Inane Murtaza

Title : The Doll Factory Author : Elizabeth Macneal Genre : Thriller I have been pretty erratic about my book reviewing for past one month due to excess travelling that I have been making the entire month, though I did make sure my book reading abilities do not take a toll and one of the books that did make it in the list was 'The Doll Factory' by Elizabeth Macneal. What attracted me to this book was the era the book was based on. Last year I had come across another book from the same era 'The Silent Companions' and that book haunted me for quite a while. So, I finally picked up this one and this is my take on it. My Take on the Novel The book pretty much revolves around three major characters. Iris, a small time worker at a Doll Factory who is an apprentice along with her sister, Rose. She gets noticed by an upcoming painter Louis Frost who wants her to model for his latest painting. Their lives are connected to Silas who is known to make stu...

Title : City of Girls Author : Elizabeth Gilbert Genre : Romance Okay, being honest here, but I guess I'm one of those readers who had DNFed Eat, Pray, Love by the same author that became a huge sensation. The reason being that I felt it kept dragging endlessly across the three cities she visited. Keeping all my notions aside, what attracted me to this book was the interesting premise that the author has come up with. Setting the book in 1940s of New York, the book deals with a theatre troupe who have finally hit a blockbuster around the time of World War. The book is basically a letter written by our protagonist Vivian Morris to Angela describing her relationship with Angela's father. The story follows how a 19 year old Vivian who had to move to New York to her aunt Peg gets accustomed to the city and her theatre group. As the story progresses, we see Vivian dealing with a lot of interesting personalities as the theatre troupe is preparing for their biggest pla...

Astra - The Quest for Starsong by Aditya Mukherjee, Arnav Mukherjee The world should burn . . . burn like a star! Blurb (From Amazon): The balance of the world is askew. The winds speak of a terror from the south. Ravana, the Lord of Lanka, is on the march. Seers whisper that he has awakened Starsong, a mythical astra of the gods. And that he thirsts for this weapon that will make him invincible. But there is one thing that he hasn't considered. Up high in the glistening tower of the city of Ulka is a boy, held captive. Today is the day Varkan, the young prince of Ashmaka, will taste freedom. Today is the day he will lay claim to his destiny as the wielder of Starsong. And along the way, perhaps he will change the destiny of the world itself. My Take on the Book: Off late we have seen a lot of books based on the Hindu Mythology and each one is unique in its own way. Though the base of each story is always the same, what makes a book apart is the narrative that takes its c...