Review of The Boyfriend by R. Raj Rao Reviewed by Fiza Pathan I have been wanting to read this book in a long while. I managed to do so last week, and I finished it in the early hours of September 7. R. Raj Rao is a blessing for readers who love cynicism and wry humour in their LGBTQ literature. I had a fun time with a lot of laughs reading this book, which describes the love … [Read more...] about Review of The Boyfriend by R. Raj Rao
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Review of Just Henry by Michelle Magorian
Review of Just Henry by Michelle Magorian Reviewed by Fiza Pathan Just Henry by Michelle Magorian is a book that I have been coveting to read for a long time. I managed to get my hands on it and read it a few weeks back. It is a 702-page-book, with a lot of action, drama and suspense. It tells the story of a fifteen-year-old boy, Henry Dodge, and how he handles challenges in … [Read more...] about Review of Just Henry by Michelle Magorian
Review of Mrs. Pooter’s Diary by Keith Waterhouse
Review of Mrs. Pooter’s Diary by Keith Waterhouse Reviewed by Fiza Pathan After reading the classic novel The Diary of a Nobody by the Grossmith brothers, I was very keen to read Keith Waterhouse’s take on the book through the eyes of Mrs. Pooter and her diary. I ordered the book from Amazon, and I was lucky to get one of the last few copies of the book, which was originally … [Read more...] about Review of Mrs. Pooter’s Diary by Keith Waterhouse
Review of Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own by Kate Bolick
Review of Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own by Kate Bolick Reviewed by Fiza Pathan Spinster by Kate Bolick is one of the most enriching and well written nonfiction book that I have had the pleasure to read this year. I found this book in my local library’s bookshelf and I just had to borrow it. It’s a heavy read with a lot of in-depth analysis of situations, personality … [Read more...] about Review of Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own by Kate Bolick
Review of In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri
Review of In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri Reviewed by Fiza Pathan It would not be an exaggeration if I say that In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri was one of the most different books I’ve read in my life. It is Jhumpa Lahiri’s first nonfiction piece actually penned in Italian and then translated into English surprisingly not by Pulitzer Prize-Winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, but by … [Read more...] about Review of In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri