Why should you judge a book?
Like male and female, life and death, good and evil, and many other manifestations of Yin-Yang, books too can borrow the concept of natural duality, and thereby each book can be made to fall either under the category of ‘Good books’ or of ‘Bad books’.
The Fifty Shades trilogy certainly makes for a very interesting read, and that’s putting it mildly. When I was some 50 pages into the first book, I began to notice striking similarities to another popular series- the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. On checking this up online, I found that the 50 Shades series had indeed been inspired by Twilight; E. L. James had originally intended it to be fan fiction.
In April, we will be seeing the release of some amazing standalones and sequels. Here's a sneak peek into a few of them.
Lord Jeffrey Archer – a prolific writer
Lord Jeffrey Archer – an outstanding orator
The second part is a lesser known detail about this exceptional author, except for those who have had the pleasure of listening to him. I, for one, was lucky twice! Once, when Lord Archer was at Chennai to promote his then-latest, Paths of Glory. And more recently, on a book tour for the third book of the Clifton Chronicles –Best Kept Secret, which brought him to Chennai
What is Women’s Day to you? Sham or Significant.
Two of IndiaBookStore’s writers give their points of view. What do you think?
March has book lovers waiting in anticipation. A lot of sequels as well as standalones’ releasing in March have the avid reader’s undivided attention. Here are just a few of them.
The strongest of all feelings is "love". Can we really define it?
Love could be for the mother who gave us birth, the father who nourishes us, the friend who supports us, and the pet who is faithful to us or the mate we always wanted. It comes to our doorstep knocking every time.
Before starting this piece my mind was being constantly bombarded with a whole gamut of thoughts popping their heads out of here and there. That’s what happens when your mind is in proximity of a great author like Rushdie. Being a booklover myself, the very comparison of a book and its cinematic outcome seems futile to me.
Let me clarify right at the beginning: I am not a Chetan Bhagat fan. Therefore, my views might seem prejudiced. I have read just one book of his till date and have not really had the inclination to read any more. This article stems from quite a wonderful session I attended at the annual Times Literary Carnival in Mumbai last year entitled “All we want is Naukri and Chokri” and was in the form of an informal conversation between Barkha Dutt and Chetan Bhagat.
Think February, think romance and think young fiction…The Twilight Saga ! Actually, think a girls’ point of view and you would end up with two handsome men (or rather a vampire and a werewolf ) Once a rage, still a heart throb – Edward Cullen. A modern literary character has never been idolized so much in recent times (Except Harry Potter maybe, but even then, it’s just not the same). Pay no heed to the fact that he exists only on paper, or he is a vampire, or a blood sucker or has no soul (can’t blame Bella much, right?) I, for one, fell in love with him, so much that, every guy I met for a period of 2 months was subjected to a comparison with Edward (inside my mind of course). Sharing the spot in teen girls’ hearts – Jacob Black, a.k.a the “friend”! Portrayed as Bella’s rebound guy, Jake’s physical description does nothing to make hearts skip a beat. (The movie is a different issue!) But he is the best he-friend any girl would die to have. Think about it – the guy puts up with all of you and your nonsense, BUT, no romantic entanglements. You…