Hina Tabassum's Blog, page 10

The Genre of Romance

This post is about the genre of Romance in general. I did a Google search for Romance novels. The following pictureis what came back. Book Covers: Are the writers finding it very difficult to sell their work that they have to portray half naked people as the face of their work? Or are they not … Continue reading →

My First Published Story

All of you who have been following my blog must know that a long time ago I wrote a short story named Excellence at Work. Now, I have further added to it and made it into… well, a published short story :p I used wwww.smashwords.com to self publish this story of mine. Designed a cover … Continue reading →

The Contract by Zeenat Mahal

This post has coloured font because it would not be fair if it was black with the cover of the book. Set mostly in Lahore (Pakistan), this novella is the story of Hussain and Shahira. The Contract is Zeenat Mahal’s second novella. She is a Pakistani author. I have wanted to read this novella for … Continue reading →

A Few Quizzes

As I was being bored and going through my News Feed on Facebook, I came across these quizzes and decided to try them. What Type Of Book Are You? http://www.buzzfeed.com/isaacfitzgera... Here is what I got. Which Literary Couple Are You And Your Significant Other? http://www.buzzfeed.com/juliapugachev... As there is no significant other at present, this one … Continue reading →

The Two Dukes of Wyndham

Following is what Julia Quinn says about her series “The Two Dukes of Wyndham” on her website. Now, I will write what I have to say about the said series. The Two Dukes of Wyndham is a series of course of two books of two men who at one point or another to be titled … Continue reading →

Coffee, Tea and Me

A couple of months – maybe a couple more – back tea was one drink that I never drank. For reasons unknown I would not even choose to taste it. Coffee was the drink of my choice. It was something I craved day in and day out. Black coffee sans sugar. Many of family and … Continue reading →

Ten Things I Love About You

3rd in the Bevelstoke series by Julia Quinn, Ten Things I Love About You is the story of Sebastian Grey and Annabel Winslow. Neither of whom are Bevelstokes. According to Julia Quinn, the aforementioned series is not about a particular family rather it is a series in which secondary characters of preceding novels get their … Continue reading →

Keeping a Journal

Recently I have finished reading this book by Julia Quinn,The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever. In this book, the heroine (Miss Miranda Cheever of course), since the age of 10 started keeping a journal. Everyday, she became more and more observant and gained a flair for words as well. One must wonder why does … Continue reading →

Inconsistencies

Without much ado, I am going to put the inconsistencies in here. - When Mike’s triplets were first introduced they were said to be all detectives on the force but later on in their own stories people are speculating that since they became Cavanaughs they got promoted to be Cavanaughs - Until A Cavanaugh … Continue reading →

WordPress and Themes

The look of my Blog (Lair of A Wordsmith) has not changed in a long time now. Though it looks amazing as it is, I think that change needs to be an ongoing thing. Then one may ask that with that philosophy in place why do I say that I have not changed the way … Continue reading →