...the futility and the fragility of all our hopes and desires... 2025 has begun with life becoming exceedingly busy. Cleaning, shifting home, travelling (which was fun), and new responsibilities. Reading and blogging have taken a backseat but as things become more stream-lined, here are brief notes on some of the books read: Homecoming by Bernhard … Continue reading Short Notes on Four Novels
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Clearing the Shelves: Four Novels
In April, I donated a few of my books to a book event. Here are those books among them that I had read but not written about. So in alphabetical order: The Information Officer by Mark Mills (2009): I had not liked Mark Mills' The Savage Garden yet bought this book as it was set … Continue reading Clearing the Shelves: Four Novels
Two Books with Supernatural Elements
2024 brought with it health issues and other things that needed attention in the family. So the blog was neglected. As things have eased somewhat (and hopefully will remain so), it is time to write about what I have been reading. The Ruins by Scott Smith had long been on my TBR and in January … Continue reading Two Books with Supernatural Elements
In Translation: Three Novels
This year, I read only three books in translation. THE DOGS AND THE WOLVES (LES CHIENS ET LES LOUPS) by IRENE NEMIROVSKY (1940) Ada Sinner, from the wrong side of the fence, has a glimpse of her wealthy cousin, Harry and falls in love with him. This is no childhood infatuation because even in her … Continue reading In Translation: Three Novels
Review: Play Dirty by Sandra Brown
Ambitious young woman with a brilliant academic record is reduced to being a flight-attendant. [Why? One doesn't know]. The about-to-go-kaput airline is taken over by a business maverick: young, handsome, and charming to boot. The woman makes some suggestions at a board meeting and is singled-out for praise by her new boss, and is given a … Continue reading Review: Play Dirty by Sandra Brown
The Secret is within the Subconscious
A few years back, Rhonda Byrne's book The Secret was the rage. Everybody (but Everybody) was raving about the book. All the dreams of yours, it was said, will come true if only you'll read the book. Finally, I too had to read it and it was in that spirit that I bought the book … Continue reading The Secret is within the Subconscious
His Father’s Thoughts: John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Little Bruno's world changes when he shifts from Berlin to a place called Out-With as his Father has been posted over there. But what exactly his Father does,Bruno has little idea. All he knows is that his father was a man to watch and that the Fury had big things in mind for him and … Continue reading His Father’s Thoughts: John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Death of a Family: Andrea Maria Schenkel’s The Murder Farm
In a remote farmhouse, six people have been brutally murdered, two of them kids ( one of them barely out of the crib) and one a maid who had but joined the house-hold. The village community is shocked. Who could have been the devil to murder defenceless people thus? Andrea Maria Schenkel's award-winning debut novel, … Continue reading Death of a Family: Andrea Maria Schenkel’s The Murder Farm
Book Lover: No,not really
I love books about books. So when I saw a book titled Book Lover on the library shelves, I simply had to pick it up. The description – Some women shop.Some eat. Dora cures the blues by bingeing on books – seemed delicious. Unfortunately the book failed to live up to the premise. The story … Continue reading Book Lover: No,not really
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