DANCE OF THE GODS by Nora Roberts (NR) is the second book in the Circle Trilogy.

The first book talks of the romance between Hoyt the sorcerer and Glenna the modern-day witch, and how their love strengthens the magic that they create together. In Dance of the Gods, love blossoms between Larkin Riddock the shape-shifter and Blair Murphy the warrior.

Blair is a demon hunter and is well trained by her father who abandoned her when she turned eighteen. At first, her father could not accept the fact that she’s become the demon hunter and not her brother with whom he had placed his hope in.

MORRIGAN’S CROSS by Nora Roberts (NR) is the first book in the Circle Trilogy and also her first endeavor in paranormal romance. This is also the first time I’m reading NR and am glad to say that I have found a new favorite author!

The story is set in the 12th-Century Ireland. Sorcerer, Hoyt Mac Cionaoith is said to be descended from Morrigan, fairie queen and goddess. Hoyt lost his twin brother Cian to Lilith, a centuries-old vampire queen who turned him into a fellow bloodsucker. Lilith is an impossible beauty. There is no way Hoyt can defeat her by himself.

The Road is a heart-wrenching post-apocalypse story of an unnamed father and his young son. For this work, Cormac McCarthy won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2007. It was also selected by Oprah for her book club.

At this juncture, I would like to quote Daily Express: “A daunting, unsettling book that ideally should be read at one sitting, as long as you are prepared to bear the brunt of its full impact. [...]” And in one sitting did I finish the book. I’m still feeling its impact: haunting, gripping, sad. It makes me wonder if the world would really—one day—come to this devastating end. And when it does, will I have the willpower to survive […]

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN by Cormac McCarthy is fast-paced with lots of guns, bullets and blood everywhere... It’s a man’s novel. And it can be disturbing too (but I can handle that).

Them grammar dont exist here. It’s a style you just have to get used to when reading this novel. It is mainly dialogue throughout. There’s not much indication of who said what but if you follow closely, you’d know. […]

I have finished reading yet another book by Paulo Coelho: Veronika Decides to Die.

Veronika Decides to Die (1998) is one of the three books in the trilogy And on the Seventh Day. The first book is By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994) and the concluding one which is The Devil and Miss Prym (2000).

Veronika, like the other two books, is concerned with a week in the life of ordinary people who are suddenly confronted with love, death, and power.

The Alchemist is an easy book to finish in one sitting. Although there are only 172 pages, the book is packed with profound thoughts. That's nothing unusual seeing that this is a work of Paulo Coelho.

OPEN HOUSE by Elizabeth Berg is a great read. Samantha Morrow is the protagonist and her character is so real you’d feel for her, especially if you’re a woman.

Samantha (or, Sam) has just been dumped by her husband, David on grounds that she is becoming too familiar, simple and appears to be contented with her life as is. She was left with her 11-year old son while David moves out to his own condo, and she doesn’t have a job. […]

THE MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER by Kim Edwards is unputdownable. Long after I’ve finished the novel, I still think about the main characters: David, Norah, Caroline and Phoebe.

I wonder how I would deal with their situation if it were to happen to me. Norah gave birth to a set of twins—a boy named Paul and a girl named Phoebe. The sad thing is that Phoebe […]