All the books that I could finish reading in 2020 were wonderful in their own way. But some stuck more and will definitely stay longer. Here is a compilation of a peek in to ten of my favorite reads this year. 10. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner With chapters of data […]
Category: Book Peek
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
In Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy has laid bare the intricacies of human behavior, the shortcomings and the delights of human nature. The perfection with which the lives of all the characters, the individuality and the intertwining, has been captured is amazing. It leaves you bewildered to read on how well the same person can place […]
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
To start the list of fascinating about the book, the entire sequence of events spans over a day. Set in post world War I London, the author meticulously covers all the relevant details and anecdotes from the past, finely knitted with the events of the day. A descriptive account of the lives of Clarissa Dalloway, wife of […]
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Society can be as dangerous to an individual, as an individual can be to society. This is the first book in a three-part series by Chinua Achebe. A one of its kind story, a tale that leaves you marveling, bewildered and heart broken, simultaneously and one-after-the-other. It brings to you, in a well cooked and […]
Little Mercies by Heather Gudenkauf
‘Accidents happen every day to everyday people.’ More often than not, there is a time in our life, when we tend to overwhelm ourselves in the enthusiasm of things. In the wake of this strained and unmercifully tight schedule, happen to take for granted everything we breathe for. Sometimes, a small ignorance, a small distraction […]
Unstolen by Wendy Jean
A girl brought up in a household with the tangible and intangible remnants, in every moment, on every occasion, of an elder brother stolen years ago, when she was just a few months old. A story about how she had been raised in the presence of his absence, how at a tender age she was […]
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