Book Review: Man and Madness

Book: Man and Madness
Author: Parna Banerjee Sarkar
Publisher: All About Books Global
Genre: Romance- prose-poetry 
Number of pages: 110
Price: Rs 150

A personal journal, random thoughts- “Man and Madness” was nothing but mad ramblings by some drugged and overdosed pen. Believe it or not- but that was my first impression. Poetry juxtaposed in between poetic paragraphs- the newcomers simply love to play with anything nowadays.

Book Review: Compass Box Killer

Title: Compass Box Killer
Author: Piyush Jha
Publisher: Rupa Publications
Pages: 234

Last week I came across this book ‘The Compass Box killer’ by Piyush jha and after reading it only one thing came to my mind – this could be scripted to a heart stopping Bollywood Masala thriller!!! With a bit of all the necessary spices like gore, sex, deception, trickery, fidelity, double-dealing, loyalty, vengeance and at last a bewildering and twisted ending makes this book a delicious À la carte.

Book Review: Lucky for Some, 13

Publisher  : Mahaveer Publishers

ISBN-10 : 9350880202

published  : 2012

ISBN: 9789350880203

No of Pages: 296

Cover: Paperback

Language  : English

“Lucky For Some 13, published two years after Rao’s debut novel It Can’t Be You, revolves around terrorism and weaves in multiple fast-paced, suspense-filled scenes that occur in Goa and Bangalore. Rao says that thriller aficionados and those who like plot construction will “like piecing together the clues”.-quoted from “Tracing terror”- The Hindu- by SRAVASTI DATTA, Bangalore, December 13, 2012

Book review: 45 days in a cancer hospital

Publisher: Leadstart Publishing

ISBN-13: 9789381576823

ISBN-10: 9381576823

No. of Pages: 298

Format: Paperback

Language: English

About the book:

The first verdict after reading 45 days in a Cancer hospital-by Alka Dimri Saklani- I could not stop myself from throwing suspicious looks at my neighbors. Both the hubby and his wife are doctors at a city cancer hospital. I confess I did have one more reason to be at daggers drawn with this couple. None of my rubber balls saw the field again after landing at their balcony! But we are not playing gully cricket with 45 days- we are trying to chalk out the pros and cons of the book. Thus here it goes. 

Book Review: You & Me and our relationship

You have heard about Lovology- oh! Ya- some popular Hindi song might have made you sing it loud if you happen to locate your teens in the 90s. Nikhil Mukhija is all set to theorize reasons of attraction- beyond friends, clueless caring and all that sprinting heartbeats in his debut book “ You And Me-Our Relationship”.

Book review: Poetry Out and Loud

Title: “Poetry Out and Loud”
Publisher: Joytichandra Publication
Author: Sujata Parashar
Edition: Paperback
Price: 75 INR
Language: English
ISBN: 8190964097
EAN: 9788190964098

 

 

(as published in the taunt pen -august special issue)

About the book :

From a writer to a poet- how would you describe the transition? There stands no explanation if the writer is picking up strands of self consciousness and building up a run-about verse style simply to appeal the young generation.