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Month: September 2023

10 Must-Read Books Releasing in October 2023

10 Must-Read Books Releasing in October 2023

Posted on September 30, 2023 by Ahendrila Goswami

Here are our top 10 choices among the books releasing in October 2023. Stock your bookshelves now! The penultimate month of the year already! October is the month of witches, fairy lights, and the lulling rhythm of autumn setting in. The new books flocking to this month’s bookstores will contain strong contenders, from heartwarming fall…

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Agatha Christie Adaptations

Agatha Christie’s Whodunits: From Page to Screen Adaptation

Posted on September 30, 2023 by Arghya Sarkar

Here, the author will delve into the charming and cosy world of Agatha Christie’s world of murder mysteries and the world of adaptations they have inspired over the years. Ah, Agatha Christie – the queen of crime, the mistress of mystery, and the unrivaled mastermind behind some of the most mind-boggling whodunits in literary history….

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Weapons in Agatha Christie novels

Agatha Christie’s Murderous Devices: Top 5 Ingenious Murder Weapons in Christie’s Novels

Posted on September 30, 2023 by Shravani Sawant

 From exotic poisons to mundane daily objects, murder weapons in an Agatha Christie mystery forms a piece of the grand puzzle she sets up for the reader to uncover and amass together, generation after generation. Learn about them below. Agatha Christie, known as the Queen of Detective Fiction and Mystery, was as ingenious in her…

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banned books:

6 Controversial Banned Books in World Literature and Why You Should Read Them

Posted on September 28, 2023 by Tanisha Singh

Here’s a list of 6 banned books that have borne the brunt of regressive criticism across countries and cultures throughout history. Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. – Alfred Whitney Griswold The phenomenon of books being kept away from the reading masses is not new. In the past, the…

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A Little Life Review

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Review: Time Will Tell, in its Passage Handled Well

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Shaniya Binoj

Let’s dive into the diverse and dark examination of a not-so-little life in Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life in the review below. In the heart of the bustling concrete jungle that is New York City, four friends, all graduates of the same university, find their lives entwined in a symphony of joy and sorrow. From…

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Lolita–Vladimir Nabokov (1955)

Did it Really Happen Like That? 15 Best Books With an Unreliable Narrator

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Oindri Das

Below is a subjective list of 15 very compelling reads featuring an unreliable narrator. They are bound to leave you grappling for the truth!  I neither expect nor solicit belief                              –Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat Trying to define an unreliable narrator leaves us tangled in the unenviable position of trying to explain a reliable…

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