Book suggestions during lockdown!
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Before Obamas, Kennedys were my favorite couple and now like many Americans, the latters are on top of my list. While the Kennedys were the charming royal family of the country, with wealth and status as their birth privileges, Obamas form the true inspiring picture that the spirit of America boasts of. The life stories …
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Downton Abbey Movie!!
Granthams and Crawleys … all things English, all things family & all things 1920s!!
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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
History has failed us, but no matter. Min Jin Lee, Pachinko.
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The Nightingale: A Novel by Kristin Hannah
Nightingale is a beautiful story of war, love, relationships and a sad tale of how things that seem so in your control slip our of your hands when war hits. The plot is done fairly well and characters well-developed. A credit to the book is for sure that it is wrapped pretty good in the …
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The Rise & Fall of Great Powers – Another great work by Tom Rachman!
I always tread carefully when selecting another work from an enjoyed author, in fear of spoiling the first one but when I finished Tom Rachman’s “The Imperfectionists“, I had to read his next book! The bar was set pretty high for the fans and with all apprehensions associated to the beginner’s luck, I started the …
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The Imperfectionists – A paper drama!
“The Imperfectionists” is a great work of Tom Rachman. By no means has the book the feel of a debut or a contemporary novel; written in a rich, experienced and mature hand by such a young writer, the quality is specific to seasoned novelists of 60s and 70s -Jeffery Archer, Irwin Shaw league to be …
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The Orphan Train
A historical fiction, The Orphan Train is about two women from two different generations. The book is written in alternate narration style between the two protagonists who come closer as they realize their accounts have so much common. One is the teenager who is in the foster care and the other is an older lady …
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The Powerful Message!
Whenever I have a reader’s block, I tend to take comfort in the already read material – especially the ones that I have enjoyed multiple times. Mostly I settle on classics, calming novels or the ones that I read in a young age and still have an impression on me. It could be Jane Austen’s Pride …
