I have always wanted to read one of the works of Albert Camus but did not have the courage because I have read some of his essays and aren’t they deep!!. "I summarized The Stranger a long time ago, with a remark I admit was highly paradoxical: "In our society any man who does not weep at his mother's funeral runs the risk of being sentenced to death." I only meant that the hero of my book is condemned because he does not play the game." -    Albert Camus   The stranger is a debut novel with themes best cited as examples of Camus’s philosophy: absurdism ..read more

  I haven’t been active on the blog recently due to some unavoidable reasons but that does not mean I was distant from reading instead I had an epiphany. “How many books one can read in his/her lifetime??”  -Intriguing question… isn’t it? I googled and as expected there were varying numbers with too many factors to consider i.e.; reading speed, time one devotes, etc etc. But what made me think is just one comment- “It does not matter how much you read or how many, the only thing matters are What you learned from the book, did you apply it in real life? It is useless if you read t ..read more

  Source: Google “...who we are and what we do it is fundamentally a function of what we remember.” “Moonwalking with Einstein” is a book which assures you that anyone even the one who only want to experiment with their brain(figuratively), they also can set a new record at “MENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP”. Joshua Foer does an amazing job in describing (who am I kidding he won the memory championship). The book is more like a movie: Start (where hero thinks of something to do, and tries to prepare himself for the same.)  ->  Mid ( finding the mentor and and start preparing f ..read more

  source-goodreads The mystery of three quarters is written by Sophie Hannah, the third in her series of Hercules Poirot novel , after being undertaken by estate of  Agatha Christie. Not much of a fan of detective fiction , but “why to stay in a box” right?? Looking forward to read and tell you guys more about her work or detective stories.   “If you will allow Poirot to offer you a piece of wise advice: the pursuit of revenge is rarely a good idea.”   As can one easily “get the idea”,it is a detective novel with “M. Poirot” being the detective. The 4 people get a ..read more

source;google       “I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.” Everyone is aware of Charles Dickens’s work and there are ample of it but I want to make sure that if I bring his work so it should be only with “Great Expectations”. I don’t have a reason in general though but I also didn’t want BJP in rule too but here it is. “I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.”   ..read more

Source; Harukimurakami.com Kafka on the shore is a perfect blend of fantasy, mystery, humour and popular culture. The book is by Haruki Murakami, a Japanese author famous for his creative, not to mention mysterious, literary work all around the world.Majority of his works are seasoned with Japanese culture to make his readers get a taste of its uniqueness.His best-selling books include “A Wild sheep chase”, “Norweign Wood” and many more. The book starts with two different but interrelated stories.Odd-numbered chapters focuses on Franz Kafka. Franz is on a run to Takamatsu in ..read more

                                        source;Google Some books are so intriguing yet filled with too much hatred. You want to shut the book out of disappointment. Despite that, you keep on reading it, page after page because deep inside you know that this can’t be the ending. Well, this “debut novel” by Amber Smith (P.S. not giving you any spoilers) will give you the combination of hate and relief you might be looking for.  The Way I Used to be is told in four parts chron ..read more

Source;Google Life- It goes on...           -Robert frost After the John Green’s award-wining first novel “Looking for Alaska”, we are pretty sure that he has a way in book titles. I am not a fan of YA but always keep picking John Green books. He has his style of bringing some major issues faced by teens which are ignored or laughed at by adults. The narrator; Aza, a high school kid, with a terrible anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder has only one friend; Daisy,a carefree blooming writer. The story starts with the breaking news of a billionaire turned fugitive “M ..read more

"Every relationship requires effort but Long Distance Relationship requires more..."                                 -Sudeep Nagarkar Don’t worry this is not a government handbook. It’s rather a book of an Indian author his real-life experience. Everyone who is in a long-distance relationship will relate to this book. The book tells about the hardship and also points out some serious problems that the couples go through like trust issues, time management, emotional problems, wrong impression due to internet connectivity(the villain of the author’s heroic story), etc ..read more