There are two type of people in this world – those who love Harry Potter and others who don’t. Shabana Mukhtar As I noted in my first post, I was blackmailed into reading this series. *==*==* Book 3: Harry Potter Aur Paras Pathhar Ka Raaz (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) After reading the…
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Book Review: Harry Potter #2 – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
There are two type of people in this world – those who love Harry Potter and others who don’t. Shabana Mukhtar As I noted in my first post, I was blackmailed into reading this series. *==*==* Book 2: Harry Potter Aur Paras Pathhar Ka Raaz (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) After reading the…
Book Review: The Bicycle Thief (By Manish Sahu)
Link to buy from Amazon I got a book review request from the author. Thanks Mr. Manish for providing me a review copy in exchange of an honest review. Title: The Bicycle Thief: And Other Short Stories Author: Manish Sahu Review: The books is a collection of 14 Short Stories. All of them have a…
Book Review: “Yaaram” By Sumaira Hameed
Background: Sometime in 2016, I was addicted to reading all the digests that were published in Pakistan. For us non-Pakistanis, the paksociety website was and is, the treasure – a place where you get most of all Urdu Novels and Digests. The website displays most trending books on the top – and there were only…
Book Review: “Qaraqoram Ka Taj Mahal” by Nemrah Ahmed
Background: After reading Paras, I was so mesmerized by Nemrah Ahmad’s writing that I quickly asked around for more of her books. Thanks to my sister, again, who recommended and shared the pdf of “Qaraqoram Ka Taaj Mahal”. I had drafted it back in November… November 23, 2017 to be precise. And I publish it now. I…
Book Review: Alif – Episode #3 (By Umera Ahmed)
The third episode unfolds some more mysteries & introduces one more character – Abul Aala, Momin’s grandpa; and the most important character, in my opinion. The episode ends on a cliff-hanger. Like really hangs the reader. The calligraphy link is stronger than I had imagined. Momin and Momina both can do calligraphy. In this episode,…
Book Review: Cinderella Retellings
Over the weekend, I tried to buddy-read a book. I enjoyed reading it, and I thought hey, I have never really read a Cinderella’s retelling before, fantasy or otherwise. I didn’t have anything to compare it with. Then I recalled reading Undercover Princess. There was one more that I started reading the sample chapters – Cinder…
Book Review: Alif – Episode #2 (By Umera Ahmed)
The second episode reveals some more characters. It reveals some relationships amongst them. And no, I’m not mentioning those here. Read for yourself 🙂 It generates further curiosity. The tracks will converge soon, based on the first two episodes. The calligraphy link is already established. This novel is sounding like Mann-o-Salwa. The setting and the…
Book Review: Alif – Episode #1 (By Umera Ahmed)
Background & Review: Much like ‘Mann-o-salwa’ the first episode is about parallel tracks and a lot of characters. This episode had introduced a few characters; characters which are not necessarily named through the episode. There are four parallel tracks. A girl / woman named Jahan who’s writing a letter. She maybe Husn-e-Jahan; but I cannot…
Book Review: Haalim – Episode #17 (By Nemrah Ahmed)
I don’t generally do episode reviews. I was planning to do a single lengthy review for Haalim. But the current episode, much-hyped episode is out and I am asked to review it. I’m asked by those readers who don’t use social media or internet, except for download Urdu novels. Nemrah and team were posting about…