Review #722: The Forest of Enchantments by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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by Aditi Saha
3y ago
My rating: 5 of 5 stars "I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves." ----Mary Shelley Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, an Indian best selling novelist, has penned an evocative and timeless tale of one of the greatest love story that our Indian mythology has ever given to us in the form of Ramayana in her new book, The Forest of Enchantments. But its not a retelling of our favorite mythology on Lord Ram, rather its told and primarily focuses on the life and time of Lord Ram's wife, Sita who is not just a Goddess who we all worship to, but a fateful woman with a heart f ..read more
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Review #721: The Knife Slipped by Erle Stanley Gardner (Cool and Lam #1.5)
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by Aditi Saha
3y ago
My rating: 4 of 5 stars “The truly scary thing about undiscovered lies is that they have a greater capacity to diminish us than exposed ones.”                                                                             ..read more
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Review #720: I Didn't Expect to be Expecting by Richa S Mukherjee
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by Aditi Saha
3y ago
My rating: 4 of 5 stars It's a great thing about being pregnant - you don't need excuses to pee or to eat. ----Angelina Jolie Richa S Mukherjee, an Indian author, has penned an extremely hilarious and a captivating tale about motherhood and its mistakes in her new book, I Didn't Expect to be Expecting. This book revolves around a happily married, cool couple who amidst of their busy jobs, meeting deadlines and tackling weird bosses and colleagues in office, they always find time for each other and also for their crazy set of friends, and a kid is no where close in their 5 years blissfu ..read more
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Review #719: I Tagged Her in My Heart by Anuj Tiwari
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by Aditi Saha
3y ago
My rating: 3 of 5 stars “I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So I’m not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. I’m not angry, either. I should be, but I’m not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt, but I was wrong.” ----Haruki Murakami Anuj Tiwari, an Indian bestselling writer, has penned an uplifting story in his new book called, I Tagged Her in My Heart. Unlike its cheesy title, the story is somewhat inspiring enough for all those who are eithe ..read more
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Review #718: Sidney Sheldon’s The Silent Widow by Tilly Bagshawe
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by Aditi Saha
3y ago
My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.” ----Mark Twain Tilly Bagshawe, the New York Times bestselling author, is back with a bang with another gripping Sidney Sheldon mystery called, The Silent Widow. This story revolves around a top shot psychiatrist, whose husband died in a car crash a year ago, and is still in grief, but soon her patients and acquaintances are dropping dead like flies, and the local police mark the poor widow as the prime suspect, even though her life too is in danger. Eventually forcing her to ta ..read more
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Review #717: The Wild Folk by Sylvia Linsteadt
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by Aditi Saha
3y ago
My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.” ----Alan W. Watts Sylvia Linsteadt, an American author, has penned an incredibly beguiling fantasy novel, The Wild Folk that centers around an enchanting land filled with the power of magical star-gold that can the divided city prosper with wealth and health, where two young kids accompanied by two young hares, must save their land and its dwellers ..read more
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Review #716: The Last Watchman of Old Cairo by Michael David Lukas
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by Aditi Saha
3y ago
My rating: 4 of 5 stars “The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.” ----Antoine François Prévost Michael David Lukas, an American bestselling author, has penned a compelling historical fiction called, The Last Watchman of Old Cairo that revolves around an American part-Jewish-part-Muslim student exploring the roots of his father's side family in Cairo where his father's forefathers used to be the watchman of an ancient synagogue, protecting its secrets and faith with their courage and sacrifices. The author has spun this tale around three shifting timelines about a young Mus ..read more
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Review #715: The Bitter Pill Social Club by Rohan Dahiya
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by Aditi Saha
3y ago
My rating: 3 of 5 stars “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” ----Leo Tolstoy Rohan Dahiya, an Indian author, has penned a satirical contemporary fiction called, The Bitter Pill Social Club that revolves around a family based in Delhi, India, who lives for their selfish reasons and most importantly for their social status amongst their friends, relatives and Instagram followers. The sarcastic yet very vivid portrait of a filthy rich family who lives on their own terms, without realization that they are destroying lives as they go on with their I ..read more
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Review #714: I Am Thunder by Muhammad Khan
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by Aditi Saha
3y ago
My rating: 4 of 5 stars “These terrorists are the antithesis of Islam. They’re not Muslim. Violence has no place in religion, and the terrorists are responsible for their own crimes, not the religion and not us.” ----Samira Ahmed Muhammad Khan, a British author, has penned a very intriguing debut YA novel called, I Am Thunder that revolves around a teenage Muslim girl living with her parents in Britain where everyday she wakes up to find a new challenge or bully to overcome with, but her life drastically changes when her family moves to different part of the city and she is admitted to ..read more
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Review #713: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
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by Aditi Saha
3y ago
My rating: 5 of 5 stars “I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning.” ----Haruki Murakami Haruki Murakami, the international bestselling Japanese writer, has penned a heartbreaking coming-of-age young love story in his book called, Norwegian Wood that reads like listening to a sad, sad song about two young hearts beating for one another, yet separated by hopelessness and pain and where the readers know that they are never destined to be together, yet grasps on to ..read more
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