I finally got through and finished the book yesterday. Closing the book, I felt a mix of emotions. I loved Jhumpa Lahiri’s writing style yet there was something about that book that felt incomplete. Not sure if it was because I was expecting something more from the loose trilogy that ended the book. Now that I…
Proudly presenting the second roundup of reviews for the book “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Husseini. Links to reviews are published below. Fear not, if you do not yet have your review in. Send it to me when done and I will link it back here. So, without much ado, here we go. Anila…
Read more Thoughtful Thursdays – Edition Two – A Thousand Splendid Suns
With every passing year, the memories seem to acquire a sepia toned feel to it. Early on in my marriage I used to relish recounting how K came to “see” me. What we talked about, how we decided to go ahead to commit to waking up to each other for the rest of our lives.…
In keeping with the rules of Thoughtful Thursdays, here is my review of “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Husseini. A Thousand Splendid Suns is the story of Mariam and Laila. It is the story of Rasheed the husband they share and the children Aziza and Zalmai. The book is divided into four parts. The first is…
Read more A Thousand Splendid Suns By Khaled Husseini – A Review
For the first edition of this feature, readers were invited to read the book Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, write a review and send me an email with a permalink to their post. So, here it is – the very first edition of Thoughtful Thursdays. A-Kay of Lemon and Chillies has her take on…
I finally finished reading the book. Yayy!! To recap, starting with this post here, three weeks later than scheduled, here is my take on the book “Eat Pray Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert. The book is 333 pages long, divided into three sections each covering the author’s travels in Italy, India and Indonesia. The typeset is…
This Sunday it will be six years. Six years of being a wife. Six years of moving to rustic countryside. Anniversaries of any kind make me nostalgic. I love reliving the experience.. every step of the way that brought me here. I look back fondly on the person I was. I longed to be the…
Lakshmi Iyer 