November was a great reading month. I read many books which were on my TBR for quite sometime. I read a total of 8 books, out of which one was a graphical novel. November was also sci-fi month so I read a couple of science fiction books too. The books I read are: 1. The... Continue Reading →
I watched the new Fantastic Beasts movie - The Crimes of Grindelwald on the day it was released, as you can expect from me. I then read the screenplay book the very next day. I did not get time to blog about it as I was traveling. Now that I am back, I have plenty... Continue Reading →
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch is a fast paced science fiction thriller about multiverses published this year (2016). I saw mixed reviews of this book so I initially thought I will not get a hard copy and instead read an ebook. I read some 25% of the book and lost interest. I then realized few... Continue Reading →
I watched the movie and then read the screenplay today. Every scene and dialogue in the book matches with what I saw on the screen. It was like watching the movie for the second time - but with my added imagination, making it even more awesome. The descriptions of the beasts and reading more about... Continue Reading →
Denis knew that this mission was as important to him as it was to the entire nation or even the world. He had done a hard job of convincing his wife to let him go on this mission. This was the first time that man was to land on the satellite Io, of Jupiter. The... Continue Reading →
My best friend Jimmy and I were like Harry and Ron in Harry Potter series. We never kept any secrets from each other. Jimmy would always pull my leg, make me angry and then apologize with a smile on his face. I would instantly forgive him and forget everything he said. I could not imagine... Continue Reading →
I had seen trailers of this movie but I thought it was just another sci-fi movie where aliens come, kill people, then we attack and destroy them - end of story.. There was not much hype for this movie and I had no plans of watching it when my friend said "lets watch some movie"..... Continue Reading →
I know I have been posting only book reviews on this blog. I am importing all the science related posts written on my personal blog to this blog. I will soon get down to writing posts on other topics too - other than books. Thanks for visiting! Great book about one of the greatest inventors... Continue Reading →
Sir Isaac Newton is regarded as a genius. I recently got hold of his biography written by James Gleick, who has also authored Genius and Chaos. I always wanted to know more about Newton's life. Having known Einstein's biography, I was curious to know how Newton's life was. "Newton was not a pleasant man", is... Continue Reading →
Ramanujan is one of the greatest mathematicians and the most famous mathematician that India has ever produced. I hardly knew anything about him or his contributions to mathematics. I picked this book up with the sole intention of knowing more about this genius. And I am so glad that I did. It was such an... Continue Reading →
Bookish Muggle 