Category Archives: Contemporary Fiction

Moustache – Review

Set in the Kuttanad, Kerala during British colonization (18th or 19th century), regales the readers with different stories of Moustache, otherwise known as Vavachan.  There is no fixed storyline with the protagonist in the book.  As the name of the book suggests, Vavachan came to be known as the Moustache man after his part-taking asContinue reading “Moustache – Review”

The Female Persuasion

#Review The Female Persuasion @penguinindia@vintagebooks @penguinukbooks We all know women are extremely strong and mature, and they do not need any help from men to help them make stronger. Feminism isn’t about making them strong, it’s more about changing how women are perceived by the rest of the world. That it is not competition judgingContinue reading “The Female Persuasion”

Beloved – Toni Morrison – Reviews

Before I go ahead with the review, I have to admit that I have fallen in love with this book 📖. This book has made it to the top of my re-read list. “124 was spiteful. Full of a baby’s venom”. House 🏠 124, a haunted place with baby’s spirit and it’s victims are SetheContinue reading “Beloved – Toni Morrison – Reviews”

American Dirt – Jeanine Cummins

Jeanine Cummins, an American author, has written four books – memoir titled A Rip in Heaven and three novels: The Outside Boy, The Crooked Branch, and American Dirt. Lydia Quixano Pérez, runs a bookstore in Acapulco, Mexico, living a comfortable life with her husband, Sebastian and her son Luca. Yesterday, Lydia had a bookshop. Yesterday, Lydia was married to aContinue reading “American Dirt – Jeanine Cummins”

A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles, an American novelist, best known for his bestselling novels Rules of Civility (2011) and A Gentleman in Moscow (2016), the latter of which made him a finalist for the 2016 Kirkus Prize. A Gentleman in Moscow, an amazing book was recommended by a friend of mine, as the story resembles the current scenario of the lockdown due #COVID19. Count Rostov,Continue reading “A Gentleman in Moscow”

An American Marriage – Review

An American Marriage, a book chosen for the Oprah Book Club 2018 and winner of Women’s Prize for friction, is about two young married couple whose life changes drastically overnight. Roy, an executive, and Celestial, an upcoming artist an African American couple married for little more than a year, whose lives are torn apart afterContinue reading “An American Marriage – Review”