Reviews

Book Review : Gather the Daughters by Jenni Melamed
Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed – A Book that Makes you Restless

An isolated island where children roam wild and free every summer. One …

Book Review : The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden– a Russian Fairytale that Leaves You Breathless

In a village in northern Rus’ a girl named Vasya is born. Her mother …

Book Review: Kissing the Demon by Amrita Kumar
Kissing the Demon by Amrita Kumar – A Crash Course for the Creative Writer

How can you swim through an idea in your head, get it printed on paper and sign…

Autumn by Ali Smith
Autumn by Ali Smith – A Meditation on Identity and Memories

A story about growing old, time, love and memories set in …

Book cover Slightly Foxed : Mr Tibbit's Catholic School by Ysenda Maxtone Graham
Book Review : Mr. Tibbit’s Catholic School by Ysenda Maxtone Graham

For someone who feasted on Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers and St. Clares books, Mr. Tibbit’s Catholic school was an enticing…

Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane
Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane – A Child Bride and her Marriage

A young girl gets married to a much older man and she tries to be happy in the…

The Answers by Catherine Lacey
The Answers by Catherine Lacey – The Girlfriend Experiment for Love

What if you can divide the various tasks that define one girlfriend among many? Would such a collection…

Book Review : The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy – Is Happiness Relative?

A hijra, a woman and a baby tangled in a web of Indian politics and social injustice…

Book Review : The Sport of Kings by C. E. Morgan
The Sport of Kings by C. E. Morgan – What is Wrong and Right with the Novel

A family saga about race, family legacy, horse breeding, slavery and the lives that got …