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Book review of 'Hot Milk' by Deborah Levy

[Book Review] ‘Hot Milk’ by Deborah Levy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Deborah Levy is an acclaimed British playwright, novelist and poet. Twice shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Levy’s work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The author is known to gracefully leap between genres and maintain an exquisite quality of literature in each one of them. Levy can be described Read more…

Book review of A. J. Finn's 'The Woman in the Window'

[Book Review] ‘The Woman in the Window’ by A. J. Finn

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Daniel Mallory (born 1979) is an American editor and author who writes under the name A. J. Finn. His first novel The Woman in the Window debuted at number one on the New York Times Best Seller List and has been adapted into a feature film. Mallory worked for several years in London at Sphere Read more…

Book review of John Grisham's Legal Thriller 'A Time To Kill'

[Book Review] ‘A Time to Kill’ by John Grisham

ABOUT THE AUTHOR John Ray Grisham Jr. is an American novelist, attorney, politician, and activist, best known for his popular legal thrillers. His books have been translated into 42 languages and published worldwide. Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and received a J.D. degree from the University Of Mississippi School Of Law in 1981. He Read more…

Book review of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee

[Book Review] ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) was an American novelist widely known for To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960. Immediately successful, it won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature. Though Lee had only published this single book, in 2007, she Read more…

Book review of Charlatans by Robin Cook

[Book Review] ‘Charlatans’ by Robin Cook

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Robert Brian “Robin” Cook, who is popularly known as Robin Cook, is an American physician who mainly focuses on medical writing in the thriller genre. Born in Queens in New York, Cook’s writing style seems to sweep his readers off their feet as a majority of his books have entered The New Read more…

Khaled Hosseini's 'A Thousand Splendid Suns'

[Book Review] ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ by Khaled Hosseini

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. His father was a diplomat in the Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother taught Farsi and history at a high school in Kabul. In March 2001, while practicing medicine, Hosseini began writing his first novel, The Kite Runner, which was published by Riverhead Read more…

BOOK REVIEW OF 'NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST' BY RACHEL COHN AND DAVID LEVITHAN

[Book Review] ‘Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist’ by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Rachel Cohn and David Levithan are American young-adult fiction writers that have collaborated on five books. Rachel Cohn is known for portraying strong, witty female leads while David Levithan is adept in showcasing well-written gay protagonists in his books. Both have garnered considerable critical success over their careers. First concocted in the Read more…

BOOK REVIEW OF ANAND NEELAKANTAN'S 'ASURA: TALE OF THE VANQUISHED'

[Book Review] ‘Asura: Tale of the Vanquished’ by Anand Neelakantan

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anand Neelkantan was born in the Trippunithura village, on the outskirts of Kochi, Kerala. He grew up listening to anecdotes from the Ramayana and felt more drawn to the villain of the scripture, Ravana, and his people, than to the protagonist, Rama, and his allies. Anand is an engineer and works for Read more…

Book review of 'Before I Go to Sleep' by S.J. Watson

Book Review: ‘Before I Go to Sleep’ by S.J. Watson

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Steve “S. J.” Watson (born in 1971) is an English writer. He debuted in 2011 with the thriller novel Before I Go to Sleep. Rights to publish the book have been sold in 42 different countries around the world and it has gone on to become an international bestseller. Watson was born Read more…