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Speak Up & Speak Out

I was reading Fahrenheit 451 yesterday when I came across a paragraph that really moved me. This is what it said - "I saw the way things...

Problematic Books: Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

Looking at some problematic content in books starting with Charlie and the Chocolate factory

Why burn books?

My thoughts about why books can pose a threat for tyrannical governments

Writing Spoiler Free Reviews

Ever since I started the MetroReader blog with the intention to mainly write reviews about books I’ve read, I’ve often wondered how best...

Spoiler free review of The Secret Garden

Gosh it seems so long since I’ve written a review! I’ve had so many instances where I’ve wanted to share about the books I’ve read but...

The Metro Reader’s long break from writing

It feels great to be back!! I think it must be over a year now since I put up a post and after such a long break it does feel good to be...

Review: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Just finished reading Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Though not as awesome and scary as Orwell's 1984 or Huxley's Brave New World...

The Most Memorable Women In Literature

Review: Ramayana 3392 AD by Shamik Dasgupta

Among the new things I wanted to try this year one of them was to read comic books and graphic novels. Since I had a friend who loves...

Review: The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson

I started off 2017 with a goal of reading 35 books (up 5 books from last year’s goal of 30 books). I ended up reading 38 books last year...

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”

Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

Writing Spoiler Free Reviews

Ever since I started the MetroReader blog with the intention to mainly write reviews about books I’ve read, I’ve often wondered how best...

The Most Memorable Women In Literature

11 Literary beards to inspire you this Movember

It's no-shave November again and who better to inspire you to grow some serious facial hair than some of your favourite literary...

All's Well That Ends Well - My Favourite Book Endings

Sometimes the last lines of a book can really stay with you long past the time you've finished reading the book. Here's a list of my 10...

To Kindle or not to Kindle

I was recently gifted a Kindle on my birthday and I’ve put off trying it out because well I’m the old school kind who prefers holding a...

On Writing: A Memoir of a Life Well Lived and Stories Well Told

The only thing I had known about Stephen King in my 26 years on God’s green earth is that he has a penchant for shocking his readers. I...

An endearing story of love, hope and friendship: My Review of The Book Thief

There are some reviews that you’re just itching to write, you want to tell the world what you’ve got to experience and you want them to...

To Kill a Mockingbird

As a reviewer there are some reviews that you just can’t wait to get down and write. The book you read was just so incredible that you...

Review: The Namesake

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri is a story about a typical Bengali family, the Gangulies, and their life’s journey from Calcutta to the US....

Review: Wonder

Every so often you come across a book that takes your breath away and for me, “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio did exactly that. Wonder is a...

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