March 4, 2023 If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler – Italo Calvino Don’t ask me what this novel is about, Reader, for my interpretation will differ from yours. But if you are the kind of reader…
February 10, 2023 Idylls of the King – Alfred Tennyson Idylls of the King is a beautiful retelling of the Arthurian legend. In blank verse, Tennyson tells us the coming of Arthur, the romantic…
December 9, 2022 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol is my most favourite Christmas story. Scrooge has been an interesting character for me not only because I liked him (not…
September 12, 2022 Childhood’s End – Sir Arthur C. Clarke Childhood’s End is my first read of a work by Arthur C. Clarke. Being not an enthusiast of the science fiction genre, I wasn’t…
August 11, 2022 The Aeneid – Virgil History records that Virgil wrote his epic poem The Aeneid to fulfill two purposes. One is to restore the faith among Romans in the…
July 2, 2022 Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows is widely accepted as a children’s novel. To some extent, this classification is justified since its story consists of…
April 28, 2022 The Return of the King – J.R.R. Tolkien The Return of the King is the final part of the trilogy where the fellowship marks its victory over the Dark Lord, Sauron. The…
April 18, 2022 The Two Towers – J.R.R. Tolkien “War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for…
February 15, 2022 The Fellowship of the Ring (LOTR #1) – J.R.R. Tolkien “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.” Synopsis…
December 8, 2021 Pedro Páramo – Juan Rulfo Written in the style of magical realism, Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo is quite an unusual novel. Its characters are ghosts and the only one…