“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.” Ah! Mr. Wilde made some really wild statements but beneath the wildness, lurked a truth iterated to death but not comprehended still – happiness; that’s the single most thing we wish in life. In every thing we do, in every step we take, in bewildered … More The Code is HAPPINESS!
I love e-books, I do. But ask me this: What gives you the the happiest feeling in your world of reading? And I would say: Reading in my library! Ah! Sinking into my little cozy library, books staring at me with wistful eyes from all around and in a continuous, hypnotic way, closing in on … More 11 Unusual Book Stores
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata My rating: 4 of 5 stars I am white, mostly. And cold. And occasionally, weeping. But you don’t see my tears, for they run down the stream and lose their essence at the prolonged kiss of the first sun. But I do not mind. I come alive to die; I … More Book Review: Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata (1935)
My Rating: 5 of 5 || My Review on Goodreads || More About The Book || About The Author The silence about me was heavy as the sea. Sitting by the sea, I am trying hard to evade the embrace of camphoric memories that hover schemingly, stroked by the amorous waves. Often this colossal sapphire … More Book Review – The Sea by John Banville (2005)
Some days my eyes, wander under rain; a little pensive, a tad insane; They loop from the branches, they hug the trees, they skim the sky, they kiss the breeze; Extend their vision to rainbow ends, and to the slim, inviting road bends, On those trails, they venture further and lose themselves in a world, … More Vagabond Eyes
My Rating: 4 of 5 || My Review on Goodreads || More About The Book || About The Author They walk under its shadow. And it feels forever. They breathe their warm heart out under its all-pervasive blanket for so many countless instants (sometimes their entire lives) that the line drawing its glistening touch and … More Book Review – The Autumn Of The Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez (1975)
Hunger by Knut Hamsun My rating: 5 of 5 stars A review of this book from my pen is akin to injustice. After all, what do I know of hunger? Something that loses its meaning with a hop to the kitchen? A need that vanishes with the stair-climbing to the canteen? A routine that knocks … More Book Review – Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1890)
My Rating: 4 of 5 || My Review on Goodreads || More About The Book || About The Author || Author’s Website I scribbled on my notepad, random words, stared at them, struck them and occasionally, tore the page to reveal a new one. The overcast sky was teetering at the rain’s behest and the … More Book Review – Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1864)
My Rating: 5 of 5 || My Review on Goodreads || More About The Book || About The Author LOVE. ABSENCE. Two words. Short but Strong. Both are trend-setters, albeit of different kind. Both have their own, absolute meanings; their legion of fans swear by it. Those under their hypnotic spell can hardly belong elsewhere. … More Book Review – Journey Into The Past by Stefan Zweig (1987)
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