Review #713: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning.”

----Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami, the international bestselling Japanese writer, has penned a heartbreaking coming-of-age young love story in his book called, Norwegian Wood that reads like listening to a sad, sad song about two young hearts beating for one another, yet separated by hopelessness and pain and where the readers know that they are never destined to be together, yet grasps on to that torturing pain of their longing for another till the very end, until an unpredictable tragic climax will shatter the millions of hearts reading or listening to this tale along with the protagonist. Yet the readers will keep reading/listening to this sorrowful yet enlightening tale of love on repeat till the end of time.

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Review #626: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


“A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting. ”

----Christian Dior

Patrick Süskind, a late German writer and screenwriter's internationally, critically acclaimed and an award-winning novel Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders translated into English with the title, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer The German novel set in the backdrop of 18th century France that rocked the whole world with its intensity, level of fantasy and surrealism, historical realism, sensuality and scents surrounding around a young man, with a god-gifted talented to identify the subtle and underlying scents of worldly things as well as of human beings.

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Cover Reveal: Against All Odds by Danielle Steel

After the highly successful novel, Dangerous Games, the New York Times bestselling author, Danielle Steel is back with yet another riveting and page turning thriller, Against All Odds.

Read the synopsis below to know about the book:


PS: It is quite addictive, so read it at your own risk!


Danielle Steel proves she is the world's favorite storyteller in this powerful story of love conquering all in Against All Odds.

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Review #611: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.”

----Dylan Thomas

Fredrik Backman, the Swedish international bestselling author, has penned a terrific and extremely enduring story about an old man and his struggles to adjust to the constantly changing universe and also with his life after his wife's death, in his book named, A Man Called Ove. A grouchy old man who is cynical about the modern world is turning out to be, especially after his darlings wife's death, only to be peeled away those shades of irritation to display his affectionate side by his neighbor woman, who finally saves him.

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Review #383: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”

----Jodi Picoult

Paula Hawkins, the British international best-selling author, has penned a mind-blowing unputdownable debut thriller, The Girl on the Train, which has shook up the whole world with its intensity of thrill, mystery and unpredictable and shocking turn of events. The climax simply nails the whole story. The story revolves around a mid-aged, divorced, loner, alcoholic, jobless woman who is a regular commuter on the morning train and just like every other day she overlooks her window and enjoys the normal human life on the other side of the tracks. Until one day, she sees something that changes her life forever.

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Review #375: If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) by Gayle Forman

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“And that's just it, isn't it? That's how we manage to survive the loss. Because love, it never dies, it never goes away, it never fades, so long as you hang on to it.”

----Gayle Forman

Gayle Forman, an award-winning best-selling author, has penned an incredible tale of young love as well as family love in her book, If I Stay, which is the first book in the If I Stay series. This series opens with Mia's heart-breaking story of loss and her passion for music with a ground-breaking decision on whether to fight for love when you have lost the most precious possession of your life- family. Now a major motion picture with the same name, directed by R. J. Cutler, starring, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jamie Blackley and many more.

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Review #374: The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


What if an author does not give an ending to her mind-twisting and really excellent story? Does the book become bad and meaningless? C'mon y'all, we are smart and clever enough to think the possible ending as the author is trying to leave it her readers' best-possible imagination, the climax maybe bad or good, it all depends on how a reader precept it, and that's where the beauty and skillfulness of an author's work lies and that's when we, the readers, can gladly say that it is a fantastic piece of work by the author! I think if I had more than 5 stars I would give that to such an author.

Welcome to Gillian Flynn's world of horror/psychological thrilling short story called, The Grownup.

“She defines and eliminates problems. She’s practical in an evil way.”

----Gillian Flynn

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Review #373: Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“Well, finally, once you become an orphan, you're an orphan till the day you die. I keep having the same dream. I'm seven years old and an orphan again. All alone, with no adults around to take care of me. It's evening, and the light is fading, and night is pressing in. It's always the same. In the dream I always go back to being seven years old.”

----Haruki Murakami

Christina Baker Kline, an English best-selling author, has penned a tear-jerking as well as thoroughly enlightening tale about an unusual friendship between a 91-year-old woman and a 17-year-old high school teenage girl, in her award-winning book, Orphan Train . This book narrates not only the unusual friendship bonded over a shared experience of orphan-hood but also unfolds the unexplored parts in the American history.

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Blog Tour with Giveaway: The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millennium, #4) by David Lagercrantz

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“What she had realized was that love was that moment when your heart was about to burst.”

---- Stieg Larsson

The journalist and the female hacker are back with a bang!


David Lagercrantz, a Swedish author, takes up the authority to continue with the legendary Millennium series of the international bestselling Swedish crime writer, Stieg Larsson. And Lagercrantz has proved that Lisbeth Salander cannot be dead, by projecting her with an immense power and energy in the latest installment of Millennium series, The Girl in the Spider's Web.

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Review #304: Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1) by Rae Carson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.”

----J.R.R. Tolkien

Rae Carson, the New York Times best selling author, pens her latest YA fantasy book, Walk on Earth a Stranger, which is the first book in The Gold Seer Trilogy, that tells the story of a magical girl who can sense the presence of gold with her magic. Told during the era of Gold Rush in America, this girl embarks on a thrilling adventure to protect herself especially give wings to her magic during this period.

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Review #301: The Drowning (Fjällbacka #6) by Camilla Läckberg

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“Knowing that you're crazy doesn't make the crazy things stop happening.” 

----Mark Vonnegut, an American pediatrician and memoirist

Camilla Läckberg, an international bestselling Swedish author, has penned yet another bone-chilling thriller, The Drowning in the Fjällbacka/ Patrik Hedström series, and this book is the sixth in the series. This story revolves around a debut author when he publishes his book, followed by threatening letters and that also jeopardized the lives of people in his whole social circle around him. Meanwhile another bestseller author is pinning hard for the unspoken past of this debut author that finally leads her to an adventurous as well as captivating journey through some cities of Sweden.

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New Feature- Author Q&A Session very soon!

So it's almost a month now and I'm still featuring only book reviews on my very first blog which is getting very monotonous, well yeah I can certainly self-patronize about myself and say that those reviews are actually pretty engagingly written- no complaints there, but right now, I need lots of readers- not just sometime-to-hop-by readers, but dedicated ones. Well aiming for that is certainly not a crime. Hey I'm the first time blogger here, and as I already mentioned before and on my very first blog post that this blog is all about books and I think I forgot to mention that those books are created/written by humans- specifically authors, and it's not a good thing if I only keep paying tribute to their hard work instead of talking/bragging about them a bit!

Yeah, I consider myself guilty for that! Honestly, my blog was simply in the test mode for a month and now I'm so glad with such a huge audience traffic, that I think it's time to start an Author Q&A session, which will not only include MY favorite authors, but will also feature YOUR favorite authors too.

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