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Halloween Reading – Drood and The Little Stranger
The season has been perfect for ghost stories - the ghostlier the better. Usually October/November is still fairly bright here, but this year a couple of... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2015 BOOKS -
The World Unfolds As It Should: Room Review
Room, adapted from Emma Donoghue's 2010 novel of the same name, is a remarkable story. Based on the infamous Fritzl case, it's a work of cinema that transcends... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2015 BOOKS -
Travel Times Three
It's been a hectic traveling month for us, three trips in the space of three weeks, and it almost became four but because of some family obligations, I had to... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2015 BOOKS -
WW: Halloween Hungama
This year, we did Halloween on a slightly larger scale. Unlike last year, when Piglet was too scared of all the strangers and the weird costumes to even... Read more
Posted on 04 November 2015 BOOKS -
Queen of Shadows
This is the fourth book in the Throne of Glass series that I compulsively binge-read all this month. This book starts off where the third book left off.... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2015 BOOKS -
Mailbox Mondays: All Last Month
Welcome to Mailbox Monday. I received an interesting and eclectic selection of books all last month and this is a pretty late post listing all of them. The... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2015 BOOKS -
Bringing a Street Food Eating Experience to Barbeque Nation
Barbeque Nation is hosting the Mohammad Ali Road food festival in Bangalore from Oct 28 - Nov 15 in all its Bangalore outlets. For those wondering what is the... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2015 BOOKS -
Popular Reasons Why You Should Buy Your Wedding Jewelry Online
When it comes to jewelry, there is nothing that beats Indian jewelry. The exquisite designs that are handcrafted by experienced craftsman stand second to none... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2015 BOOKS -
Five Perfect Diwali Getaways in India
Diwali is already around the corner and people are busy cleaning and decorating their house; shopping for their family and friends. Some of you would be early... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2015 BOOKS -
Renovating Homes in an Eco-friendly Way
Our homes definitely need a makeover over a number of years as most of the things become old, some of which do not even function properly requiring a lot of... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2015 BOOKS -
Top Ten Tuesdays: Ten Halloween Books I Want to Read
Today, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have given us a Halloween-themed freebie. I chose this opportunity to list the books I am reading this month fo... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2015 BOOKS -
Teaser Tuesdays: Drood
I have been slowly reading Drood by Dan Simmons all this month in the spirit of Halloween, breaking now and then for more fast-paced reads. I am now 110 pages i... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2015 BOOKS -
Before I Go to Sleep
As I sleep, my mind will erase everything I did today. I will wake up tomorrow as I did this morning. Thinking I'm still a child. Thinking I have a whole... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2015 BOOKS -
View From Our Room
We went on a quick roadtrip to Wayanad, Kerala over the weekend, staying at the Karapuzha Village Resort, which is a small but beautiful property right by the... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2015 BOOKS -
Binge-reading The Throne of Glass Series
I recently read (and loved) A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J.Maas so much that I decided to go ahead and try some of her backlog, and so started on the... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2015 BOOKS -
Yippee-ing It up at the ITC Gardenia
Snubnose and I had a blast at the ITC press event yesterday held at (where else?) ITC Gardenia. It's a funny coincidence, just the previous night Snubnose had... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2015 BOOKS -
When in Dire Need, Call Them!
An emergency is called thus exactly for the way it makes us to think and act. Emergencies happen all the time and there is no fool-proof method to avoid them... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2015 BOOKS -
WW: Raksha Bandhan
This is a very late post. Raksha Bandhan (an Indian festival celebrating the bond between brother and sister) was in August, but I am only now getting around... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2015 BOOKS -
Outlaws
On a summer day at the arcade, timid sixteen-year-old Ignacio Cañas encounters two charismatic rebels: El Zarco ("Blue Eyes") and his gorgeous girl, Tere.... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2015 BOOKS -
The Maze Runner
This one is not going to be a book versus movie kinda review. And that's because I haven't read the book this movie is based on - The Maze Runner by James... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2015 BOOKS