There is nothing more satisfying than reading a book while sipping a hot cup of tea.
For this Tuesday's topic, Shanah @ Bionic Book Worm has asked us to name Top 5 Cute Romances. Well since I am not into YA, it is difficult for me to come up with bubblegum romance, but here are five books which are propelled by romance. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (1847) I know, I … Continue reading Top 5 Tuesday: Romances
Last Year, I read more than 80 books and of these more than 50 were mysteries. And now the time comes to make a list of my favourites. I have only included mysteries that I read for the first time in 2014 thus Christie's And Then There Were None (which I re-read for the umpteenth … Continue reading A Baker’s Dozen: Favourite Mystery Reads of 2014
Last year, I had great fun reviewing the year gone by according to this end-of-the-year-survey @Perpetual Page Turner. This year, too I am going to do the same.Number Of Books You Read: 84Number of Re-Reads: FiveGenre You Read The Most From: Mystery1. Best Book You Read In 2014?(If you have to cheat — you can … Continue reading Reading 2014: End of year book survey
This week's Top Ten Tuesday asks us to list 10 of our favourite Halloween books. I do like to read about the supernatural but I prefer my horror to be understated: an eerie feeling that gives an unsettling quality to the narrative works fine but an 'in-your-face' horror with its gruesome and repulsive description is … Continue reading Top Ten (+ 3) Tuesdays: Books to get in the Halloween Spirit
Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea in which one shares the opening of a book. Here's mine:Amanda had not been really frightened until she found the bottle. Horrified certainly: shaken by incredulity and shock, but not with fear. Not with this cold, crawling apprehension of evil...Teaser Tuesdays is a … Continue reading Tuesday Memes
Last year, I had decided to do a feature called Twelve Best. The idea was to post a list of my favourite reads. However, due to a lack of time and commitment, I could not do it more than once. This year, I am determined to make it a regular feature, though now titled: A … Continue reading A Baker’s Dozen: Top 13 Reads (Mystery) of 2012
With time at a premium nowadays, I hardly get time to participate in memes. But when I saw that the current Top Ten Tuesday post required one to list one's favourites since one started blogging, I couldn't resist it.So, here goes in alphabetical order:The Clock in the Hat-Box by Anthony GilbertThe jury is convinced that … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Favourite Books since Blogging
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