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The prodigal daughterAuthor – Jeffry ArcherPublisher – PanmacmillanPages – 496 Blurb – Sequel to Kane and Able,this book is about Florentyna, who is the daughter of Kane, a Polish immigrant who now has build his own American Deam in the form of the Baron hotels. Florentyna runs hers fathers business and wants to be theContinue reading “The prodigal daughter”

Author – Barry CheemaPublisher – Notion PressPages – 378Genre – ContemporaryMy Rating – 3.5/5 Blurb – The story revolves around the life of Bruno a k9 police dog,who after saving many lives,Now is awarded with a human body, but it is of a terrorist and so is the subconscious mind. What I liked ?A freshContinue reading “YOUR DESTINATION HAS ARRIVED : An Unbelievable Story You Would Love to Believe”

Many hearts one beat Author – Vindya Ayyar Publisher – The Write Order Pages – 100 Genre – Short Stories collection Blurb – It’s a beautiful collection of heart touching short stories,from various themes all with a touch of realism, and hence not all of them are just happy ending one’s but all have somethingContinue reading “Many Hearts One Beat”

LimerenceAuthor – Aashna AgrawalPublisher – The Write OrderPages – 80Poems – 75 Collection of 75 short poems, written about varying themes, what’s interesting is none of the poems are named, the writing is pretty simple and basic but full of powerful emotions. Also its free currently on kindle unlimited.

Author – Sally Rawhey Publisher – Olympia Publishers Pages – 94 Genre – Poetry Blurb – A beautiful collection of poetry, that takes us on a candid journey through the authors interpretations of many magical forms of love. From the euphoria of falling in love to the pain and despair of losing it,from brevity toContinue reading “The unspoken voices”

A long list of 10 books for the 2019 JCB Prize for Literature has been released recently. Apart from the most famous literary Prize in the country, the recognition and fame comes with a cash prize of ₹25 lakh and an additional ₹10 lakh for translation. The total of ten book include four debut novelsContinue reading “JCB longlist 2019”

Struggled and Soared Publisher – Leading TrailsAuthor – Vipin ChopalPages – 80My rating – 3.5 /5Genre – Nonfiction Blurb – The book comprises of four chapters, these chapters are an amazing homage from the author to the life, legacy and struggles of four women who made their mark in the history and hearts of peopleContinue reading “Struggled and Soared”

With this book we enter in Gilead,Picking up 15 years after The Handmaid’s Tale left off, Ofcourse after 34 years, it’s bound to feel different, also Atwood decided not to revisit the red cloaks & the houses and streets but also the political hierarchy system. It’s not a ‘handmaid’s tale’ instead she focuses on womenContinue reading “Planning to get your copy of The Testaments? Got you”

With the sequel arrived in 2019, after the first book published in 1985 ,I thought I would just brush up the handmaid’s tale, so I read it recently Most of the people already know about it and have read the book so I thought I would just do a post on why I’m obsessed withContinue reading “Why I like the handmaid’s tale?”

Milkman Author – Anna burns Publisher – Faber & Faber Pages – 368 Genre – Fiction Rating – 4/5 ( Winner of 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, the first time a Northern Irish writer has been awarded the prize, also won the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction) Blurb – A coming-of-ageContinue reading “Milkman”