Summer Moonshine by P.G. Wodehouse

Not quate (sic) as the sand in the Civilization’s Spinach, Not quate (sic) like the lunatic furies of the Royal Baronets, But rather like words slipping from a tongue lubricated by unaccustomed Bollinger, Pours out the words from a Master Storyteller. What Ho! The one author whose works I immensely love is that of P.G. […]

Star Trek (The Next Generation) – Chains of Command

I admit that I completed it in bits and pieces. Not only my laxity, but the utter “clichéd-ness” of ‘Star Trek (Next Generation) – Chains of Command’, was at play. Having read countless of such Star Trek books with similar premises, I must say it was quite boring. Even the fight sequences were few […]

‘Airman’ by Eoin Colfer

Might this be the most old-fashioned way to tell a story, but a tale of a young, strapping genius as a hero wooing a beautiful princess, who is made to suffer a terrible fate due to the act of an unconscionable and dastardly villain, who after spending few dark and painful years in prison bounces […]

First Among Equals- Jeffrey Archer

It happened for a first time indeed that I read a book again that I had left half way through in my tumultuous teens. ‘First Among Equals’ by Jeffrey Archer is not an easy book to read, at least for me. Revolving solely around British politics, I found it a wee bit hard to comprehend […]

In High Places

Finally, it happens not only in India!!!!! With ‘In High Places’, Arthur Hailey describes the power struggle that takes place between warring political parties of Canada with each day bringing in new skirmishes and political maneuvers to haggle over. Though the Indian Lok Sabha maybe the epitome of ruckus with verbal blusters, sher-o-shayeris to woo […]

Wild Justice- Wilbur Smith

When you get swashbuckling, nonstop action, what more can you want?!!!!! Wilbur Smith’s ‘Wild Justice’ is everything that a hard core action buff would slaver on! I might have mentioned once or twice that I tread cautiously while reading one of the authors whom I haven’t come across. But Wilbur Smith emerges as a good […]

Hotel- Arthur Hailey

What Arthur Hailey’s ‘Hotel’ achieves is far beyond its gripping plot and a hooked reader. It reminds me of a time (vicariously, of course) when readers were treated with rich prose, and I of course grasp in wonder at the sheer volubility of Mr. Hailey. Maybe I cannot possibly emulate him in his writing […]

The Sins of the Father- Jeffrey Archer

Long after, a time would come when I would be heard telling my grandchildren that there was a writer whose name was Jeffrey Archer, and why his each book was a best seller. I have but read a few of his books, ‘Kane and Abel’, ‘Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less’, ‘Shall We […]

The Money-Changers

You know, even I am impressionable. I admit that it has been (and will be) my long standing attitude to never ever consider anyone superior to myself. Of course I have been proven wrong a million times over, and in the process I discovered that I am no good; it’s just sheer audacity and tendency […]

The Lost Witness

It has been a long time indeed, since I last completed a novel. It’s just that I couldn’t get enough time to do so. Anyways I was seriously missing out the fun of critiquing a book for you, imaginary reader, so that I can impose my viewpoints down your gut and make you dance to […]