Frankenstein is classic literature, written by Mary Shelley and published in 1818. This novel has been classified as one of the first science fiction and a true Gothic novel. As per popular assumption, Frankenstein is not the monster, in fact, quite the contrary Dr. Frakenstein is the scientist who created…
Now if you are reading this book then must have to be a Potterhead. I got this Hogwarts’s library set as a birthday gift 2 years back and it was just sitting on my shelf for some time till I picked up this illustrated edition of Harry Potter & the…
The Sea of Monsters is the second book the 5 books series of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan. Percy Jackson is half-blood hero or demi-god meaning he is half human and half god since his father is a Greek god Poseidon. In this book, Percy sets…
Men Without Women is a collection of short stories by Haruki Murakami. There are 7 stories in this book capturing the emotions and lives of men who somehow find themselves alone in this world after their loved ones have departed. “Losing one woman means losing all women” This is my…
Amish Tripathi is famous for his book Shiva Trilogy in which he has given a new way of retelling mythology. Scion of Ikshvaku is the first book in the Ram Chandra Series which can be seen a prelude to Shiva Trilogy as both of the series are drawn in the…
Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children’s authors and a top novelist. I have heard many people being a fan of Ruskin Bond’s writing and hence I always wanted read one for myself. However if you are…
Outlander is the first book in multi-genre series by Diana Gabaldon. It is a story of Claire Randall, a former combat nurse in 1945 who came to Scotland for her second honeymoon and accidentally falls through time to 18th century Scotland. Scotland is torn by war that time and with…
This book has been sitting in my shelf for almost 2 years but what inspired me to pick up is the Netflix announcing the movie being released on 22nd January and I have to read this book before it getting spoiled for me by movie or trailer. Now let me…
There are few books which are meant to find you and this book is one of them. When I first heard about this book I assumed that it would be another love story and hence I was not anywhere interested in picking up this book. But then I saw people…
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri is a story of two brothers set up in 1960’s in Calcutta when it is torn between Naxalite revolution. The story revolves around two brothers Subhash and Udhyan who are inseparable in childhood and often mistaken for the other but as they grow up they develop different thinking and ideologies. Udhyan has revolutionary Mao-inspired ideas to change India and he inclined himself toward politics while Subhash is quite reserved and methodical and he went to America for studies. But due to some conditions at home, Subhash need to come back home.
