the good book corner

Manuscript help, book reviews and author interviews

Democrats And Dissenters by Ramachandra Guha

…’ I do not think that the present system is a failure,’ said Nehru to Narayan, ‘though it may fail in the future for all I know. If it fails, … Continue reading

October 29, 2016 · Leave a comment

The Hills Were Alive at Abbotsford Literary Weekend 2016

Abbotsford Literary Weekend – Post Event Press Release   Abbotsford Literary Weekend 2016 The first Abbotsford Literary Weekend started at Abbotsford, Nainital in a traditional way, where Kumauni music was … Continue reading

October 25, 2016 · Leave a comment

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

…In every phone call during the time they were apart she had reminded him of this, of her inability to stop daydreaming about the day she would leave Limbe and … Continue reading

October 21, 2016 · Leave a comment

The World According to Star Wars by Cass R. Sunstein

The human race can be divided into three kinds of people: those who love Star Wars, those who like Star Wars, and those who neither live nor like Star Wars….If … Continue reading

October 16, 2016 · Leave a comment

The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth

The reason I remember Lisa Genova’s Still Alice is because it was the first book on Alzheimer’s that I had read and because I had cried through the book. Sally Hepworth’s The … Continue reading

October 12, 2016 · Leave a comment

An Unsafe Haven by Nada Awar Jarrar

“In the past five years, the Arab world has swelled and raged as dictators have fallen and people in their hundreds of thousands have been killed and millions of others displaced. … Continue reading

October 6, 2016 · Leave a comment