Book Review: Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Title: Coraline Author: Neil Gaiman Genre: Fairy tale, Horror fiction, Children’s literature, Fantasy About the Author: Neil Gaiman is an English author who writes short fiction, graphic novels, comic books and non-fiction. He writes for films as well. His preferred genre is mostly dark fantasy with a tinge of comedy. About the Book: The book…

Book Review: Luna by Julie Anne Peters

Title: Luna Author: Julie Anne Peters Genre: Young Adult Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction About the Author: Julie Anne Peters is an American author who mostly writes YA fiction books. Her books have been published in various countries. In 2004, her book Luna was published. It was the first book released by a mainstream publisher having a transgender character….

Fathers in Literature

Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes. ~ Markus Zusak In this world, the most precious relationship is with our parents. No matter you are a good or bad, rich or poor, successful or a failure, your parents are going to…

My TBR for #MakeYourMythTaker Readathon

Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know. It’s June, almost middle of the year. Things around the world are getting worse day-by-day. Apart from the pandemic, many other issues such as Cyclone, Locusts, etc. are also affecting people….

Book Review: My Heart and Other Black Holes

Title: My Heart and other Black Holes Author: Jasmine Warga Genre: Young Adult Fiction About the Author: Jasmine Warga is an American author from Ohio. She has won John Newbery Honor Award for her book “Other Words For Home”. She loved reading since childhood. She has completed her education in Art History. She used to work as…

Book Review: Visions of a Summer Past

Title: Visions of a Summer Past Author: Avishek Gupta Genre: Fiction, Fantasy About the Author: Avishek Gupta is a technical writer in a leading software firm. He has written various popular books. His stories have even translated in to Bengali and Telugu. About the Book: This book is set in two time frames -1946 and 2016. The story…

Reflection: #AtoZChallenge 2020

Back in March, when I was writing the theme reveal post for #AtoZChallenge 2020, I was extremely anxious whether I would be able to complete this challenge or not. It was really a huge challenge for me because I have not ever posted more than 2 posts in a month. Posting 26 posts in a…

Zillion Things Readers are tired of Hearing

Being a reader is not an easy job at all. Apart from everything else, you have to handle few stupid questions from people. These questions are mostly from those who do not understand your love for the books. There are some things which we are tired of hearing again and again. So, I am going…

5 YA Fiction Books that I Loved

YA fiction refers to Young Adult fiction. This is the one genre which is most popular. The main reason for its popularity is that the characters are mostly young people or teenagers. The theme of these books revolve around love and friendship. That is the reason most of the young readers find these books most…

X’citing Books Released in Quarantine

New Book releases are what we readers always look forward to. We regularly check if our favourite author is releasing some new books or if the sequel for a series and trilogy is coming or not. It fills us with so much excitement even if we are not going to buy them instantly. But this…