Wonder by R.J.Palacio :Book review First things first, thank you all raccoons for this \”wonder\”ful recommendation.I read this book every night with my 9 yr old and both of us absolutely loved it, irrespective of the fact that I had a perspective of an adult and he that of a child. This book weaves a…
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Book Review: The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth
( Disclaimer:I am too amateur a poet;To even attempt writing a sonnet..So please pardon this flimsy attempt at rhyme;No match to Seth\’s verses- wonderful and sublimeā¦) I picked up this book on a whim;It ended up shattering many a literary paradigm..An entire novel written in verse form!!With prose so rich that it has an innate…
Book review: The case against sugar by Gary Taubes
I have always wondered why we consider sweet taste as superior to other tastes in general ( as I don\’t have a sweet tooth and have always had preference to sour/ salty/ spicy foods). This book not only answered that question for me but also gave me an idea about how we have come to…
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
I have not read much in genres of either history or biographies and I don\’t know anything about aviation. So my reason for picking up this book was pure curiosity about what went behind one of the most significant inventions of last century that changed the world- an aeroplane. But I am so glad I…