I must admit I read a lot of books with strong female character. They do have male characters but mostly they are a co-actor rather than the centre of the story. My favourite male character is Harry Potter. I love how Rowling has given shades to his personality. He seems real and is not a…
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Day 14 – Book turned movie and completely desecrated.
We know that books are a favourite with the movie makers. It makes complete commercial sense – you have a story and for a popular book you have ready made audience. Hence why we have so many best sellers that have been converted to movies. I usually like to read the book before I watch…
Day 13 – My favourite writer
This is a tough one! Over the years I have read so many books and loved so many writers, how do I choose my favourite? I think I am going to tackle it by the top few whose books I have enjoyed a d read multiple times! J.K.Rowling – I am a Harry Potter fan….
Day 12 – A book I love and hate at the same time!
I thought long and hard before writing this blog post. As I mentioned, I am a lover of books and there are very few books I dislike. So a book that stirs mi I tried to remember and I then knew the book that start these love-hate emotion in me – The Slap by Christos…
Day 10 – A book that reminds me of home
I have always been a book worm. In fact growing up, I used to spend most of my spare time in my room reading books. My sister and I used to spend all our pocket money, money received from relatives, birthday money etc on buying books. This was on top of the library books that…
Day 9 – A book I thought I wouldn’t like but ended up loving
There are a lot of books that have taken me by surprise. The book that comes to my mid based on the topic of today is A Woman of Substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford. I first heard about the book due to the controversy about the TV series with Karishma Kapoor which was based in…
Day 8 – Most overrated book
I follow multiple book lover groups on social media, goodreads etc. Most times people recommend a book and I jump on getting it as I always like to broaden my reading. That is what made me buy The Rosie Project. I started reading the book and just could not get into it. I did not…
Day 7 – A book that makes me laugh
If you were wondering why I had not written for the past few days, it is coz I have been on a mini break – we went to south coast for a holiday. It was hard to write there. So for the next few days, I will be writing two blogs a day till I…
Day 6 – A book that makes me sad!
I wrote about my happy book yesterday. I have read so many books that make me sad – mostly they are the stories where humans turned on humans; they are the stories of human power gone wrong; where humans forgot their humanism and were motivated by man made differences like caste, creed, colour and race!…
Day 5 – A book that makes me happy
I have a lot of feel good books – books that make me feel warm, fuzzy and happy! Most of these books are human stories having a happy ending. There are some authors who write happy books. They are called chick-lit, light, airy books, good for a read on the beach or on holidays. I…