I love to read this genre of historical fiction (which some may call mythology – which I don’t agree with; long story for another day), but it’s been a long time since I actually read any book in this genre, and so when Prem Purana by Usha Narayanan was offered for review, I just had…
Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets – Audiobook Review
If you’ve been following this blog, you know that some time back I checked out and reviewed the Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone Audiobook. Back then I only meant to check out one Harry Potter book on audio, just to get an idea of how it feels to listen to this series, as opposed to…
January 2018 – The Month That Was #ChattyBlogs February Linky
I am not sure if I have ever mentioned this before, but I really love to read the monthly roundup/gratitude posts by the bloggers I follow. For several reasons really, but most importantly because I feel like it’s through these posts that I actually get to know the person behind the blogger, and it helps…
10 Book to Movie Adaptations Coming Out in 2018
If you’ve known me or followed this blog for any length of time, you know that I’m a big fan of book to movie adaptations. Of-course I always prefer to read the book first (unless I plan to skip it – which is rare), and more often than not, I find the book better than…
My Quarterly Goals for the First Quarter of 2018 #ChattyBlogs January Linky
Hi everyone, as promised, I am back with my first Quarterly Goals post of 2018. In case you are new to my blog or this segment, here’s a quick summary of what this Quarterly Goals series is about – Every quarter, I set between 10-20 goals for myself (which span several areas of my life)…
The Wife Between Us – A Psychological Suspense/Thriller You Do Not Want to Miss!
Have you ever read blurbs that have compelled you to read the book? I have, many many times. And in my experience I’ve found that more often than not, these books have a hard time living up to their great blurbs. But then there are wonderful exceptions like The Wife Between Us, which not only…
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande | Book Review
I’m a compulsive list maker. I make lists for everything, and anything. In-fact I am fast approaching the point where I might need a list to keep track of all my lists (not kidding). Which is to say that, at-least as far as I am concerned, Mr. Gawande was preaching to the choir with this…
Reading Goals for 2017 – An Update
Hello folks, it’s the last few days of the year, so it’s about time to review the reading goals I had set for 2017. To begin with, I must say that I had a decent reading year, not as great as 2016, but not bad either. I had 5 goals that I intended to work towards,…
Quarterly Goals Update + Food Blog Sneak Peek #ChattyBlogs December Linky
I know this is like a super-delayed 3rd quarter update, considering that we are pretty much at the end of the 4th and final quarter of the year, but I just had to put this out there before the end of this year, so that I can start 2018 with a clean slate, and not…
10 Gulab Jamuns by Sandhya Acharya | Book Review
I read a lot of children’s books, on a daily basis actually, as it’s part of my nightly ritual with my son. But I rarely review them, because frankly I just have no time to review any more books than I already do. However this is one book I just had to share. I first…