The Bookish Elf

Try your knowledge on our literature quiz. You have total 100 seconds to complete the quiz that is 10 seconds for each question. So answer these randomly chosen literature question as soon as possible because time is running out. All The Best [WpProQuiz 1] For more quiz click here. [WpProQuiz_toplist 1]

For every writer ‘being a published author’ is a dream they’ve seen since moment when the idea of story sparked first. That dream will become a mad desire by the time when that small idea grew to a book through the words, sentences and paragraphs on the paper. By the time they’ve completed their writings, they barely handle the blow of 'rejected book' by the publishers. Rejections then can be like a cold bucket of water splashing away all warmth of hope. Those are the toughest times that bring the best out of us. The amazing thing is the beginning is always the hardest so never give up. Here are some bestsellers by people who found their solid ground amidst the tempest of hardships and rejections. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway’s, “The Sun Also Rises” was called “tedious and offensive” in the rejection letter from Peacock and Peacock. The beautiful style with which human relations and their evolution has been depicted is quite exceptional. Since its pr...

It's easy to guess the book after having a full description of the plot, or the name of a character. The books that really make an impact on us, however, are the ones that we can recognize from an extremely obscure hazy one-lined description. Take our quiz and test your knowledge on literature to find out if you have what it takes to figure out what book is being referred to! All The Best.   [WATU 2]

We’ve always enjoyed reading and want to read more and more. But do you think you’ve read as much as you should have or you wanted to? Most of us will have negative answer to this question and the reasons would be less time, inability to concentrate, or lack of inspiration and thousand more reasons for not maintaining reading habit. Here are few tricks, which I personally experimented, that might help you to read more books this year. Don’t make huge reading goals initially If you’re new to reading or not a voracious reader then don’t make big reading goals. Just begin with a book a month or 15-20 pages a day which you can easily achieve. If you’ve passed this target of a book a month then jump to two books a month. As it happens in relationship, over commitment always results in stressful and less enjoyable experience. So begin with a small target, and it will grow larger with time as you find expertise in reading. Quit Early and read books that you actually enjoy Whenever you feel th...

Test your literary knowledge with our opening lines quiz. “ It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”– Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen classic . And who can forget the “Call Me Ishmael” beginning of Herman Melville’s maritime classic Moby Dick .  But can you remember the opening line from Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions ? Take our quiz and push your literary knowledge to its limit.  We have printed the opening sentences from 20 books, see if you can guess the title of each one. [os-widget path="/thebookishelf/opening-lines-quiz-by-the-bookish-elf" comments="false"]

Here is a small list of the most challenging books which gave me hard time to reach last page of the book. No matter how hard your heart wants to read these books till the end but at certain point your mind will take over the will of your heart and convince it to drop the book once and for all. These books will test your patience and control over your mind. Give yourself a round of applause if you’ve also made it through any of these books. And if you get it what was written or what you’ve read then you deserve a standing ovation. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (1967) What makes it challenging: Few family sagas stretch as wide as that of the Buendía clan - there are seven generations depicted here. As if that's not confusing enough, names are frequently repeated (basically ever character is named Aureliano). And oh yeah, try reading it in Spanish. Excerpt: "He sank into the rocking chair, the same one in which Rebecca had sat during the early days of...

Dan Brown Books are the best in mystery and conspiracy fiction.  Dan Brown, (born June 22, 1964, Exeter, New Hampshire , U.S.), American author who wrote well-researched novels that centred on secret organizations and had intricate plots. Here is a list of Books by Dan Brown . Choose your favorite book and also comment why do you like it most over other books by Dan Brown. [socialpoll id="2497426"]

Title: When The Chief Fell In Love Author: Tuhin A Sinha Publisher: Finger Print Publishers Genre: Romance, Political Fiction First Publication: 2018 Language: English Setting Place: Kashmir, New Delhi and Mumbai in India; Cancun in Mexico. Protagonist: Vihaan Shastri, Zaira Bhat Major Characters: Vihaan Shastri, Zaira Bhat, Mahesh Rana, Bilal Mohammed Bhat, Aziz Hussain Theme: Romance, Passion, Politics Narrator: Vihaan Shastri and Zaira Bhat, The story is told in first person through Vihaan’s eyes except One chapter which is narrated by Zaira Bhat’s Point of View. Book Summary | When The Chief Fell In Love Vihaan Shastri, India’s young and dynamic Defence Minister, comes under attack when 20 soldiers are killed during a terrorist strike at an army camp in Kashmir. With the whole country seething with rage and thirsting for revenge, and the government depending on him to resolve the crisis, Vihaan finds himself battling a strange distraction: Zaira Bhat, the only woman he ha...

Literature is not only food for brain but also for soul. Literature shows you the world which never existed but you still connect with it. It will let you meet your inner self, the self you always hide from the real world. Literature will give you the feel of your existence by the characters that are never existed. Each piece of literature or novel has so many characters that resembles with your personality. Those characters’ lifestyle, desires, problems and its solutions, disputes and almost everything are relatable to you. Even though the book was published hundred years before you born, you might think that author had observed you and your life and portrayed directly to the novel without your knowledge. Here are few of those characters from fictional world which I think we all can relate with. The primary duty of literature is to tell us the truth about ourselves by telling us lies about people who never existed  -Stephen King Holden Caulfield from “The Catcher in the Rye” by J D Sa...

Books are incredibly powerful that they can suck us in, take us on new places and adventures, influence us with the stories and throw us out so we can never be the same. Books teach us, change our perspectives, help us, make us happy or sad. But the most powerful ones change our lives forever. Here is a small list of the books with synopsis, that if read once, you’ll never be the same person you used to be. 'The Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Synopsis: The story begins with the narrator remembering something he drew as a child. As per the narrator, the drawing consisted of an elephant inside the stomach of a snake. However, none of the adults around him understood it and claimed that it was simply a hat. They felt that since the narrator could not draw well, he should try his hand at another hobby. Then, the story comes to the present day. Now, the narrator is grown up and has become a pilot. His plane crashes in the Sahara Desert. Here, he meets a small man whom he...