Me & My Bookshelf !

This is one of the books that I got recently.Very recently ,actually,just 2 days ago! I finished reading it the same day I got this book in two hours flat!!It is one of those books that made me read till the end non stop. The story is about a family that plans to move to Singapore from London. A husband of British origin, a wife of Indian origin and their 14 year old son, settle down in Singapore. They hire a maid ,a young lady,Mary,to make things easy around the house. In reality, the house and the people are torn and tattered by the actions of the maid! Or that is what Mrs. Rashmi Kettlewood thinks... David Kettlewood has a weird way of pointing an empty gun at his wife after getting stupidly drunk and getting his way with her in bed. Rashmi catches her husband in bed with the maid in the same manner that he does it with her ,is inexplicably furious and decides to send back the maid. By the agency refuses to transfer her to another home within the city since the medical t...

I am so lagging behind in posting for the 52 books in 52 weeks reading Challenge.Though I have been reading a lot and of course buying a lot of books, I don't find time to post them all here. I really have a lot to catch up! For now, here is a book that came for review and one that is relevant even today. -------------- I have the habit of reading books over and over again over a period of time. I keep buying new books, yet I take an old book from the shelf to read once again. If there is one book that almost everyone reads or should read if not over and over again, at least once, is the Ramayana.This epic has 24,000 verses which describes the life of Lord Rama.It also portrays and teaches us the role of each person in the society be it a father, wife, brother, king ,servant etc. The Ramayana is not a book; it is a way of life, says the author of the book -  Ramayana - The Game of Life : Rise of the Sun Prince ,Subha Vilas. When the author sent me the book for review, I ...

I know I am way behind in this challenge of reading 52 book in 52 weeks. I have rad a lot of books but I literally don't find time to post the reviews. Anyway, here is one of my recent reads.... Sorting Out Sid is yet another book that I got through  Indiblogger  for reviewing. When  Yashodhara Lal  left a comment on my blog regarding the release of the book and a contest, I was so interested to read this book.I am sure you remember her from my review of Yashodara's debut book -  Just Married Please Excuse . Sorting out Sid  is based on the life of our Hero -Siddhart Agarwal aka Sid, who is thoughtless,vain,Master of denial,amiable easy going,beer loving,witty,impulsive,well meaning, comical and in trouble!! To read more about this book,check out this post that I have posted on my other blog... Happy Browsing....

Kohinoor - A famed precious gem A Mythological tale claims that it was worn by Lord Krishna and it was stole from Him when He was asleep. Another story claims that it was found in a river bed in 3200 B.C The first reliable evidence is from Barber, The Mughal Emperor, who named it as a part of the treasure won bu Alauddin in the 14th century. The Mughal acquired it in the year 1526. Right from the start this gem was claimed and hunted by India, US,Afghanistan and Taliban. Now in the present times, the same countries are on the look out for the Kohinoor but this time, its not the gem that they are after, but it is a set of critical documents that decides the fate of the country and its people.... This is the outline of  Manreet Sodhi Someshwar' s second book -  The Hunt For Kohinoor  . This book is the second of the Thriller series featuring  Mehrunisa Khosa. A very thrilling book and I loved it. Read the review here .. Happy browsing... ...

This is one the books that I love to re-read. In fact most of my books fall into this category. This story is about a woman's life which is shadowed by two most powerful men and she is attached to both of them for various reasons. Jennifer Parker is a young and beautiful woman who happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time thus ending her career as an attorney in a very shot period of just a few hours!! Because of her tryst with the Mafia of which she had nothing to do, she meets the handsome attorney Adam Warner who has been sent to investigate her ties / relationships with the mafia due to which a highly sensitive case had to be closed.Adam sees her living condition and her behavior and concludes that she was in no way involved. All charges are dropped against Jennifer but no one is willing to hire her because of the sensation the case had created. She struggles to live and ends up in an office with two men - Ken Bailey and Otto Wenzel. These two men help her bu...

This is yet another book that really touched me! This book, along with another 2 books,is from the used books sale I went to a few weeks back. I am so glad that I picked up this title from among the 1000's of books there. This story is about a lady who has everything that she wants - a good life, a beautiful family and loads of wealth.But there is one small yet important thing missing- love and affection from her husband! She finds another guy who treats her like she wants her husband to treat her, respects her and thinks of her highly. But she can never really leave her husband for this guy she falls in love with. It is struggle of mind and her decision that makes this story so touching and very interesting to here.Here is the gist.... This book is about Deanna Duras, a lady married to Marc Edouard. Denna grows up in a rich family where her father is always traveling in the plane he owned and flew himself and has little time to take care of her or any of other things. So...

I got this at a book fair when I was in college. This book fair which was held inside the huge library was like a blessing in disguise for many of us. Right on the first day, I picked up 3 of Jeffrey Archer's books after I overheard one of my college mate describing the works of the author. This book was born out of the authors personal experience with near-bankruptcy. This also happens to be his first book and it was published in the year 1976!  Four men- Stephen Bradley,an oxford don, Jean Pierre, an art dealer, James Brigsley, an English Lord , Dr. Robin Oakley, a revered society Physician suddenly find that the oil company shares that they had purchased have gone done to the lowest possible price and they are left penniless. To get it back, Stephen calls in the other three whom he has never met before and puts forth a plan to get each penny back from the con - Harvey Metcalfe,a Polish immigrant. Each one of these men have to come up with a plan to bring Harvey down ...