Just for Kids? Where Are You Going, You Monkeys?
Review / May 12, 2014

Author: Ki. Rajanarayanan, Pritham K. Chakravarthy (Translator)
Publisher: Blaft Publications
Year: 2008
ISBN: 9788190605649
Rating: ★★★★½
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The last thing you would be reading right now (assuming you are an adult well past your puberty) is a book of fairy tales. So if I say that a book of fairy tales is perhaps the most enjoyable read I have had in some time, it would not be wrong to presume that you might read further with a heightened sense of skepticism.

Review: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Review / May 9, 2014

Author: Jojo Moyes
Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books
Year: 2012
ISBN: 9780670026609
Rating: ★★★☆☆
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Jojo Moyes offers up a story narrated in a somewhat unconventional fashion in Me Before You. We review this book, which was a nominee in the Goodreads’ choice list for Fiction. Read on to discover what happens when a blithe young woman and a bitter, handicapped young man meet. 

What’s with Indians and mythology?
Article / May 8, 2014

At Bookish, we regularly review the latest books published by new and experienced authors alike, and this trend has been prominent for sometime now. More and more authors are taking upon themselves the task of reinterpreting classics and mythological figures, and giving us modernized versions of them.

Finale of the Private series – Private Berlin by James Patterson & Mark Sullivan
Review / May 7, 2014

Author: James Patterson & Mark Sullivan
Publisher: Arrow Books
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9780099574125
Rating: ★★★☆☆
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James Patterson’s (& Mark Sullivan’s) Private Berlin is the fifth and latest instalment in the Private series, and I love the fact that in this series we get to visit different locations around the world. So when I sat down to read this book, I was excited for two reasons; first, because James Patterson is one of the most popular authors, and second is that I haven’t read any of Mark Sullivan’s works before.

Enabling Disability: Shivani Gupta
Authors Exclusive / May 6, 2014

Author Shivani Gupta has degrees in hotel management, architecture and inclusive environments. What she also has is an uncrushable spirit and sheer willpower. In her book No Looking Back, she writes about the two accidents that caused unexpected changes in her life, and how she overcame those times to stand up for the disabled community all over India today. Read on for our exclusive with this interesting lady!

Oleander Girl: A coming-of-age novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Review / May 5, 2014

Author:Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Publisher: Penguin Books
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9780670086733
Rating: ★★★★★
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Rarely does one come across a book that one wants to savor, while at the same time eagerly turning pages to find out what happens next. Oleander Girl is so delectable, I found myself wishing it would never end. When it does, it leaves you with a lingering effect, much like the scent of oleanders.

Teach someone to read … and see what happens!
Article / May 2, 2014

Is this YOUR story? It certainly is ours! No, seriously. How many of you just CAN’T go to sleep unless you read for a while? And how often do you miss out on sleep because you want to read ‘just one more page’? When you’ve got your hands on a great little page-turner, does the world around you just fade out? Do you browse while eating, in buses and autos, in the loo (admit it!) and everywhere else you possibly can? Is late-night reading your addiction of choice? Tell us!