Le cart, this week.

People often ask for book suggestions. I find this intriguing though. For I believe, it is never a 'natural reader' who asks for recommendations. Such people, I am sure have a perennially long list of books that they desperately wish to get to. The list never ends and therefore they voluntarily never really ask someone...

Nerdy Sunday! Sidney Sheldon Chasing tomorrow- Tilly Bagshawe.

1.How/Why/Where did you buy the book? Sidney Sheldon and Jeffrey Archer were my initiation into the world of adult fiction (way back in my tweens!). A younger me dreamed of being a highly educated, uber sophisticated, uncommonly courageous heroine of a Sidney Sheldon novel. Running from nefarious criminals or the ultra- long limbs of the law,...

Nerdy Sunday- What’s on Dr J’s bookshelf this week?

I have had to scale back on reading for pleasure. Drastically. I have still been sneaking in a few books here and there though. For sustenance. And yes, the subscriptions, journals and magazines also tend to pile up; and I am forced to devote some of the scare and precious reading time to them as...

Nerdy Sunday- Weekly bookshelf preview. And over-hyped, under- performers….

What's on Dr J's book shelf this week? Aah..nothing spectacular folks! It's time to dust off old undergraduate books and start pouring over the "basics" again. Whole bunch of exams coming up 😦 The "reading- for- pleasure" books will soon dwindle, and probably become non- existent again in the near future. The magazine subscriptions will...

Starry Nights- Shobaa De.

  I know, I know. I never mentioned such a book in my last book rant. I just missed it. I'm telling you, I just have been on this crazy chain- reading trip. I have even read some Chetan Bhagat! Who would have thought, huh? Me and Chetan Bhagat? Okay, I shall admit- I once...

Gone girl and Jack Reacher, odd but able company.

  Here's another confession. I am an addict. An internet addict. The world wide web has well and truly ensnared Dr J. I can spend endless hours on the internet. Doing particularly nothing. Anything. Everything.   The one downside of constant travel is compromise. Adjustment. One has to be willing to let go. Of habits,...

Nerdy Sunday! Desperate In Dubai- Ameera Al Hakawati.

    Let's get straight to "The Ten Questions"... 1.How/Why/Where did you buy the book? The book has been lying in my Flipkart ebook library for a while now. Timeout Dubai dubs this book as the "UAE's answer to Desperate Housewives". I read about it, more than a year ago; at some random Dubai based...

Nerdy Sunday! Curious about the veiled Arab world?

Hella Folks! It's been a while since I did a book review. Not that I haven't been reading. Quite the opposite actually.I just don't seem to get a moment to sit down, fire up Mr Lappy, click cutesy pictures, copy excerpts from the book and then give my not-so-worthy two cents on the book! Are...