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Nishita's Rants and Raves
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A blog about books, movies, restaurants, and everything else under the sun.
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{Almost} Wordless Wednesdays: A Modigliani
For the past couple of months, snubnose has been studying the Modigliani style of art and been trying to recreate it using oil pastels. Read more
Posted on 13 November 2013 BOOKS -
TransAtlantic: A Book Review
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann While deciding whether to read TransAtlantic by Colum McCann, I read a review that said… What McCann says in a sentence, others... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2013 BOOKS -
Top Ten Tuesdays: Ten Covers I’d Love to Make Over
Today, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list the Top Ten Covers We’d like to Redesign. I’m not a particularly visual person. A cover... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2013 BOOKS -
Teaser Tuesdays: TransAtlantic
When I came across this paragraph in TransAtlantic by Colum Mc Cann, I couldn’t help thinking about Piglet and his love for predictable hide and seek. Read more
Posted on 12 November 2013 BOOKS -
Comfort Food: Spaghetti with Pesto
Weekend cooking is a meme hosted by Beth Fish Reads. It is open to anyone who has any kind of food-related post to share: Book (novel, nonfiction) reviews,... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2013 BOOKS -
{Wordless Wednesdays}: Relationship Map of A Game of Thrones
There are so many relationships and characters in the book (and the show episodes based on it) A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Read more
Posted on 06 November 2013 BOOKS -
Teaser Tuesdays: Another Teaser from Night Film
I finished this book over the long weekend, and this must be the creepiest, scariest book I read this year. Here’s a fairly innocuous teaser… Darkness. Read more
Posted on 05 November 2013 BOOKS -
Night Film: A Book Review
Night Film by Marisha Pessl On a damp October night, beautiful young Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. Read more
Posted on 04 November 2013 BOOKS -
Blissing Out With a Bottle of Indian Wine
Gosh! The past month has been hectic and that is an understatement. I ended up juggling tons of work + home + blog commitments, and now looking back…I just can’... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2013 BOOKS -
Sudipto Das, Author of The Ekkos Clan Answers Some Questions
When I got a request to review The Ekkos Clan by Sudipto Das, it killed me to have to decline. However, with work being what it is, and me having a towering... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2013 BOOKS -
Wordless Wednesdays: Just Had to Share This with You…
…a puppet that snubnose made last week. It’s supposed to be Tipu Sultan. I guess it looks vaguely like him? http://instagram.com/p/f681-BQyFw/ For some reason,... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2013 BOOKS -
A New Age of Reading?
A couple of weeks back, someone from Random House pinged me to get a short soundbite of what I thought would be the next big thing in reading trends. Read more
Posted on 29 October 2013 BOOKS -
Making Minestrone Soup
Weekend cooking is a meme hosted by Beth Fish Reads. It is open to anyone who has any kind of food-related post to share: Book (novel, nonfiction) reviews,... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2013 BOOKS -
The Signature of All Things – A Book Review
The Signature of all Things by Elizabeth Gilbert I just finished this book after an almost sleepless night engrossed in this book. Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 BOOKS -
Music on My iPhone These Days…
It’s amazing how having two small kids changes your musical tastes so much. I primarily used to be a classic rock kinda girl and I still am. Music from the... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 BOOKS -
India in {Ten}ish Books
Savidge from Savidge Reads has put up an interesting meme challenge on his blog. He’s challenged us readers to list top ten books that define our country, and... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2013 BOOKS -
Wordless Wednesdays: Vintage Social Networking
Found this on John Atkinson’s blog and thought I’d share. He has some great comics on his blog. Do check it out when you have the time. Share this:Like this:Lik... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2013 BOOKS -
Teaser Tuesdays – Night Film
Mortal fear is as crucial a thing to our lives as love. It cuts to the core of our being and shows us what we are. Will you step back and cover your eyes? Or... Read more
Posted on 22 October 2013 BOOKS -
Self Hosted…
I’ve been a busy little bee this weekend. Apart from organizing a small pooja (religious ceremony) for the family, and getting the kids all set for the start... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2013 BOOKS -
Mailbox Mondays: October 21, 2013
Welcome to Mailbox Monday, a meme started by Marcia of To Be Continued and hosted by Bob of Beauty in Ruins this month. Ooh, what a windfall of lovely books las... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2013 BOOKS