Posts under ‘The Book Shelf’

Sacrosanct
Meaning – Regarded as sacred and inviolable; very sacred or holy

Author : Cecelia Ahern
Remember some time ago I reviewed a book by this author named – “A Place Called Here”.. ? I promised you that over time I’ll be reviewing other books by her. And here I am fulfilling my promise. “If You Could See Me Now” is another beuatiful book written by [...]

Author: Terri Paddock
Come Clean is a book about a young teenage girl, it describes her mind-set and thoughts as she deals with her problems. I picked this book up from the British Library, Pune. I’m a regular member there and though I didn’t think so initially, every time I visit it, I end up bringing [...]

Procrastinate
Meaning – to put off doing something; to hestitate; to delay unnecessarily.
Example – I know I should be writing this article, but I’ll just write it tomorrow. After all, I’ve already written an article this week. These are the kind of thoughts that enter the mind of a procastinator.

Clobbered
Meaning – 1. To strike violently and repeatedly; batter or maul.2. To defeat decisively.3. To criticize harshly.
Examples – “She clobbered the man who tried to attack her”
“I don’t want to end up getting clobbered.”

Saci Lloyd, London based teacher of A-level students at an inner-city college, is fast becoming one of Britain’s most successful crusading authors.
Her first book, The Carbon Diaries 2015, shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards last year, already has a slavish following among teenagers in this country and in America. The futuristic story introduced the world [...]

The Punjab Public Library is the largest and the oldest library in Pakistan. It was built in November 8, 1884 by then-Punjab governor Lord Aitchison, who donated 75 books from his personal collection. The library was originally built in the Wazir Khan Baradari which itself was built by Nawab Wazir Khan during the era of [...]

Author: Chetan Bhagat
You know how a really great author who writes really great books. somehow each successive book he writes doesn’t strike the kinda cord that the first one did…….. wow thats a long sentence!!!
Anyways, presenting.. the author who took the country by surprise and awe with his very first book about 3 friends trying [...]

Cajole
Meaning – To persuade with flattery, repeated appeals, or soothing words; to coax.
Example – ”

Whiz kept to himself and spent long hours every day studying financials and technical charts and reading impenetrable economic publications. Even the warden had tried to cajole him into sharing market tips.
– Belfry Holdings, The Brethren”

Semordnilap
Meaning - A word that spells a different word when written backwards (”semordnilap” is “palindromes” spelled backwards).
Example – “Drawer” is a semordnilap, because backwards it spells reward.
I found this rather cool!!