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A Jury of Her Peers - Susan Glaspell
The story starts with a murder investigation in a typical fashion. The investigators checking things that seem important to “them.” When...
Nazia Kamali
Jan 16, 20242 min read


Alice Munro's Runaway
This is my first encounter with Munro’s writing and I am glad I read it. One of the best stories I have read in nonlinear narrative form....
Nazia Kamali
Sep 12, 20232 min read
Hear that Long Train Moan by Percival Everett
The first reading of the story did not make sense at all. The only thing I understood was, Virgil is a retired dentist who considers his...
Nazia Kamali
Aug 11, 20232 min read
The Immense Journey - Loren Eiseley: Selected Capters
The chapter “Flow of the River” had me on “water is magical.” It resonated with what I have always thought and believed. I read all...
Nazia Kamali
Jul 15, 20235 min read
Daisy's Valentine
The first sentence of the story, “Joey felt that his romance with Daisy might ruin his life…..” draws me in. It wasn’t clear if Joey was...
Nazia Kamali
Jun 11, 20233 min read
Kevin Moffett's Further Interpretations of Real Life Events
I haven’t read Kevin Moffett’s writing before so this story served as my initiation into his world, a happy occurrence. I looked him up,...
Nazia Kamali
May 12, 20234 min read


Midnight Children - Salman Rushdie
Many protagonists or antagonists in several novels have had strange births. I always though Harry Potter’s birth was dramatic but the...
Nazia Kamali
Apr 20, 202312 min read


A Wife of Nashville
I found the story interesting. Since I am a distracted reader, any story that begins with a long description puts me off. There was only...
Nazia Kamali
Apr 1, 20233 min read


Middlemarch
Middlemarch was a part of my college curriculum, however, I found the novel too bulky and never read the text. All my assignments came...
Nazia Kamali
Mar 18, 20237 min read


Daisy Miller - Henry James
Henry James' Daisy Miller introduces us to the titular character's life and how it changes over the course of time. It comments on the...
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Mar 4, 20234 min read


The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is undeniable one of the most popular and sought after novella by Fitzgerald. As always, I do not intend to summarise...
Nazia Kamali
Feb 21, 20236 min read


Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
In this post, I will not be dwelling upon the story, summary or the analysis of the characters, but upon the impression this book had on...
Nazia Kamali
Feb 13, 20236 min read
DEPTH CHARGE - Craig Bernardini
I found the story interesting. Since I am a distracted reader, any story that begins with a long description puts me off. There was only...
Nazia Kamali
Feb 4, 20233 min read


ANTON CHEKHOV - What can we learn from you?
Our very own Anton Chekhov is considered an exemplar author in the genre of Realism. His stories explore human nature to its basic...
Nazia Kamali
Jan 27, 20237 min read


Too Late for New Year Post?
Too late to talk about the New Year? Is it a stale topic after fifteen days? Its difficult to tell. Some people don’t like to talk about...
Nazia Kamali
Jan 14, 20233 min read
Let’s Become Better Together
I know I know hundreds of published writers and bloggers have written thousands of words of advice on how to be a good writer and you...
Nazia Kamali
Jan 7, 20234 min read


The Dream that Doesn’t Let Me Sleep
Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep. – Dr. Abdul Kalam Coming from a family of...
Nazia Kamali
Jan 5, 20232 min read


Thou Art A Woman
Armed with my college degree eyes full of dreams I went to every interview looking crisp. The beginnings were always the same and...
Nazia Kamali
Jan 5, 20231 min read
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