‘To Obama, With Love, Joy, Hate and Despair’ by Jeanne Marie Laskas: Book Review ‘To Obama’ is a motivational and deeply moving non-fiction book about how President Obama made it a practice to read ten letters before ending his day. President Barack Obama used to receive around ten thousand messages from concerned USA citizens every day. He made it a compulsory pattern to … [Read more...] about ‘To Obama, With Love, Joy, Hate and Despair’ by Jeanne Marie Laskas: Book Review
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‘An Outline History of English Literature’ by William Henry Hudson: Book Review
An Outline History of English Literature by William Henry Hudson: Book Review An Outline History of English Literature is a short but comprehensive book about the different literature schools and movements. However, the book is from the British perspective and mentions literary works and figures only until 1955. It is a good resource material for beginners in academic … [Read more...] about ‘An Outline History of English Literature’ by William Henry Hudson: Book Review
‘This Mournable Body’ by Tsitsi Dangarembga: Book Review
This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga: Book Review The jury has shortlisted This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga for the 2020 Booker Prize. I bought a Kindle copy of this book when the longlist was out. I was very eager to read this book. I gave the book four stars on Goodreads, and those stars are well-deserved ones for this very unique and fresh story. This … [Read more...] about ‘This Mournable Body’ by Tsitsi Dangarembga: Book Review
‘The New Wilderness’ by Diane Cook: Book Review
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook: Book Review The New Wilderness by Diane Cook is a dystopian suspense novel about a mother and daughter trying to survive in the wild. It is the story of Bea, the mother of Agnes, who has opted for staying like a nomadic tribal or nomadic cavemen/women dweller in the wilderness. Bea is doing this because her daughter is dying of an ailment … [Read more...] about ‘The New Wilderness’ by Diane Cook: Book Review
‘Frankenstein in Baghdad’ by Ahmed Saadawi: Book Review
‘Frankenstein in Baghdad’ by Ahmed Saadawi: Book Review Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi was the winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction for 2014 and was shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize, reason enough for me to purchase the book from Amazon. I can’t understand why it took me this long to read the book. But yes, last night, I … [Read more...] about ‘Frankenstein in Baghdad’ by Ahmed Saadawi: Book Review