Children’s books are one of the favourite genres for us here at Thinkerviews. We are always looking for books filled with adventure, enterprise and magic that makes childhood such a fascinating phase of life. We have reviewed a fair few series designed for young readers and shared our reviews on those here at Thinkerviews platforms. The Brightstorm Series by Vashti ... Read More »
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Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche | Book Review
Exploring the various adaptations of the world of Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, we came across the book series by author Nancy Springer who writes adventures featuring Sherlock‘s much younger sister Enola. We have reviewed the first six books in this series here on Thinkerviews platforms. The Case of the Missing Marquess The Case of the Left-Handed Lady The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets ... Read More »
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh | Book Review
For readers of literary fiction, no introduction is needed to works of Amitav Ghosh. He is an acclaimed author of many popular works, has won many accolades including the Padma Shri, Jnanpith and Sahitya Akademi Awards. He has given us many thought-provoking books including the popular triology starting with the Sea of Poppies. In this post, we are visiting one of ... Read More »
Grave Expectations by Alice Bell | Book Review
Detective stories and murder mysteries remain as popular with readers as ever and so we constantly see new authors and books coming across featuring sleuths – professional and immature…Author Alice Bell published her first book in this arena last year called Grave Expectations. With its Dickensian derivative of a name and intriguing blurb, we found it appealing enough to add ... Read More »
The Vanquishers by Kalynn Bayron | Book Review
Storytelling is inseparable part of childhood. These are the oldest medium through which parents and caregivers have passed on moral teachings, historical tales and entertaining fantasies to young minds. In modern era, with so much access to information from young age, it is even more important that we provide balanced outlooks for social changes to our next generation. Author Kalynn ... Read More »
Chinaman by Shehan Karunatilaka | Book Review
Author Shehan Karunatilaka won the 2022 Booker prize for his second book Seven Moons of Maali Almeida and this would have led to increased recognition and readership. We read this book and published our review of the same here at Thinkerviews. Since we enjoyed the writing, we decided to read his other works and found his first published novel Chinaman. ... Read More »