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
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
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
Ms. Murphy’s Makeover by Jacqueline Goldstein; reviewed by Judith Abelove Shemtob
The school year starts for children, teachers, parents, administrators, state department, police, and even tutors! In my second year of retirement after 28 years of teaching in the Scarsdale Schools, … Continue reading
The Silent Children by Amna K. Boheim
Annabel Albrecht Himmelhofgasse 15, Ober St. Veit, Wien 18th August 2004 Dearest Max, I am writing to inform you that I am dying. The doctors, however, cannot tell me how … Continue reading
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne (script), based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne; reviewed by Sapna Khajuria
First things first – remember the lyrical, evocative style of writing we all got used to after reading 7 Harry Potter books? Well, don’t look for that in this book. … Continue reading
Maya in a Mess by Meera Nair
Maya wants to be class monitor and nothing seems to go right for her. She runs late, speaks her mind, always loses things and has tough competition from perfect Nidhi. … Continue reading
Neon Noon by Tanuj Solanki
Generally, book reviews are quite easy; you either like the book or you don’t! With Tanuj Solanki’s Neon Noon, it’s not that simple. Though I managed to read it in … Continue reading
Jihadi Jane by Tabhish Khair
Tabish Khair’s heart-wrenching narrative comes at a time when ISIS poses a worldwide threat. The Islamic State was founded by a handful of fanatics; now it holds the world to … Continue reading
Yama’s Lieutenant by Anuja Chandramouli
What if all accidents, acts of passion and hatred, of divisiveness, illness and violence, were not human reactions to situations, but guided by spirits who repent nothing, and whose evil … Continue reading
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