Tag: 1981

Two Mysteries by Emma Page: Every Second Thursday (1981) and Last Walk Home (1983)

This year, I discovered the author Emma Page (pseudonym of Honoria OMahony Tirbutt ) when I read her debut, In Loving Memory for the 1970 Reading Club. I liked it so much that I immediately searched for other books by her and read a couple of them. Unlike the first read, those two were from … Continue reading Two Mysteries by Emma Page: Every Second Thursday (1981) and Last Walk Home (1983) →

Top Five Tuesday: Award-Winning Books

Top Five Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Meeghan Reads where we make a list of five books on a particular topic. This week's topic is award-winning books in which we can choose a specific award or any five books that have won awards. Well, I am going with the first option and have … Continue reading Top Five Tuesday: Award-Winning Books →

Top Ten (+4) Tuesdays: New Authors 2021

This week in Top Ten Tuesdays hosted @That Artsy Reader Girl, we have been asked to name top ten (or more or less) new authors whom we discovered last year. Well, last year I read a host of new authors from those whom I made a special point to read like Reginald Hill and Shelley … Continue reading Top Ten (+4) Tuesdays: New Authors 2021 →

Throwback Thursday: Remembering Marquez and His Chronicle

Throwback Thursday is a new meme @ Peggy Ann's Post  in which one shares 'old stuff': books, pictures, movies, T.V. shows. Lovely concept, isn't it?I have just heard the news that Gabriel Garcia Marquez is no more and so I thought that it'd be fitting to look  back at the first book that I read … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: Remembering Marquez and His Chronicle →

Forgotten Book: The Last Labyrinth by Arun Joshi

Relationships are often complex, holding the men and women involved in a vortex of emotions. Som Bhaskar, the protagonist of Arun Joshi's prize-winning novel The Last Labyrinth, seems to have it all: a beautiful, sensible wife; two adorable children; education at the world’s finest universities; an industrial empire; millions in the bank; every conceivable luxury…and … Continue reading Forgotten Book: The Last Labyrinth by Arun Joshi →