When you pick up a book, there are times when you find yourself getting completely lost in it. Not because the writing is particularly artful (although that is a bonus), but because it’s just a bloody good story. You get lost in the telling and you are invested in the characters, and as such, you just can’t put it down. […]
We all know that plastic takes many lifetimes to decompose (if at all), and that it is now posing a serious threat to our environment. Both the WWF and Greenpeace have campaigns regarding the dangers of plastic, and we read about it more and more in the media. So most of us, at least, are aware of the problem. With […]
Some books are easy to read. As a friend of mine says: they are like cotton candy. You gobble them up, but very quickly forget what you ate. This is not one of those books. It is not a book you can gobble up in one sitting, and it is not a book you will easily forget once having read […]
If you liked the first book you’ll like this one too. But make sure you read the first one before this one – this is one of those books that is not stand alone. And, let’s be clear, you gotta love fantasy too. While I felt some parts dragged on a bit (like when he was training with the […]
The knife itself is thin and sharp, Falsely delicate, bright and beautifully vicious. It’s wielder’s music the softest harp, His song not the slightest bit suspicious. When stabbed I feel nothing until after the knife has been removed, And all I see is a pool of blood on the floor. Though the reasons for the wound will remain unproved, […]
To read books by Cornwell, you have to love medieval England and medieval warfare – and more importantly, English archers. So to enjoy this book, you kind of have to be a war obsessed historian, or at least an amateur (ish) one. I am both, so as ever with Cornwell books, I enjoyed this read immensely. Could he have gone […]
This book has been out for years … and somehow I missed it. It was offered to me as a gift a few weeks ago, and off I went. Now I normally don’t like being given books as gifts – I have often found that people often try to impose their own tastes on you when they offer you a […]
Writer and Humanitarian worker, Zurich based author Alnaaze A. Nathoo writes both fiction and non-fiction, with essays and short stories published on Writers Edit and in Quail Bell Magazine. An active member of the writing community in Switzerland, she was on the Steering Committee of the Geneva Writers group, where she acted as treasurer. She also writes personal essays and commentaries for her […]
Going to the Taj Mahal, one expects not only to be overcome by beauty, but to be showered in a magical story of love, a love story greater than all the ages, one that will transcend time. It is the physical manifestation of a man’s love for his wife, and his sadness when she died. His love was so great […]
Zero Eight, Seventeen. Etched on his heart. He had to be there, by the walls overlooking the Bastions. He had to see her. A date set in fire and stone, so many years ago. He couldn’t miss it. Wouldn’t miss it. Scrounged up all of his pennies to buy a bouquet of flowers. White daisies: simple, beautiful. Walking as fast […]