The Thoughts and Opinions of Lady Bookamore
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I am Apurba Ganguly, AKA Lady Bookamore, a young adult hailing from the sprawling cultural metropolis of Kolkata, and I will be sharing my thoughts and views on different books written in English and Bengali prose or poetry, novels or short stories, old or new, famous or yet-to-be, popular or unpopular.
The Thoughts and Opinions of Lady Bookamore
5M ago
Title: Why Stories Matter
Author: Somdev Chatterjee
Book Type: Discursive
Genre: Narratology, Literary Criticism
Edition: Paperback
Publisher: Notion Press
Year of Publication: 2023
Number of Pages: 111
– Blurb of the Book –
For millions of years our ancestors survived on the marginal niches of the environment while the bigger beasts reigned on Earth. They were a bunch of weak, defenseless, and unimportant creatures serving out their time before being swept into evolution’s dustbin. Then, sometime between 200,000 and 50,000 years ago, they embarked on a journey unprecedented in the history ..read more
The Thoughts and Opinions of Lady Bookamore
2y ago
Title: Of Closets and Skeletons and Other Crime Stories
Author: Kaivalya Ramnath
Book Type: Anthology of Short Stories
Genre: Crime, Thriller Fiction
Edition: Kindle eBook
Publisher: <independently published>
Year of Publication: 2022
Number of Pages: 92
— Blurb of the Book —
Eight stories concerned with the why, rather than the who, of crime.
Perfect crime: From writing crime to being part of one, an author discovers what it takes to commit the perfect crime.
Demons: A witness to a crime flees the scene, only to be forced to confront her personal demons.
Whose life is it anyway ..read more
The Thoughts and Opinions of Lady Bookamore
2y ago
Book Details
Name: The Life of Plants in a Changing Environment
Editor: Rishikesh Upadhyay
Genre: Environment, Nature, Botany, Ecology, Gardening, Reference
Published on: 1st January, 2022
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom
About the Book
Plants experience stress due to environmental changes, either in biotic or abiotic form, during their life cycle. Non-heritable modifications in morphological, physiological, or biochemical characteristics tend to reduce or decrease growth and productivity, and sometimes lead to death.
This book presents an exhaustive overview of the ..read more
The Thoughts and Opinions of Lady Bookamore
2y ago
Title: The Team School Crime Busters
Author: Asimava Roy Choudhury
Book Type: Novel
Genre: Children’s Fiction
Edition: Kindle eBook
Publisher: <independently published>
Year of Publication: 2021
Number of Pages: 204
— Blurb of the Book —
With strong elements of sports and athletics, this story is an action adventure involving a string of events centred around an Indian school. What starts as a single incident of ragging, involving a new girl nicknamed Tidy, eventually spreads through the entire school – permeating the sporting field, the student groups and even the teachers’ staff roo ..read more
The Thoughts and Opinions of Lady Bookamore
2y ago
Title: Fate or Destiny
Author: Arthy S L
Book Type: Novel
Genre: Fiction
Edition: Paperback
Publisher: Notion Press
Year of Publication: 2021
Number of Pages: 221
– Blurb of the Book –
Kavin, a tourist guide from Port Blair, Andaman, resides with his brother, Kiran. His obnoxious past leaves a deep scar leading to PTSD with Parasomnia and Aquaphobia. Though his days remain gloomy, he explores a whole new dimension at night due to his Parasomnia. A mysterious goat drives his fantasy world, steering him towards his destiny.
While he tussles to recover from his past, he encounters four girls w ..read more
The Thoughts and Opinions of Lady Bookamore
2y ago
Title: The Secret of Plants in the Environment
Author: Rishikesh Upadhyay
Book Type: Prose
Genre: Nonfiction, Environmental Science
Edition: Kindle eBook
Publisher: Notion Press
Year of Publication: 2020
Number of Pages: 206
– Blurb of the Book –
Plants are sessile organisms that are unable to move but face the challenge of ever-changing or adverse environments. The study of the development of environmental changes in tolerant plants is fundamental for the maintenance and streamlining of high crop yields and plant adaptation in natural environments. The identification of genes that lead to ..read more
The Thoughts and Opinions of Lady Bookamore
2y ago
Title: The Powerful, The Powerless
Author: Shiva Dhuli
Book Type: Novel
Genre: Political, Fiction
Edition: Kindle eBook
Publisher: <independently published>
Year of Publication: 2021
Number of Pages: 335
– Blurb of the Book –
This story is set in a fictitious country where deceitful, Machiavellian politicians, who commit heinous crimes without batting an eyelid, pretend to be the guardians of the country, making a farce of democracy.
Bharat, the protagonist of the novel, is a humble young man from a lowly background who has big dreams. But his dreams go awry when his path in life cros ..read more