Literary journey of an office career escapee
"How many secrets could a marriage survive?” Miranda Isaacs asks herself this question when she faces a situation where she isn’t yet married but already a liar. Still, although the fact that she hasn’t been open with her fiancée is undeniable, she can’t reconcile with being called a liar. What she hadn’t told the man... Continue Reading →
"Why couldn’t we be like the stringAnd the kiteRoaming around carefree?" Reading "Bereft: A Story about Love, Loss, and Family" by M. A. Quigley, this question echoed in my heart and didn’t let go. Why do people keep pushing themselves inside a box? Aren’t we already like a kite on the string, inevitably tethered to... Continue Reading →
“Dreams shattered by just being in the wrong place at the wrong time." That’s what happened with Jonathan at the vulnerable age of thirteen. In one moment, his perfect life crumbles and turns into a nightmare. After his mother gets killed in a car accident, he finds himself thrown out of the warm cocoon of... Continue Reading →
Few things are more profound for the author than the realisation that the reader has truly connected with your book. It is beyond gratifying to see that someone has read the story you wanted to tell through your characters rather than the one they had in their imagination when picking up your book among thousands... Continue Reading →
"I was, in the vernacular, a title gnome who slaved away in the galley of a Land Record office, surrounded by crumbling and musty books telling the tales of land ownership." “Fee Simple Conditional” by H.C. Helfand opens a door into the most exciting world of…titles. If you aren’t an American lawyer practising land ownership... Continue Reading →
A good story either breaks the reader’s heart or makes it sing. An excellent story has the power to do both. “Dust of the Universe”, a story from the short story collection “Your Pick: Selected Stories” by V.S. Kemanis, made my heart break into a million pieces, but it filled with light again by the... Continue Reading →
“Humans are the ones who construct love with walls around it” Anna Caine has been building walls all her life. And the highest fence she has constructed is the one around her heart. Once she gave her heart away, she didn’t let anyone make even the tiniest crack in the wall she’d built around it.... Continue Reading →
After reading this book, I am at a loss for words. And those who know me are aware that it doesn’t happen often. It happens only when I loved the book so much that it is extremely – exaggeratingly even – important for me to share my admiration with the world. And to find the... Continue Reading →
How can someone be so infuriatingly frustrating? That was the thought that pulsated in my head while I was reading the first chapters. Maggie is one of those main characters who make the reader’s blood boil – mainly, with indignation. But as you read on, you feel the deepest satisfaction of how the person –... Continue Reading →
This book is not for the faint-hearted. But it is harrowing and uplifting in equal measure. “Cicatrice: New Eyes and Brave” by Jo Boyle is the kind of book that won’t leave any reader indifferent. And is there a better prerequisite for a great story? This book is about love and hatred, two opposite orbs... Continue Reading →
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