Book Review – The short drop 

Just completed this page turner ….. “The short drop” is apparently the first novel by Matthew Fitzsimmons and it’s just brilliant. I have managed to read, not speed read, but read 389 pages of this novel in just under two days. I read a couple of pages, last to last night and then the bulk … Read more

Author Review – Jeffrey Archer 

For the past couple of months I have been re-reading Jeffrey Archer’s books – I have been a fan ever since I read “Prodigal daughter” long long back. I stopped reading his books after “Thereby hangs a tale”. Somewhere between “Honour among thieves” and “Thereby hangs a tale” I feel he has either lost that … Read more

Book review – Shadow lines, Amitav Ghosh

I loved “The hungry tide” and “The glass palace” both of which I have read fully. I struggled a little bit with “Sea of poppies” and I haven’t yet read “The river of smoke”. I think Amitav Ghosh is a brilliant writer and just “The glass palace” alone makes him the number one comtemporary author.  … Read more

Book review – The scion of Ikshvaku

Krishnan and I just loved the Shiva Trilogy – The Immortals of Meluha, The secret of the Nagas and The oath of the Vayuputras. Infact Krishnan managed to read “The oath of the Vayuputras” before me and I was miffed for a few hours. All three books were “un-put-downable”, just gripping and brilliantly written. Amish … Read more