Life of Pi is a Canadian adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry who explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Martel’s novel is evangelical in its defence of… Continue reading ~Life of Pi~

Papillon is an autobiography written by Henri Charrière, first published in France on 30 April 1969. Papillon is Charrière’s nickname, deriving from a butterfly tattoo inscribed on his chest. The novel details Papillon’s incarceration and subsequent escape from the French penal colony of French Guiana, and covers a 14-year period between 1931 and 1945. A beautiful… Continue reading ~Papillon~

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children’s book by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the… Continue reading ~Charlie and the Chocolate Factory~

Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple’s Last Case is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie or simply the mystery queen and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in October 1976 and in the US by Dodd, Mead, and Company later in the same year.The book features Miss Marple. It was the last… Continue reading ~Sleeping Murderr: Miss Marple’s Last Case~

The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was initially published in serial form beginning in 1910, and first published in its entirety in 1911. It is now one of Burnett’s most popular novels and considered a classic of English children’s literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been made. it is… Continue reading ~The Secret Garden~

Malgudi Schooldays is written by one of the greatest Indian writer RK Narayan. Most of the books of RK Narayan are centered around villages, its beautiful streets,  lakes, schools, playground, forest, market etc…, and ensured he made them all into life once you read his books. Malgudi schooldays is a slightly abridged version of Narayan’s… Continue reading ~Malgudi Schooldays~

Psycho (1959) is a suspense novel by Robert Bloch. The story was adapted into Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal 1960 film of the same name. Bloch later wrote two sequels, which are unrelated to any of the film sequels. If by some freak of nature you happen to be in the dark regarding Robert Bloch’s Psycho I will… Continue reading ~Psycho~

A Flight of Pigeons is a novella by Indian author, Ruskin Bond. The story is set in 1857, and is about Ruth Labadoor and her family (who are British) who take help of Hindus and Muslims to reach their relatives when the family’s patriarch is killed in a church by the Indian rebels. The novella… Continue reading ~A Flight of Pigeons~

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days is a novel written by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney, and is the fourth book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. It was released on October 12, 2009 in the USA and October 13, 2009, in Canada. The film, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days,… Continue reading ~ DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS~