Ajaz Ahmed Bhatt

ANIMAL By Lisa Taddeo “If someone asked me to describe myself in a single word, depraved is the one I would use.” So says Joan, the barely hinged, 30-something narrator of “Animal,” the propulsive, fiercely confident debut novel by Lisa Taddeo. Voracious and obsessive, Joan is addicted to love and its analogues — in particular, the adoration of men who happen to be married to someone else. The novel opens with an actual bang: Joan’s married boss, with whom she’s had a protracted affair, bursts into a restaurant where she’s having dinner with another man and shoots himself in front of her. (No spoilers here: It literally happens in the first paragraph.) The dead man is Vic, the avuncular creative director of the Manhattan ad agency where Joan works, a besotted sugar daddy who mentored, promoted, bedded, spoiled and stalked her. The memory of their affair hangs like Spanish moss over the first half of the book. “I can tell you a lot about sex with a man to whom you are not at

Favorite 5 Books of Sushant Singh Rajput And which he cherished on his bookshelf   Favorite 5 Books of Sushant Singh Rajput In a song composed by an American lyricist Irving Berlin in 1927, the lyrics read, “The song is ended But the melody lingers on You and the song are gone But the melody lingers on.” This stands true for everyone we have lost on our way to today. One such person being Sushant Singh Rajput. But this is not a sad post, rather one where we celebrate his memory with a thing that we had in common. The love for reading. Below are Favorite 5 Books of Sushant Singh Rajput. And which he cherished on his bookshelf and recommended to fellow readers: 1. Collected Works of Kahlil Gibran: Kahlil Gibran is known to be the bestselling poet after Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu. He deals with mysticism and emotions. This book includes his most famous works including The Prophet. The renowned poet and author is loved by many; each of his work a masterpiece. 2. Brilliant Blu