THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

The Girl on the Train – January 13, 2015 by Paula Hawkins (Author)   To start off, let me just say that this book was chock-full of suspense and I finished it in one sitting. Girl on the train is mysterious, dark, at times gloomy but overall a chilling psychological thriller. It is the story […]

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BECOMING NICOLE

  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. […]

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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 […]

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SHAHAB NAMA

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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 […]

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