I watched Tuner, a delightful crime thriller. I think it is available on Prime though mine was an inflight experience. Niki White, played by Leo Woodall, has a rare hearing disorder called Hyperacusis. He is hypersensitive to everyday noises and has to wear ear muffs...
I am not brave. I find war stories deeply disturbing. More so when it is too close to home. After visiting Saurabh Kalia's museum, meeting his parents, his brother and sister-in-law, and going to his memorial in Palampur last year, I was even more apprehensive about...
Virginia Lane is NOT a Hero by Rosalind Stopps. I came across this book at a book café in the UK. I liked the image on the orange cover with a pram, a dog, and a caption: But sometimes ordinary people do extraordinary things. It had me hooked. More so, as I didn’t...
I am a bit partial to K-dramas. My first foray into them was Extraordinary Attorney Woo. I then watched The Glory, and ever since, I have been hooked. The list is now far too long to write here. Yet, strangely, I have never written a review of any of them. I have been...
I am late to this review party. I read the book quite a while ago, but I struggled to gather my thoughts about it. None of my earlier attempts seemed to encapsulate all that I felt about the book. To put my response into perspective, I still remember passages from it...
I came across an article in Reader's Digest that mentioned Earl Stanley Gardner had written eighty-two books featuring his lawyer protagonist, Perry Mason. At the time, I had the habit of maintaining a notebook with the names of every book I had read. Naturally, I had...
Catherine Ryan Hyde is one of my fall-back authors. When I find that reading books is turning into a chore because my TBR ceases to interest me, I turn to her books. I am able to download most of hers on Kindle and I read them for a break. Rarely have I been...
Parenting Unplugged by Lalitha Ramanathan- A Book Review Image from Amazon. I picked this book up only for the author Lalitha Ramanathan, a gifted writer. She makes one laugh with her posts and I am a huge sucker for laughs. Even in mundane writings, I love a flash...
When something is described as sheer poetry it could denote something exceptionally beautiful or artistic or an experience evoking deep emotions. So, it makes a lot of sense when we describe a work of art or something written in exquisite language as sheer...