As a certified book lover and avid reader (I have 500+ books shelved on Goodreads, and I’m an English major), I love making reading lists for my friends tailored to their individual interests. I’m also a student journalist, so what better way to merge two of my favorite things than to create a fall reading.
Your Weekend Planner March 12: Kamal Haasan at Conclave South, Roohi in theatres
Your Weekend Planner March 12: Kamal Haasan at Conclave South, Roohi in theatres
Kamal Haasan was the IT topic at the India Today South Conclave. And at the box office, it was Roohi. More on both in this week s Weekend Planner.
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UPDATED: March 12, 2021 22:48 IST
It s Kamal Haasan all the way on India Today South Conclave. And box office is all about Roohi.
Dear Reader,
It is the India Today Conclave South weekend and if you ve been following the two-day event (if you re not, head over to Chennai virtually), you d know that this is where top politicians, film stars and the who s who from across industries are today and tomorrow. Tomorrow, Day 2 of the Conclave South has superstar-politician Kamal Haasan too.
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Kate Elizabeth Russell released her debut novel two days before COVID-19 caused a nationwide shutdown. The pandemic has caused a host of complications for the publishing industry, but as complications go, that timing was, basically the worst. Now,
My Dark Vanessais releasing in paperback, offering the chance for readers who may have been a little preoccupied in March 2020 seriously, did
anyone get any reading done that month? to discover it anew.
The book alternates between two timelines: the year 2000, when a teenaged Vanessa Wye is seduced into a sexual relationship with her high school teacher, and 2017, as she grapples with her memories and the ways in which it wreaks havoc on her adult life. Despite its many similarities to the boon of post-#MeToo-era pop culture, Russell began work on
By PW Staff |
In a year like no other,
PW s reviews editors kept up their usual industriousness and published thousands of book reviews. These are the most popular of those, for books published in 2020.
Ruth Ware. Scout, $27.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-5011-8881-7 Set in a remote chalet at an exclusive French Alps resort, this tempestuous locked-room mystery from Ware (
The Turn of the Key) centers on the 10-person corporate retreat of social media company Snoop. Snoopâs shareholdersâcofounders and ex-lovers Topher St. Clair-Bridges and Eva van den Berg, coder Elliot Cross, comptroller Rik Adeyemi, and former secretary Liz Owens (all millennials)âbitterly disagree on whether to sell the business to investors or to seek additional funding and work toward an IPO. The group goes skiing to dispel tension, but then Eva fails to report for lunch. Before chalet employees Erin and Danny can arrange for a search, an avalanche eradicates the exit routes and knocks