Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt (Author) With all the transgender bathroom controversies in the news these days, this book could not have come at better time. It gives the readers an overview of the issues currently surrounding the transgender community and how has the country progressed socially, politically, culturally regarding this issue. […]
THE GOLDFINCH
The Goldfinch – April 7, 2015 by Donna Tartt (Author) First of all it took me a month to finish this book. There were so many times when i forgot that I was even reading this book, but the best part is that whenever i picked it up to read again, the plot came running back […]
SHAHAB NAMA
Shahab Namah (Urdu)– 1999 by Qudrat Ullah Shahab (Author) Shahab Nama is one of the most interesting autobiographies I have ever read. It is a fantastic read which unfortunately was never translated into English. Shahab Nama is the story of Qudrat Ullah Shahab, a Pakistani Bureaucrat who served in the Indian Civil Service before partition and volunteered during the famine […]
THE PLUM TREE
The Plum Tree, December 24, 2012 by Ellen Marie Wiseman (Author) I had read mixed reviews of this book on amazon but still went ahead and read the book because of the storyline. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it although it is haunting and heart breaking and is an eerie account of the holocaust. It is about young German girl, Christine and […]