A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie (Miss Marple #9) “A Caribbean Mystery” is a mystery novel written by Agatha Christie. Set in the Caribbean, it follows the indomitable Miss Marple as she takes a vacation and stumbles upon a web of intrigue. When a fellow guest dies suspiciously, Miss Marple’s keen observation skills lead her…
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Book Review | The Saga of Love via Telephone | Pankaj Pandey
Once Gone (a Riley Paige Mystery—Book 1) Love means never losing hope… He is Pankaj, a creative and innovative guy of an engineering college. She is Shikha, a sensation. Her voice is that of a nightingale. They fall in love without an eye-contact talk, share everything, foresee future… destiny had something in their fate……
Book Review | The Most Eligible Bachelor | Satyapal Chandra
The Most Eligible Bachelor by Satyapal Chandra Why do most love stories end with great difficulty? Why do we always claim that he or she cheated in love and caused indelible pain? Is love the name of deep understanding and mutual relationship between two souls or is it just intense desire for physical intimacy? Why…
Roundup | November 2025
Intro I’m back, as promised. Yay, me! November 2025 Reading Roundup This was going to be a light month in terms of reading, no thanks to ongoing health issues and shitty work situation. I read abridged version of a classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame. And then I tried to finish something I started back…
Book Review | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | Malvina G. Vogel
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Adapted by Malvina G. Vogel Written by Victor Hugo This extraordinary historical novel, set in Medieval Paris under the twin towers of its greatest structure and supreme symbol, the cathedral of Notre-Dame, is the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the hunchback; Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer; and Claude Frollo, the priest…
Book Review | Labels and Other Stories | Louis de Bernières
Labels and Other Stories by Louis de Bernières Charlotte Lawrence, widowed at thirty-four, decides to return to all things pre-Peter, and that means moving back to the Cheshire village of her childhood. It also means exchanging a clinical company flat for the pretty but overgrown garden of Ivy Cottage, and the constant attentions of…
Roundup | October 2025
Intro I’m so bad at keeping promises to myself, aren’t I? In Roundup | July 2025, I promised to revive the tradition of monthly roundsup and then I disappeared for two months. Honestly, not in a good headspace these days, suffering from both physical health issues and a ton of mental stress. This also reflects…
Random Rambling | Interview Anniversary
It’s my interview anniversary today. Hey, people celebrate 15-days birthday; weekversary, monthversary and whatnot. Why can’t I talk about interview anniversary? It’s not like I’m celebrating it. 14 years ago. On this day, I had interviewed for my current job. It was a pleasant October afternoon. For the past two days, I had been…
Random Rambling | On The Rocks
As soon as she left the hospital, she took a deep breath. The breath that had been trapped behind the mask all day seemed to have been released from her lungs now. The patients of the day, their relatives, injections, medicines, files — all were echoing in her mind like a crowd. The…
Bey-tuki | On the Rocks
اسپتال سے نکلتے ہی اس نے ایک لمبی سانس بھری۔ ماسک کے پیچھے دن بھر قید رہی سانس جیسے اب جا کے اس کے پھینپھڑوں سے آزاد ہوئی ہو۔ دن بھر کے مریض، ان کے رشتے دار، انجیکشن، دوائیں، فائلیں — سب اس کے ذہن میں ہجوم کی طرح گونج رہے تھے۔ سڑک پر شام…