Mysore to the Mountains by Clare Nicholls

As I was telling a friend of mine this morning, my reading slump can chiefly be attributed to trying to do too much in too little a time. I am off on a holiday at the end of the month and may be off the internet for a while. My trusty (ill-treated) kindle travels with…

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I Know a Woman by Kate Hodges

This is a book that I requested to read and review when I saw it because of its description. It is a collection of bite sized versions of the life stories of women who left their mark. The foreword was very well written (I have to mention it just because it set the atmosphere for the…

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…

Shinrin-Yoku by Dr Qing Li

We had a double maths class once a week at school, and our teacher would give us five minutes off between them to take a tour of the green trees visible from our floor in order to refresh ourselves. That was the first time I had noticed this concept being voiced. Despite keeping that in…

Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road by Kate Harris

I always claimed to be a purely fiction reader because of a misguided notion that only imagination has the power to captivate and that people who actually adventure into new territories would not be able to provide the exact window to see what they saw. I was wrong on both counts. I have been proved…

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

Even before I turned the last page of this book today, I recommended it to anyone who would listen. I ( to be more precise we) finished this just now and I have(a duty) to make sure I convey its praises in the best way to make anyone see what a brilliant book this is.To…

Secrets of Tai Chi by Kim Davies

I live in a place where the practitioners of Tai Chi are visible at any time of day in picturesque locations, practicing and looking very graceful while doing it. I was so curious that I talked my husband into signing up for a class with me. Unfortunately in the limited period we had, we did…