The Head of the Saint: Book review
How refreshing is it to find a book that is totally out of your usual genres? One of my Facebook group decided to read a book from Brazil and they chose The Head of the Saint. As per usual, I…
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Spotlight Sunday: #07 One about the death of an Indian actor and other memories
I woke up all happy and cheerful today being a Sunday and all. But (yes there is a but) this news about one of the Indian actor’s death brought it down a notch. First off, I wasn’t planning to be…
Flyaway Friday: Avoid Small Talk & other Finnish Stereotypes
How is your weekend coming along and do you have plans for travels? No? Don’t worry join me in my trip to Finland under the Flyaway Friday feature. Wondering what this is about? We are taking armchair travel to another level,…
Book Review: Waking Isabella
You all know how am kinda obsessed about reading books set in different countries currently. Though I do not explicitly search for them I am paying attention to the locations these days. I think it is partly due to the…
Death Comes As The End: A Book Review
People, I am on a roll. I read another Agatha Christie on the way home back and she surprised me yet again. I was expecting a straight forward Whoddunit; and she delivered much more than that. Dame Christie takes a…
Spotlight Sunday: #06 One about Dubai Marina and the receding winter
Hey peeps. Winter is fast receding in the UAE and the summer sun is creeping in. I know it is too soon for me. I already fear the scorching sun of the dreadful July and August. But don’t worry, am…
Flyaway Friday: Books that will take you to Finland
Why do you read? Are you trying to escape your world? Trying to visit a new place? Live new lives? We might have different reasons, but it is true that books take us to places where we have never been…
Do you need an author website? (Yes! Yes! And yes!)
As a book reader and a blogger most of my non reading and non blogging time go to stalking visiting websites related to books, especially those of authors. I am sure we all have that special author(s) whom we can’t…
Book review: I’m not from Around Here
Y’all by now should know that I have a weakness for World War II stories. My curiosity towards Holocaust and the tragedies related to that has lead me to some good books and several hours of random history lessons on…
Spotlight Sunday: #05 One about Emirates Lit Fest 2018
One of the drawbacks of being a blogger who is not living in the USA/UK is that we do not get to do many of the book related things like meeting an author, attending a reading or even getting a…