Posts tagged "Romance"
Book Review: 'Marry Go Round' by Sadiqa Peerbhoy

Book Review: ‘Marry Go Round’ by Sadiqa Peerbhoy

Pages: 223 ISBN: 9789382473268 Price: INR 145 Marriages – that’s what a majority of Indian life revolves around, at least for mummies whose last wishes are to dangle their grandchild on their knees, at least that’s what they’ll have you to believe. Marry Go Round by Sadiqa Peerbhoy draws inspiration from this age-old fixation of Indians. This...
Book Review: 'Horseshoe Garage' by Hitesha Deshpande

Book Review: ‘Horseshoe Garage’ by Hitesha Deshpande

Format: Paperback Pages: 389 ISBN: 9789382473459 Price: INR 245 The first thing that strikes you about this book is the elegantly done cover with its minimalist design. From the cover, you gather the book is about cars and/or maybe racing and you won’t be wrong. Hitesha Deshpande’s second book “Horseshoe Garage” is about a new...
Book Review: 'Matters of the Heart' by Danielle Steel

Book Review: ‘Matters of the Heart’ by Danielle Steel

Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780552160230 Pages:  431 Price: 350 INR Danielle Steel takes us through a story of transition, romance and suspense in her book Matters of The Heart.
Book Review: 'Battle for Bittora' by Anuja Chauhan

Book Review: ‘Battle for Bittora’ by Anuja Chauhan

Language: English Pages: 426 Format: Paperback ISBN: 9789350290026 Price: 299 INR Elecsuns! First cricket and now politics, Anuja Chauhan writes for what the country unites for and shares its passion for. With love, politics, romance and oodles of humour all packaged together, the book becomes a perfect meal for a film maker.
Book Review: 'I too had a love story' by Ravinder Singh

Book Review: ‘I too had a love story’ by Ravinder Singh

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 8188575704 Pages: 213 Price: 100 INR “Not all love stories are meant to have a perfect ending. Some stay incomplete. Yet they are beautiful in their own way. Ravin’s love story is one such innocent and beautiful story.” Ravinder Singh’s ‘I too had a love story‘ is the author’s real-life...
Book Review: 'The Twentieth Wife' by Indu Sunderasan

Book Review: ‘The Twentieth Wife’ by Indu Sunderasan

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBAN: 978-93-5029-210-5 Pages: 375 Price: 400 INR “When will I be empress?” is what she asked herself. ‘The Twentieth Wife‘ by Indu Sunderasan takes you through the tempestuous journey of an extraordinary commoner. Her physical beauty defied all norms of the society; all she knew was she loved Prince Salim at first...
Book Review: 'Om Shanti Babe' by Helen Limon

Book Review: ‘Om Shanti Babe’ by Helen Limon

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781847803573 Pages: 192 I attended the launch of Om Shanti Babe in England and I have to admit, it was brilliant. There was Indian food, Indian dance, and Indian ambiance. All in all it was a very ‘Bollywood’ evening and the funny part is that the author is British! Helen...
Book Review: 'Kane and Abel' by Jeffrey Archer

Book Review: ‘Kane and Abel’ by Jeffrey Archer

ISBN: 9780312942724 Language: English Pages: 643 Price: INR 574 Published in 1979, Jeffrey Archer‘s ‘Kane and Abel‘ still remains one of the finest books ever written. I read this book when five years ago and even today, when I go back to it; I feel the same joy as when I first read it. The book...
Book Review: 'Kafka on the Shore' by Haruki Murakami

Book Review: ‘Kafka on the Shore’ by Haruki Murakami

Language: English ISBN: 9780099494096 Pages: 615 Price: INR 399 Anyone who is familiar with Haruki Murakami’s works will find ‘Kafka on the Shore‘ yet another Murakami-ish puzzling and alluring tale of talking cats, fish falling from the sky and a spirit of all sorts, Colonel Sanders. The book is full of riddles and questions left...
Book Review: 'Norwegian Wood' by Haruki Murakami

Book Review: ‘Norwegian Wood’ by Haruki Murakami

Language: English ISBN: 9780099554547 Pages: 400 Price: INR 399 “I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me… She showed me her room, isn’t it good, Norwegian wood?” These lines from the Beatles’ song ‘Norwegian Wood’ inspired the title of Haruki Murakami’s most famous book of the same name. ‘Norwegian Wood‘...
Book Review: 'Safe Haven' by Nicholas Sparks

Book Review: ‘Safe Haven’ by Nicholas Sparks

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9780751543001 Pages: 352 Price: 350 INR The next time you leave a bookstore thinking Nicholas Sparks’ books to be overly-sappy; think twice. ‘Safe Haven‘ is a refreshingly, off-base Sparks’ book which keeps the reader engaged right until the end of the journey. The book is not a counterpole to his...
Book Review : 'Untruly Yours' by Smita Shetty

Book Review : ‘Untruly Yours’ by Smita Shetty

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9789381836293 Pages: 146 Price: 125 INR ‘Untruly Yours’ has all the right ingredients for a perfect chick-flick: a lonely, depressed housewife called Natasha, two handsome, suave men (none being her husband, obviously) who try to woo her and a perfect setting for adultery.