Tangier by Stephen Holgate

This was a surprisingly good book. I say surprising because nothing prepared me for the very interesting writing. I thought it would be just another of those books set partially in the past and partially in the present. It is one of those books, but a very classy one at that. More than the plot,…

From Rocket Boys to October Sky by Homer Hickam

In my hunt for books with audible present in it, Kindle recommended this to me. I remember the movie October Sky, it was one of the first inspirational movie I saw in college. It was already old by then, but I had not heard of it because the internet was not what it is now.This…

A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa

This is a translated version of a book written by a man who has lived a horribly painful life. It is a situation which is still prevalent, and there must be many more people like him and there is nothing that any of us can do about it. The hopelessness of reading something like this…

May 2018 Books vs Moods

I tried to hold off making my monthly list till the end of the month and only managed to wait till the last three days. This is an improvement in many ways!   My Standard disclaimers: I am not writing this in any particular order of preference, they are just mapped with the mood I…

The Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer

There is a tiny part of me which sometimes takes guilty pleasures in mixing up the lighthearted fun of Georgette Heyer amongst more popular or fancy titles. I thought I was done with the listening binge when I did not enjoy the last one too much but then , I gave in and tried another…

We Own the Sky by Luke Allnutt

This was not the kind of book I had in mind when I began it this morning. I wanted something happier, and more bouncy but the people in this book roped me in and I ended up hooked. It did not start off too well, being a little too harsh for me but I guess…

Assassin’s Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy #1) by Robin Hobb

Once again, there has been a relative lull in terms of me gobbling up books and spouting out their respective reviews. Mostly because I have been getting more distracted and the other being that the books are pretty big/numerous to keep to my regular pattern. I heed the recommendations my friends tend to give out,…

The Holiday Cottage by the Sea by Holly Martin

I requested this book on NetGalley a while ago and finally got around to reading it now. It introduces a new place with three women and three men as our leads, with Tori being the first that we are to focus on in this tale. Tori is a London girl with a deplorable social life…