Monday, March 23, 2015

Book Reviews -Best Kept Secret (The Clifton Chronicles, #3)

The book picks up after the events in The Sins of the Father, with the House of Lords having to decide who will be the heir to the fortune of Hugo Barrington. The vote ends with a tie, which prompts the Lord Chancellor to vote in favour of Giles Barrington. This leaves Clifton free to marry Emma Barrington and Giles soon falls in love with Lady Virginia, although his family greatly disapproves. Emma decides to track down the baby found...

Book Reviews -The Sins of the Father (The Clifton Chronicles, #2)

Only days before Britain declares war on Germany, Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of long-buried family secrets, and forced to accept that his desire to marry Emma Barrington will never be fulfilled, has joined the Merchant Navy.  But his ship is sunk in the Atlantic by a German U-boat, drowning almost the entire crew.  An American cruise liner, the SS Kansas Star, rescues a handful of sailors, among them Harry and...

Book Reveiws- Only Time Will Tell (The Clifton Chronicles, #1)

Only Time Will Tell is a first part of the seven in Clifton Chronicles by Jeffrey Archer. The book was published worldwide in 2011. The plot revolves around the main protagonist Harry Clifton, spanning the time between the end of World War I and the beginning of the Second World War. The novel is set in Bristol, England, from 1919 to 1940 and centers on Harry Clifton, a young boy destined to follow in the footsteps of his father and...

Monday, March 9, 2015

Mysore -Unexplored

I visited mysore over a weekend when i was in Bangalore on Official Trip . I was apprehensive since whether i would be able to see all the places on my list as I just had  one day . All these was achieved  only because of One Person .Mr. Akram Pasha .He was fisr person i met on Mysore Junction railway station .He not only dropped me to Good Hotel but also became my guide through out my stay in mysore.I patiently waited for me even when...

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Book Reviews- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

I read a quote & liked it soo much that i tried to find out who is quote attributed to .that quote was from this book .I  picked this book just to read such quotes .Although it was romantic quote the book was anything but romantic . Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a 2005 novel by Jonathan Safran Foer. The book's narrator is a nine-year-old boy named Oskar Schell. In the story, Oskar discovers a key...

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Book Review- 60 Minutes

                      60 Minutes by Upendra Nambur Paperback, 1st, 372 pages Published May 2014 by Westland Ltd I picked up Upendra Nambur  debut novel 31 out of curosity .It turnout to be a bestseller .One of finest indian work I have read .So when His second book cam along it was no brainer to read. His second book titled '60 minutes' is a unique story...

Monday, March 2, 2015

Hampi Ruins- When Ashes raise to tell the story

Hampi Ruins- When Ashes raise to tell the story . I have always heard about Hampi only because it was tourist spot near to Vijaynagar were My company had a steel Plant . Plant visit invariably meant vist to Hampi .So I have heard stories and perception people have about the place . I was really excited for my plant visit after so many year in the company .Finally i will get to see the place i heard a lot about . As I ventured out to...