May - 2016

A locked-room mystery like no other: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Over a period of a year and a half I have read books from several different genres ranging from thrillers, fiction, non-fiction,...

The Screwtape Letters: You had me at hello!!

There is a part in the movie ‘Jerry Maguire’ in which after a very long monologue by Tom Cruise, Renée Zellweger tells him in a now very...

“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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