The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
by Vandana Hiranand
My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. My...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larrson
It’s about the disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden . . ....
The Road from Elephant Pass – Nihal de Silva
An Army Officer's routine assignment to pick up a woman informant near Jaffna turns into a nightmare when the LTTE launches a massive attack...
Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
Heathcliff, an orphan, is raised by Mr Earnshaw as one of his own children. Hindley despises him but wild Cathy becomes his constant companion,...
95 Thoughts I had while reading Harry Potter and the Cursed...
by Vandana Hiranand
Oh my god, I can’t believe I actually have the new Harry Potter book in my hands!
It’s a script, but...
And the Mountains Echoed – Khaled Hosseini
In this tale revolving around not just parents and children but brothers and sisters, cousins and caretakers, Hosseini explores the many ways in which...
The Beast – Jude Perera
Cloaked in mist and shadows, four close friends begin their search for a mysterious ‘beast’ in the spooky nighttime wilderness of their homeland. Little...
The House of a Thousand Memories – Sunil Tantirige
“I suppose that there are certain things a full-blooded Canadian man will not do, and that includes dancing Baila. I must say I felt...
Micheal Ondaatje’s ‘The English Patient’ wins the Golden Man Booker Prize
At the 50th anniversary of the coveted literary prize, Micheal Ondaatje's classic novel 'The English Patient' won the incredibly prestigious Golden Man Booker Prize....
Eleanor and Park- Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor is the new girl in town, and with her chaotic family life, her mismatched clothes and unruly red hair, she couldn't stick out...
Digital Fortress – Dan Brown
When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful...
The Chalk Girl – Carol O’Connell
The little girl appeared in Central Park: red-haired, blue-eyed, smiling, perfect-except for the blood on her shoulder. It fell from the sky, she said,...