3 May 2016

Review #418: Dietland by Sarai Walker



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“I am a better person when I have less on my plate.”


----Elizabeth Gilbert



Sarai Walker, an American best-selling author, has penned her debut entertaining diet-obsessing book, Dietland that is a powerhouse of fun, food and diets that will make the readers roar with laughter over the protagonists the story to lose weight and live her life as a normal human being. So buckle up your seat belts for this hilarious ride that can at times throw you off the edges off your seats.




Review #417: House of Shadows by Nicola Cornick



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“A house with old furniture has no need of ghosts to be haunted.”


----Hope Mirrlees



Nicola Cornick, an English international best-selling writer, pens her new deeply touching yet intriguing historical fiction, House of Shadows, that unfolds two stories layered over one another centered around an old house with three women from three different timeline connected by an antique mirror, an old diary and with their same-pattern of love stories. This is the perfect kind of tale which demands a readers to get lost into its elegance, beauty and evocative history on a sunny afternoon.


2 May 2016

Author Q&A Session #73: With Deborah Lawrenson



AL 'right I'm once again officially on a roll and so many talented and amazing authors are here to share their stories with me.

And this time, it's Deborah Lawrenson who is here to talk about her book, 300 Days of Sun.
Let's discuss with her about this new book, her writing and her life beyond books and all.

Keep reading!

Read the review of 300 Days of Sun

Author Q&A Session #72: With Margaret Leroy


Welcome friends and followers,

It's time for yet another new author Q&A session with another talented and best-selling author, Margaret Leroy, whose sensational new book, A Brief Affair, is an enthralling love story set during the WWII.

So without wasting a moment, let's chat with this fantastic author to know more about her book, her life and everything in between.

Stay tuned peeps!

Read the review of A Brief Affair

Author Q&A Session #71: With Jan Stites



Good Afternoon, Good Morning and Good Evening to my fellow readers,

Hope you are having a wonderful day. The day before yesterday, I went to vote for my favorable candidate for the state elections and it was the last phase of it, hence the air was bit tensed. Although I was quite surprised by the silence near the polling booths unlike in general, the polling booths are surrounded by ruling party followers/workers.

So it's time for an Author Q&A session and today we have an amazing contemporary author, Jan Stites, whose latest book, Reading the Sweet Oak is a compelling story about the lives of five women and their struggles.

So let's welcome her with a big hug and then talk with her about her new book, and also about her life as an author and beyond it.

Let's not waste anymore time and ask this talented author our first question.

Read the review of Reading the Sweet Oak

Review #416: Alight (The Generations Trilogy, #2) by Scott Sigler



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“Temper us in fire, and we grow stronger. When we suffer, we survive.”

----Cassandra Clare



Scott Sigler, the New York Times best-selling author, pens the next book from his The Generations Trilogy called, Alight that unfolds the story of Em and other survivors who woke up from a closed coffin in a strange and horrifying place, later finding out that they were going to land on a strange planet called, Omeyocan. But this planet turns out to be challenging and deathly as a new nemesis threatens the whole group in this new land. Once again Em's group is caught in a race against time, but will they survive this time as the challenges become more life-threatening both on the outside as well as in the inside?

Review #415: Liberty Silk by Kate Beaufoy



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”

----George Orwell



Kate Beaufoy, an Irish award winning and a bestselling author, has penned a captivating tale in her book, Liberty Silk that unfolds the story of three women across three generations tied together by the glittery world of the Hollywood industry with a tang of Parisian landscape, centered around a remarkable dress passed down from one generation to another until it becomes a piece of the missing puzzle.




1 May 2016

Review #414: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“Ends are not bad things, they just mean that something else is about to begin. And there are many things that don't really end, anyway, they just begin again in a new way. Ends are not bad and many ends aren't really an ending; some things are never-ending.”

----C. JoyBell C.



Rainbow Rowell, an American best-selling author, has penned a tear-jerking yet heart-warming tale about young, first love in her book, Eleanor & Park that narrates the story of two teenagers- a red-headed girl and an Asian boy slowly, silently falling for one another everyday on their way to school but this story is so much more than just a teenage love story, it harbors the insecurities and fear of losing one another, especially the limitless option to unconditional first love without any judgement.