20 Most Romantic Quotes From Literature

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Here is the thing, I love LOVE. I am a hopeless romantic who grew up reading classic novels and watching romcom films. Even though I do not believe in the concept of ‘Happily Ever After’ or ‘Prince Charming’, I do believe in true love. There is not much that I find more valuable than finding a love that is all consuming. So get ready for some severe swooning as I have compiled some of my all-time favorite literary romantic quotes. Also, do not forget to share your favorite romantic quotes in the comments section. Continue reading

Author Interview- Shouvik Bhattacharya

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Shouvik Bhattacharya is author of India’s current best selling murder mystery novel Murder In A Minute. His debut novel explores the theme of unrequited love, jealousy and pain. He is a management graduate from S.P Jain, Mumbai and is currently working for General Electric in its leadership program. During the day, he designs analytical software which makes aircrafts fly and during the night he plots devious murder mysteries. He is a die-hard fan of Manchester United and you might easily find him reading, in a café or a bookstore in Bangalore. I had the opportunity to ask Shouvik a few questions. Here they are: Continue reading

Bookstagram Photography: Tips and Tricks

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Bookstagram is the bookish community on Instagram. Booklovers from all across the world use this app to share their bookish pictures. They discuss fandoms, share their stories, go gaga over their favorite characters, participate in bookish challenges/ readathons/ tags and basically form a community to share their love for books. If you are someone who loves to read and click pictures then this is the right place for you. Continue reading

The Blue Sky Tag

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Hi guys! I am back with another tag. Today I am going to participate in The Blue Sky Tag. Thank you very much Shalini from Book Reviews by Shalini for nominating me. She is a sweet person and I love her blog. Check it out if you haven’t yet. Continue reading

Mystery Blogger Award

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Hi everyone! Today I am going to attempt the Mystery Blogger Award. This award was created by Okoto Enigma (check out here for more details). I was tagged by lovely Mridula for this award. Thank you so much Mridula for taking out time to check my posts and for nominating me for this award. Guys, check out her book blog here. She is currently hosting an interesting bookish meme called, ‘Bookish Discovery This Week‘ with another Indian book blogger Tavleen. Continue reading

The Bookling’s Crate- May Unboxing 2017

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Michael Palin once said, ‘Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life’. And that is The Bookling’s Crate’s theme for May- ‘Travel the World’.  The Bookling’s Crate is a monthly book subscription box based in India. They deliver a paperback book along with some quirky book related items every month. Each month their curator picks out a newly released young-adult book based on popularity and readers review. They have two subscription plans- Pocket friendly and Half ticket. Check out their website for more details. Continue reading

Top Five Childhood Books

There is something about stories we read as a child that have access to the rawest of nerves. Couple of days ago, I went to my favorite bookstore. While walking through the aisles, somehow I ended up in the children’s section. There in the middle of a book store, I started reminiscing about the time when I was getting into reading. As a kid, I used to read a lot of Hindi and Bengali books. I want to share these books with you. Most of them are written in regional language but the English translation of the same are easily available online. All these books are very close to my heart and shaped my identity as a reader that I am today. Continue reading