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Author – Terry Pratchett Neil Gaiman Genre – Fantasy-Comedy Publisher – gollancz / workmanpub / corgi Published in 1990 Pages – 288 Rating – 4.5/5 The book is such a fun read about the birth of the son of Satan and the coming of the End Times. The angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley whoContinue reading “Good omens”

There’s something strange in the after effect of reading a Haruki Murakami story. It’s as if time stands still when the last line has run out, the last word read and the last letter comes to a stop with a sombre period. And then a feeling of utter helplessness washes over as the realisation ofContinue reading “Men without women”

📎Summary The plot is set in the backdrop of Mighty Dhauladhar range of Himalayas where a construction of dam is under process. The book amalgamates around three characters and how their destinies collide. Nanda, the engineer on the dam,comes from Kerala after a series of events, basically he has evaded law and is now onContinue reading “Men and dreams in dauladhar”

A definite 5⭐/5⭐ 📎 Summary This book is a retelling of “The Little Mermaid”,the storyline is something that you would expect and then something you would not at all. The writing style is so beautiful,imaginative,it creates a whole new mer-world around you to dive in & at the same time dealing with almost all theContinue reading “The surface breaks”

I think, if you were going to pick one book to explain feminism to someone, it would be Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s We Should All Be Feminists “But by far the worst thing we do to males — by making them feel they have to be hard — is that we leave them with very fragileContinue reading “We should all be feminist”

“We choose career paths after graduation that excites us, not the most profitable ones. MBA education is an experience for us,not the money minting machine. Your system kills the ‘experience’ part and the worst part is you are willingly becoming the victim of it.” This line on Page 202 explain the condition of the characters,Continue reading “23:59:59 by Sadashiv Pradhan”

📎Blurb – it’s a sweet and simple love story,in a simple language,with poems in between. Story follows the two protagonist yauvani and shayane as they meet and fall in love,and eventually seperate and the pain of heartbreak and loneliness yauvani feels can be felt through the words as the story is in yauvani’s voice, mostContinue reading “Does love gives a second chance by yamini sinha”

I’m not a fan of character driven books but this book just made me go all aww over it This book is just beautiful 4⭐/5 This is such a sweet and powerful story of a boy called August. He isn’t any different from any of us – his heart, his soul. But his face –Continue reading “Wonder”

Ashok and the nine unknown by Anshul Dupare Publisher Rupa publications “hybrid between facts and fiction” 📎 Summary – The story revolves around the aftermath of Kalinga war ,one of the bloodiest wars of the history A war victim who is damaged beyond words confront Ashoka regarding the results of the war,the bitter confrontation ledContinue reading “Ashok and the nine unknown”

The Night everything changed by Neha Prakash Naidu Genre – suspense novel 📎Blurb – Aditya the protagonist is an orphan and he is looking forward to fill that void and get settled, finally his dreams come true and he settles down in USA with miss perfect(daughter of a very rich dad) He finally have aContinue reading “The Night everything changed”