People disappeared. Not everyone, not even a majority, but enough around the world that it was noticed. Some believe it’s the Rapture, others simply calling it a rapture-like event but not actually THE Rapture; no matter what you believe happened, there was no way to deny that it did indeed … [Read more]
Feeling like a sci-fi fan poser
I feel like I should like Arthur C. Clarke more than I do. I understand that he … [Read more]
Kim – Review #3 for AamilTheCamel
This is a book that I have wanted to read since 2006. When I was in Nagpur in 2008, I purchased it from a road side second-hand book stall and the book stayed on my 'to-read' list for more than 5 years! I finally got down to reading it thanks to the … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:3 ·
Genres: Fiction, History ·
Tags: #CBR6, 130 challenge, book review, Fiction, kim, kipling, Rudyard Kipling ·
The Eyes of Others Our Prisons
Orange Is the New Black is the memoir by Piper Kerman that has been turned into the popular Netflix series of the same name. As the novel begins Kerman is a recent Smith college graduate who longs to … [Read more]
A superbly evocative and suspenseful debut that looks at old age, loneliness and dementia.
The Night Guest is hard to categorise - it's both a taut thriller and an altogether close-to-home examination of dementia and loneliness, written with a wonderful sense of pacing and language. Although the main plot deals with an elderly lady accepting a stranger into her home and life, the most … [Read more]
Don’t Fear The Reaper…..
And so my Booker Prize Longlist Challenge of 2013 continues into 2014. Thanks to a random Kindle price slashing day, all but one of the longlist dropped to 99p, and I'd be a fool not to take advantage. So brace yourselves for an onslaught of Really Worthy Books, people! First up is the apparently … [Read more]