Category: Reading Events

#ReadingIrelandMonth26 #ClassicsClub: The House by the Churchyard (1863) and Uncle Silas (1864) by Sheridan Le Fanu

This post contains major SPOILERS, especially for Uncle Silas, so please do not read unless you have read the books. Like #ReadingWales that I finally participated in this year, # ReadingIreland, hosted by 746Books, had long been on my reading radar. This year, I am happy to have read Sheridan Le Fanu's Uncle Silas for … Continue reading #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #ClassicsClub: The House by the Churchyard (1863) and Uncle Silas (1864) by Sheridan Le Fanu →

#ReadingWales’26: Put Out the Light by Ethel Lina White (1931)

For years, I have thought of taking part in the Reading Wales event but due to one reason or another, could not do so. This year, however, I have been able to read a mystery by one of my favourite authors who happens to be Welsh, Ethel Lina White. Put Out the Light was White's … Continue reading #ReadingWales’26: Put Out the Light by Ethel Lina White (1931) →

#HYH25 #1925ReadingClub #ClassicsClub: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos

Edith Wharton hailed it as "the great American novel". Marylin Monroe immortalized the central character Lorelei Lee on the big screen. It was a publishing sensation. When serialised in Harper's Bazaar, the magazine's sales quadrupled. When published in book form, it was an instant hit. A second edition of 60,000 copies was also quickly picked … Continue reading #HYH25 #1925ReadingClub #ClassicsClub: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos →

#Paris in July: So you don’t get lost in the Neighborhood by Patrick Modiano (2014)

"What a peculiar path I've had to take in order to reach you." One of the best parts of blogging is getting recommendations from friends. Thus, when my friend, Eden (check out his wonderful blog @ http://www.edenthompson.ca/blog ) praised Modiano's book , I knew I had to read it. Author Jean Daragane is a recluse … Continue reading #Paris in July: So you don’t get lost in the Neighborhood by Patrick Modiano (2014) →

Big Bhishma in Madras: In Search of the Mahabharata with Peter Brook by Jean-Claude Carriere (1997)

The Mahabharat is the longest epic in the world. In the eighties, legendary theatre and film director, Peter Brooke decided to stage it in the form of a play. To get a feel of the place it is from, he travelled with his team to India. In that small team was another legendary person, novelist … Continue reading Big Bhishma in Madras: In Search of the Mahabharata with Peter Brook by Jean-Claude Carriere (1997) →

#1970 Club: Six Mysteries

As the 1970 Club draws to a close (and what a fulfilling event it has been) here are short notes on the mysteries read of this year. In alphabetical order: Beyond This Point are Monsters by Margaret Millar Devon, a young woman from the East coast does not feel at home in California. She had … Continue reading #1970 Club: Six Mysteries →

#1970 Club: Rich Man, Poor Man by Irwin Shaw

Mary Pease, brought up in an orphanage by Catholic nuns falls in love with German immigrant Axel Jordache who she thinks is a gentleman the way her father must have been. The young couple rents a place in Port Philip and Mary dreams of turning it into a cafeteria. However, her dreams about her husband … Continue reading #1970 Club: Rich Man, Poor Man by Irwin Shaw →

#1970 Classic Club: Troubles by J.G. Farrell

When I was in college, we all wanted to read J.G. Farrell because he was the one author who was supposed to have presented Indians sympathetically in his novel set during the 1857 revolt: The Siege of Krishnapur. Otherwise, the Mutiny novels simply presented Indians as brutal and savage. It was very tough to read … Continue reading #1970 Classic Club: Troubles by J.G. Farrell →