Review: Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh

May 7, 2013
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Author: Amitav Ghosh
Publisher: Ravi Dayal Publishers
Year: 1988
ISBN: 8175300434
Rating: ★★★½☆
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When I look at a novel as small as Shadow Lines, I instantly pick it up and do not expect much out of it. But I was here talking about the likes of Shadow Lines, not exactly about Shadow Lines. Despite being a short novel, Shadow Lines has broad and intricate ideas and stories interwoven in it.

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Review: Neither here Nor there:Travels in Europe

May 5, 2013
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Author: Bill Bryson
Publisher: Transworld Publishers
Year: 1991
ISBN:  9780552998062
Rating: ★★★½☆
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While tour companies and guides may offer highly informative knowledge about travel, Bill Bryson uses witty, stirring and insightful descriptions to transport the reader on a beautiful yet carefully tight-on-the-pocket journey across Europe in his second travel book – Neither here Nor there.

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An Interview with Shubham Arora

May 4, 2013
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An Interview with Shubham Arora
By IndiaBookStore (www.indiabookstore.net)

An interview with Shubham Arora, a writer, an engineer and a true Punjabi at heart. People know Shubham Arora as an author of his first book – Love Chemistry released in 2011. With his second book released recently One Last Time, we came to know that he’s a huge fan of Technology and also likes to create short movies at his leisure time. One Last Time, a story that will drive you through the distance, love and chances.

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Review: Fire on the Mountain by Anita Desai

May 3, 2013
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Author: Anita Desai
Publisher: Random House
Year: 2012
ISBN: 9788184000573
Rating: ★★★½☆
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Set in a post colonial idyll, where time seems to move with stubborn viscosity, Fire on the Mountain is minimalistic. Right off the bat, a contrast is established between the sluggishness of the setting and the preciseness of the narration.

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Review: The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam

May 1, 2013
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Author: Nadeem Aslam
Publisher: Random House India
Year: 2008
ISBN: 9780571238774
Rating: ★★★½☆
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Few people coming together under a shed and then stories spilling out, endlessly. That is The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam. An incomplete description, anyway. So don't runaway.

At the end of the story, there is written June 2003-August 2007- more than four years of writing, that is.

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Review : The Confession by John Grisham

April 29, 2013
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Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Year: 2010
ISBN: 978-0440245117
Rating: ★★★★☆
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Surprise – it always has a direct impact on your heartbeat. A book can have such effects on you, especially when it comes to twists and turns by John Grisham. He likes to play with the plot, characters and storyline. The Confession by John Grisham runs on the same adrenaline of amazement.

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An Exclusive Interview with the Great Bong – Mr. Arnab Ray

April 27, 2013
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His bio reads "Contributor to New York Times India Ink, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal Online, Times of India, DNA and Outlook. Author of two books. PhD, Computer Science. Wannabe politician. Disgruntled movie fanatic. Tranquil cosmic citizen on the prowl for mind-bending experiences." Arnab Ray is all that and far more. His huge fan following on social networks is a testimony to this statement – even your Biology teacher could not have dissected that frog as expertly as the Greatbong takes apart our popular cultural icons with his darker-than-Belgian-chocolate sense of humour.
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Review: Nuclear Surprise by Rob Carnell

April 26, 2013
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Author: Rob Carnell
Year: 2013
ASIN: B00B7E5NZK
Rating: ★★★★☆
 
Nuclear Surprise is Rob Carnell’s debut novel and an engaging one at that. With an intriguing premise and attention to detail he manages to keep the reader engaged and turning pages to the very end. The book might seem disjointed in places but manages to come together in the end as all loose ends are tied together. 
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Review – Can You Take Me Higher?! by Ashwin Wilson

April 24, 2013
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Author: Ashwin Wilson
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Pubishing Platform
Year: 2012
ISBN: 9781480161184
Rating: ★★☆☆☆
 
“Well …. Is it something related to any sort of drug or medication (you know what I mean), hmm?” The very first reaction, one of my colleagues gave when he found me reading this travelogue by Ashwin Wilson. I really cannot blame him either as the title in itself is tempting, pretty much as it sounds to any engineer that too for a would-be management graduate.
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Review : From the eye of my Mind by TGC Prasad

April 22, 2013
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Author: TGC Prasad
Publisher: Ebury Press / Randon House India
Year: 2012
ISBN: 9788184003093
Rating: ★★★☆☆
 
Mallika, an eighteen year old, is a very intelligent but autistic girl, who remembers everything a person tells or she reads in books or the Internet including the trivia. She stores all the collected information in folders and sub-folders in her computer. She organizes the information with proper cross-reference and dates.
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