There is nothing more satisfying than reading a book while sipping a hot cup of tea.
Shelf Control is a weekly book meme @ Bookshelf Fantasies in which we write about one book that we want to read and already own. Read our hostess Lisa's choice for this week over here. My choice for this week: In September 1863, Jacob Grimm travels through rural western Germany with his devoted niece, Auguste, … Continue reading Shelf Control #2: Grimm’s Last Fairytale by Haydn Middleton
Usually, I struggle to climb even the smallest peak in Bev's Mount TBR Challenge, unable to read even 12 books from my ever-increasing book piles. But this year, I have (much to my own surprise) finished 30 books in all. And what gives me even greater pleasure is that the number of non-fictional reads is … Continue reading I conquer Mount Blanc
I am happy to note that I have successfully completed the 2017 Dread and Read Challenge hosted @ Hotchpot Cafe.The four books (three of them languishing for more than a decade on my shelves) that I read for the challenge are:1. Inqlabi Yatra by Manorma Dewan.2. Lajpat Rai; Life and Work by Feroz Chand3. Aapbeeti by … Continue reading Challenge Complete: Dread and Read 2017
aapbeeti: Kale Pani ki Karawas Kahani by Bhai ParmanandMy rating: 3 of 5 stars The writer was a Professor of Modern European History at National College, Lahore and thus was a teacher of Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev. This was his memoir of his days in captivity at the Andamans. The book was proscribed by the … Continue reading Review: aapbeeti: Kale Pani ki Karawas Kahani
Gandhi Benaqaab by Hansraj RahbarMy rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a brave book since many authors would shy away from exposing the 'Mahatma'. However in doing so Rahbar exposes his own prejudices. Nevertheless, it is a well-researched critique of Gandhi and his politics. First Line: Desh ki shashya shyamla bhumi par Shiv ka … Continue reading Review: Gandhi Benaqaab
Earlier this year, I decided to join the Dread and Read challenge @ Hotchpot Cafe which (as the name suggests) challenges us to read the books that are there on our TBR piles but that we dread reading. To make the task easier, our gracious hostess, Jane, has offered us sweeteners.What with one thing or the … Continue reading Reading Challenge: Dread and Read
It's time for the year's first check-point at Mount TBR @ My Reader's Block.I have barely started on my climb, having reviewed only one book from my shelves: The Blue Note.My favourite character of the book happened to be Julian.
The Blue Note by Charlotte BinghamMy rating: 1 of 5 stars Did not enjoy.First Line: Afterwards they said there was never to be a time quite like it again.London: Bantam Books, 2000.First published: 2000Pages: 567Source: Bought it at DBF in Sept. last year. View all my reviews
Well, 2017 is underway and it is time to sign up for new challenges. Bev @ My Reader's Block has again offered us a bouquet of challenges. I am signing-up for the following:1. VINTAGE MYSTERY COVER SCAVENGER HUNTAccording to Bev, "Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to find as many objects on … Continue reading Reading Challenges: Vintage Mystery, Mt. TBR, Follow the Clues, and Read it again, Sam
I love reading about the newest book acquisitions of others and recently there have been quite a few blog posts about this. TracyK set the ball rolling when she posted about her visit to the Planned Parenthood book sale: here and here; Prashant talked about his unusual restrain when visiting Books by Weight exhibition: here & … Continue reading A Baker’s Dozen: From the Delhi Book Fair 2016
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