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Piyangie Jay Ediriwickrema is an Attorney-at-Law by profession. Her devotion to literature has taken shape in reading and reviewing books of various genres set in different periods of time. She dabs at a little poetry and fiction of her own and hopes to share her work with the readers in the future.
November 17, 2021

Sparkling Cyanide (Colonel Race #4) – Agatha Christie

This is one of the most enjoyable murder mysteries by our queen of crimes. It is well written. From the very first chapter, the…

November 17, 2021

The Clocks (Hercule Poirot #37)- Agatha Christie

The Clocks is a very interesting and clever story. It is a story that could only come from the pen of an ingenious writer….

November 17, 2021

The Body in the Library (Miss Marple #3) – Agatha Christie

When I read the first book of the Marple series, two years ago, I wasn’t much impressed. It was, of course, entertaining, as any…

November 17, 2021

The Hound of the Baskerville – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

I first read The Hound of the Baskervilles when I was about ten years old. It was both a fascinating and scary read for…

November 16, 2021

Complete Sonnets – William Shakespeare

Shakespeare is universally acclaimed for his plays. His use of satire, wit, clever plots, and darker and tragic elements have attracted the readers. And…

November 16, 2021

The Complete Poems of John Keats

I came across John Keats for the very first time in Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own. In the book Virginia talks of…

November 15, 2021

The Longest Journey – E.M. Forster

The Longest Journey is, surprisingly, an unusual novel written by E.M. Forster. It is neither plot-driven, since the story is a product of some…

November 15, 2021

Tribute to John Steinbeck’s “The Moon is Down” – Piyangie Jay Ediriwickrema

A Tribute to John Steinbeck’s The Moon is Down: The moon is downThe darkness descendsEmbracing in slow degreesThe earth and men. The creeping blackness…

November 7, 2021

A Russian Journal – John Steinbeck

“We found as we expected that Russian people are people. And as with other people, they are very nice. The ones we met had…

November 5, 2021

White Nights – Fyodor Dostoevsky

White Nights is an emotional story narrated by an unknown narrator, who is the protagonist. He tells his story of loneliness and unrequited love….

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