Monstrous Regiment (Discworld #31) by Terry Pratchett

This was one particular book in this series ( I have not been very orderly in pursuing them) that I laughed out loud for more than once. This story has the usual Ankh-Morpork gang are in the background of this story. They are only some sort of puppet masters. The main lead of the story…

To Say Nothing of the Dog: How We Found the Bishop’s Bird Stump at Last by Connie Willis

There was something really fun about this book. As the weird title suggests, this book does not deal with the ordinary. It takes great effort ( I would imagine) to be absurd on purpose. The style reminded me of books of Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. You strain to make sure you have not misread…

Tales of Wrykyn And Elsewhere: Twenty-five Short Stories of School Life by P.G. Wodehouse

My first foray into PG Wodehouse had been Jeeves( The first book was not completed as I mentioned in the earlier post about the past favourites.) but the next semi successful ownership was of school tales. Some of the stories in this book I had read previously but a few were new. School stories of…

Born a Crime : Trevor Noah

It is a strange thing to be writing a review on a partial autobiography of someone you watched on TV just this morning. It is stranger still to try to absorb how normal most of our lives have been and how thankful we should be for the same. I find it hard to rate/comment on…