up for the 2016 Classics Challenge hosted @ Pretty Books. This challenge requires one to read a classic [both older (pre 1945) and modern (post 1945)] per month of the year. So a total of 12 classics in all. There are also certain interesting questions that one could include in the review post:WHEN I … Continue reading 2016 Classics Challenge
Out of the 12 Categories mentioned in the Back to the Classics Challenge hosted @ Books and Chocolate, I have been able to complete 10. Here are the books read:1. A 19th Century Classic -- any book published between 1800 and 1899.2. A 20th Century Classic -- The Old Dark House by J.B. Priestley3. A Classic by a … Continue reading Wrap-Up: Back to the Classics 2015
The popular image of a spy is a James Bond like figure - handsome, dashing, a man of the world who can get any number of dames into bed (and earn bonus points when the villain's moll too falls under his charm). Extremely quick to draw his gun, he can also put away enormous amount … Continue reading Forgotten Book: The Human Factor by Graham Greene
I have a fascination for books that have train journeys in them. So when I discovered a book that began with a train journey, I simply had to read it.“Never mind. Never mind. In this brief life, one cannot always be counting the cost.”William Bradshaw is a young English man making his way to Germany … Continue reading The Last Days of Weimar Republic: Christopher Isherwood’s Mr. Norris Changes Trains
Relationships are often complex, holding the men and women involved in a vortex of emotions. Som Bhaskar, the protagonist of Arun Joshi's prize-winning novel The Last Labyrinth, seems to have it all: a beautiful, sensible wife; two adorable children; education at the world’s finest universities; an industrial empire; millions in the bank; every conceivable luxury…and … Continue reading Forgotten Book: The Last Labyrinth by Arun Joshi
What do you make of the mathematical formula that runs like a2 + v + a1 x s = b?If you are able to decode it than you'll have solved the mystery of the universe. Okay. Okay. Nothing so grandiose; you'll have solved the mystery of Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending. Or would … Continue reading Review: Julian Barnes’ The Sense of an Ending
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