The eighth episode is released on 1 March, 2019. *** Summary The episode starts with a letter from Husn-e-Jehan to Sultan. The rest of the episodes revolves around Qalb-e-Momin and Momina. Their circle in narrowing. They travel together, without saying a single word to each other. The constant talks of Momina’s success bothers Momin, to…
Category: Book Reviews
Book Review: Daredreamers: A Start-up of Superheroes By Kartik & Ravi Sharma
Book Details Title: Daredreamers: A Start-up of Superheroes Writer: Kartik Sharma, Ravi Sharma Amazon: Buy here Author Profile Kartik Sharma, a graduate of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, is passionate about books. Be it reading or writing, he found his one true passion in the written…
Book Review: An Indian Loser by Uzma Hameed
Book Details Title: An Indian Loser Author: Uzma Hameed # of pages: 374 Link to Buy: Amazon Synopsis In the other parts of the world when people fail, they gather themselves and try again; people around them encourage, motivate and inspire. However, in India if a person fails, he is considered incompetent, inadequate and unworthy. People…
Book Review: Syrian Brides By Anna Halabi
Book Details Title: Syrian Brides Writer: Anna Halabi GoodReads: Syrian Brides Author Profile Anna Halabi was born and raised in Aleppo, Syria. She emigrated to Europe in 1999 for her university studies. She currently lives with her family in Germany. Syrian Brides is her debut as an author. The stories and characters in this collection…
Book Review: Haalim – Episode #19 (By Nemrah Ahmed)
Wait till the noise dies down. My takeaway from the episode Episode 19 was uploaded on the author’s FB page on Feb 9. Read Online & Participate In The Discussion | Download This episode was sufficiently long and went back and forth in time 3-4 times. The time swing was 2-4 days at first and then……
Book Review: Alif – Episode #7 (By Umera Ahmed)
The seventh episode is released on 2 February, 2019. *** Summary The episode starts with a diary entry by Taha. He sits down to do calligraphy but can’t focus on anything, except being mesmerised by the beauty of Husn-e-Jehan. Abdul Alaa narrates the story to Qalb-e-Momin – a tale of love between Taha and Husn-e-Jehan….
Book Review: A Bus Ride by Biswajit Nath
Book Details Title: A Bus Ride: and other short stories Author: Biswajit Nath Link to Buy: Amazon Synopsis There are stories everywhere. One just needs to find them out, add value and express. But storytelling is not a joke either. A bus ride is a collection of short stories from author’s village and nearby. Stories written…
Book Review: Christmas Once Again (By D.K. Deters)
Book Details Title: Christmas Once Again Author: D. K. Deters Published on: 26th December 2018 Genre: Romantic Comedy Link to Buy: Amazon.in Amazon.com Author Details D. K. Deters Website Twitter Pinterest Goodreads BookBub Synopsis She’s dead broke. And eviction looms. On Christmas Eve antique consultant Madison Knight takes a phone call from local rancher Zach Murdock….
Book Review: Haalim – Episode #18 (By Nemrah Ahmed)
The author’s Facebook page has already announced that episode 18 will be published in two parts. The first part was published on November 13. My review for the same is here. Part 2 came on January 5th. My review for the same is here. What’s your take on this episode? Happy reading! Shabana
Book Review: Alif – Episode #6 (By Umera Ahmed)
The sixth episode is out. The episode starts with a letter from Sultan to Husn-e-Jehan. It reveals that the names of their kids Momin and Momina were pre-decided. It is evident that Sultan was not just a makeup artist for Husn-e-Jehan, but also an admirer and loved her. It also hints on a mistake of…