Sorella del mio cuore

Reading this novel is like letting your heart be the passenger of the wildest roller coaster. And, for me, roller coaster is frustrating. So, yes, I was frustrated reading this beautiful novel. It is full of secrets, revealed one by one within the chapters. When the secret was out, I felt like leaving Leggi tutto

كلمتان لا غير : فيلم هندي !

I have very few books that I have rated 5 stars. A 5 is reserved for the best of the best for me. Books that I look forward to carving out time to read, books that I think about when I'm not reading them. My review won't do this fine little book justice. The writing was amazing, the story was engagi Leggi tutto

Desgraciadamente mi segunda lectura para el #marzoasiatico no ha sido muy satisfactoria. Me ha parecido un libro excesivamente melodramático y que se centra demasiado en el amor y desamor para que pueda gustarme. Creo que le falta mucha sutileza y a sus personajes les falta realismo... No sé, es que Leggi tutto

Finally I finished this gem of a novel today. But as I trod the final steps of this illuminating journey, I felt a pang of sadness. But then a thought struck me. You can read it again, stupid! I came to know about Chitra Banerjee Divakurani ma'am in a Goodreads group. I went through her books and fo Leggi tutto

While this isn’t as mystical as Mistress of Spices , it’s as enchantingly and compellingly told. Two cousins in Calcutta are born prematurely into a household of women on the same day as their fathers die. Their lives are woven together like gold and silver threads, providing strength and contrast to Leggi tutto

This is a late review. The book was published eleven years ago in 1999 by Doubleday. Yet, I hadn’t heard of the author until this month, even though I have seen the movie “Mistress of Spices”, based on her novel by the same title. After reading the book, I read a number of reviews of the novel. I wa Leggi tutto