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Nov 10, 12 • 194 Views • Books, Reviews • Neha Joshi • No Comments
In an attempt to tell a story that reveals the power of human relationships and the prospect of a second shot at life, Rohit Gore manages to interest his readers with the synopsis of Circle of Three. A nagging sense of curiosity builds up to uncover how a...
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Oct 26, 12 • 223 Views • Books, Reviews • Avani Pandya • No Comments
To effectively develop a novel that brings out the element of intrigue and that heart-pounding sensation, especially when it is a corporate thriller, is not an easy, cursive thing to do – not with the Indian corporate backdrop in consideration at least....
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Sep 29, 12 • 187 Views • Books, Reviews • Lipi Mehta • No Comments
In the pursuit of satisfying a reader’s quest for what he or she really hopes to read in a book, there are some authors who manage to give their books identities which are bigger than their own. The Casual Vacancy is definitely not one of these....
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Aug 15, 12 • 273 Views • Books, Reviews • Naomi Sarah • 1 Comment
Great books are bound together with not just mere text, but with an element of something special that is tangible in every sense. It isn’t easy for an author to create a work of fiction/non-fiction that has a magnetic effect on the reader. Sometimes that...
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Aug 15, 12 • 258 Views • Books, Reviews • Neha Joshi • No Comments
It was tough not to judge this book by its cover. A man running for what looked like eons propped the idea of reading about a man’s challenging journey to reach the pinnacle of success, especially since the synopsis at the back described an Olympic...
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Aug 15, 12 • 250 Views • Books, Reviews • Neha Joshi • No Comments
At first glance, this book seemed rather mundane – a book featuring stories about women and highlighting days in the calendar dedicated to them could get too preachy. But A Calendar Too Crowded fell under the fiction genre, making me curious to find out...
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Aug 3, 12 • 227 Views • Books, Reviews • Malcolm Carvalho • No Comments
Going by the title, I thought The Clockwork Man by William Jablonsky would be a classic science fiction book. As I flipped the pages however, the novel turned out to be more of a love story between a machine and a teenage girl. Ernst, an automaton made...
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May 31, 12 • 519 Views • Books, Reviews • Aniket Dasgupta • No Comments
How I Braved Anu Aunty & Co-founded a Million Dollar Company is entrepreneur Varun Agarwal’s debut novel. It’s the real life story of his experience as the co-founder of Alma Mater (a web store dealing in school memorabilia) and as the title suggests;...
