Another Hosseini gem.

5

Reviewed And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini

This novel and the stories it tells is going to be echoing in me for days to come. Hosseini wields a facile pen and I loved his characterizations. I felt a connread more...

Murder or Suicide?

5

Reviewed Pact: A Love Story , The - Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult’s "The Pact" is billed as a love story but it is far more than that. It is a story of complex human relationships culminating in a John Grisharead more...

Anybody can make a difference.

5

Reviewed I Am Malala - Malala Yousafzai

Malala stood up for education and her reward was getting shot by the Taliban! This courageous girl from Swat, loved school and felt she and all the girls of herread more...

Are you ignoring Poverty?

5

Reviewed Behind the Beautiful Forevers - Katherine Boo

What a starkly beautiful tale of life, death, and hope in a most improbable setting. Katherine boo does not sugar coat the horrors of life in a Mumbai Slum, yetread more...

Worthy of A Pulitzer Prize

5

Reviewed The Lowland - Jhumpa Lahriri

I grew up in Calcutta and lived the experiences Lahiri has described in her novel. She has been true to the events and her characters portray accurately the youread more...

Men are ....and women are ...

3

Reviewed Why Men Don't Listen & Women Can't Read Maps - Allan Pease

It was a good topic and the facts were presented but the authors could have kept it lighter with more anecdotes and less facts. Have you ever wished your partneread more...

All it takes is three cups of tea!

4

Reviewed Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson

Indeed an inspiring book. We have all used the expression, "Anything I do would be a drop of water in the ocean." Greg Mortensen demonstrates that these drops cread more...

Rebecca or Manderley?

5

Reviewed Rebecca - Daphne Dumaurier

This is a book which transcends the "Romance" genre and is good literature. One almost gets the feeling Manderley is the hero! I read this book as a teenager anread more...

The outsider's world.

4

Reviewed The Stranger - Albert Camus

The Outsider succeeds in letting us into his world and we wonder why he does not make an attempt to improve his lot by explaining himself. Through the story of read more...

Whether you are crazy or not you will enjoy this

4

Reviewed Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson

The Book opens with the quote, "The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." This about sums up Steve Jobs. He was cread more...

Find Yourself!

5

Reviewed Siddhartha - Herman Hesse

This is a book that I read when it was first published. I am so glad I picked it up again. It was just excellent! There is no point reviewing the book because tread more...

Romance trumps Pride and Prejudice!

5

Reviewed Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

This is a book that has stood the test of time; like wine it ages well. No matter how old you are when you read it, as a woman you’ll in all likelihood ideread more...

Who am I?

5

Reviewed Only Time Will Tell - Jeffrey Archer

Jeffrey Archer’s story telling skills are evident in this book right from the get go. "Only time will tell", is essentially the story of Harry Clifton who read more...

Say sorry and mean it!!!

5

Reviewed One Minute Apology, The - Ken Blanchard

This book is as relevant today as it was when it was written. Nothing is as important in life as accepting one’s mistakes and expressing sincere regrets foread more...

I ove my sister; but...

5

Reviewed My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult

When one picks up a Picoult book, one expects to fall in love with the characters and become one with the situation. In my sister’s keeper we identify so tread more...

You too can soar!

5

Reviewed Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach

Awesome! I must confess this is not the first time I’m reading it. I read it in the seventies and totally missed the point. Perhaps a little bit of maturitread more...

America as seen by an Indian Student.

3

Reviewed Inscrutable Americans, The - Anurag Mathur

It was an easy read. Also, the author had noted some of the unique mannerisms of both the Americans and new to the country Indians. This made for a very humorouread more...

Can India ever be unbound?

4

Reviewed India Unbound - Gurcharan Das

This is a fascinating account of India’s fall from an important trade power to poverty in the post colonial era and then recouping it in the "Knowledge Eraread more...

Caregiving!

4

Reviewed Family Matters - Rohinton Mistry

It was a very well-written book, about a very important topic - the family dynamics when it comes to care giving for a terminally ill relative. A very relevant read more...

Eleven minutes that make a deep impression

5

Reviewed Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coelho

I cannot believe I haven’t read any of Paulo Coelho’s works before! After reading "Eleven Minutes, " I’m a true blue fan. My favorite line in theread more...