Comicization: The Indian Version
Posted by Juba Pratim Gogoi in Book Club, Fried Guest, Issue 01, Issues, Sections, Special Issue, Type 1, Vol. III on 01. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
For me, getting a comic book to read was not easy in those days of being a teenager. When I used to ask my father to buy me a comic book, he replied, “You can’t even complete your educational books, leave aside the comics”. Thus, it became a reason for my being fanciful and feeling [...]
Hard Boiled
Posted by Pramathesh Borkotoky in Book Club, Issue 01, Issues, Special Issue, Type 2, Vol. III on 01. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
I got this book last Christmas. I have always heard of Frank Miller but haven’t actually checked his books and comics. He made Daredevil a memorable character. I did not know about Geof Darrow. At first, I read it in some half an hour timespan, but I could not understand it that well. I kept [...]
Book Review: Holidays in Ice
Posted by Radhika Baruah (Myra B) in Book Club, Issues, Type 2 on 15. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments
Title: Holidays in Ice Author: David Sedaris ISBN: 0-316-77998-9 Rating: 4/5 David Sedaris’ Holidays in Ice (originally published in 1998) is back on the bookshelves in a re-publication since 2008. The book is a collection mainly of work already published pre 1998. So, if you are a Sedaris regular, then it is possible that you [...]
Ten Books to read this holiday season.
Posted by Dagny in Book Club, Issue 23, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Dec, 2011 | 4 Comments
A brand new year is round the corner. This is the time we take stock of the year past. We analyze and appraise; chalk up our victories and brood over our defeats. We drift away to a world populated by the ghosts of ‘what might have been’. Sometimes, we even permit ourselves the pointless indulgence [...]
The Secret of The Nagas- A book review
Posted by Manjil P. Saikia in Book Club, Issue 21, Issues, Vol. II on 01. Nov, 2011 | 2 Comments
The recent blend of Indian authors writing in English has seen a new hero- the 36 year old Amish Tripathi, a guy in financial services turned full time writer now. Amish’s debut novel “The Immortals of Meluha” went on to become an overnight national bestseller and has propelled the author into instant stardom. The Immortals [...]
Papyrus- A store review
Posted by Manjil P. Saikia in Book Club, Issue 21, Issues, Vol. II on 01. Nov, 2011 | 1 Comment
When people ask me what my hobby is, I almost always tend to reply that it is reading books; not just fiction or the course work but also non-fiction. What I don’t mention is that I also like buying books. Well, that can be an unusual hobby-buying books. But yes, its an old hobby of [...]
Yummy-licious Children’s tales
Posted by Fried Eye Research Team in Book Club, Issue 18, Issues, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Sep, 2011 | 1 Comment
Food is the best thing in our life and perhaps the only good thing. It has also been said by the wise that a happy stomach can only lead to genesis. This has been recognized by some of the genius authors who have written tales based on food to capture the young imagination of a [...]
Top 10 online book stores- Priyanka’s Top ten
Posted by Priyanka Bhowmick in Book Club, Issue 16, Issues, Vol. II on 15. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
How many of you call yourselves as ‘Bookworms’? Well I am not a bookworm but whenever I find a book of my interest, I definitely look forward to read it. Many of you might be gathering at your nearest book stall but at times you can’t find a book that you [...]
VERNON GOD LITTLE
Posted by Fried Guest in Book Club, Fried Guest, Issue 15, Type 1, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
Vernon’s “artwork”, his last words to the world before he died, read “Me ves y sufres”. And suffer I did, withVernon, through it all. ‘Vernon God Little’ is an evocative story of a teenage boy caught up in a psychotic world, where his only fault, albeit a big one, was not crying out loud “Innocent!!”Vernon, [...]
Bookish
Posted by Fried Eye Research Team in Book Club, Issue 14, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jul, 2011 | 2 Comments
Ah! The rains! Fickle monsoon like an errant lover, delights some, while bring woes to a few, but still a welcome change from the summer heat. So what if we are mostly confined at home by the rains, that at least gives us a chance to catch up on some good reading. Hence We are [...]
Jefferey Archer – As I See Him
Posted by Fried Guest in Book Club, Issue 13, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 1 Comment
What else but best sellers can be expected from an author who can begin a story with the lines, “Tomorrow it would be 1 AD, but nobody had told him.” At 70, Jeffrey Archer has seen it all. He was an MP before he turned 30, was almost a bankrupt, did time in prison and [...]
P.S. I Love You
Posted by Manjil P. Saikia in Book Club, Issue 12, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 2 Comments
Book: PS, I Love You Author: Cecelia Ahern ISBN: 0007270100 ISBN-13: 9780007270101, 978-0007270101 Binding: Paperback Publishing Date: 2010 Publisher: Harper Collins Edition: 01 Number of Pages: 503 Language: English Format: A Rating:
Love Story: Book Review
Posted by Manjil P. Saikia in Book Club, Issue 10, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. May, 2011 | 1 Comment
Book: Love Story Author: Erich Segal, Rosemary Border (Editor) ISBN: 019479122X ISBN-13: 9780194791229, 978-0194791229 Binding: Paperback Publishing Date: 2007 Publisher: Oxford University Press Number of Pages: 80 Language: English Rating:
Book Review: Only Time Will Tell
Posted by Manjil P. Saikia in Book Club, Issue 08, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Apr, 2011 | 2 Comments
Book: Only Time Will Tell Author: Jeffrey Archer ISBN: 0330535676 ISBN-13: 9780330535670, 978-0330535670 Binding: Paperback Publishing Date: 2011 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Number of Pages: 388 Language: English Price: Rs. 325 Rating:
The Sunset Club
Posted by Radhika Baruah (Myra B) in Book Club, Issue 07, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Apr, 2011 | 0 Comments
Author: Khushwant Singh ISBN: 0670085197 ISBN-13: 9780670085194,978-0670085194 Binding: Hardcover Publishing Date: 2010 Publisher: Viking Number of Pages: 232 Language: English Price: Rs. 399 Rating:
Book Review: Lunatics in my Head
Posted by Radhika Baruah (Myra B) in Book Club, Issue 06, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Mar, 2011 | 1 Comment
Book: Lunatic In My Head Author: Anjum Hasan ISBN: 8189884050 ISBN-13: 9788189884055, 978-8189884055 Binding: Paperback Publishing Date: 2007 Publisher: Penguin Books India Price: 299 Number of Pages: 344 Language: English Rating:
