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Book Title :  Dumplin - Go Big Or Go Home Author : Julie Murphy ISBN :  9780062327185 Publisher : Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins Publishers) Genre : Young Adult / Contemporary Fiction Publication : 2015 Pages : 375 Binding : Hardback About The Book: Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked…until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back. Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine:

Book Title : A Man Called Ove Author : Frederik Backman  ISBN : 9781449474256 Publisher : Sceptre Genre : Novel / General Fiction Publication : 2014 Pages : 305 Binding : Kindle Edition About The Book: A grumpy yet lovable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door. Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon, the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him  the bitter neighbor from hell , but must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time? Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, u

Book Title : Milk and Honey Author : Rupi Kaur ISBN : 9781449474256 Publisher : Andrews McMeel Genre : Poetry Publication : 2014 Pages : 204 Binding : Paperback About The Book: milk and honey  is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. It is about the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. It is split into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose, deals with a different pain, heals a different heartache.  milk and honey  takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look. Rating: 3.5 ☆'s Review: Okay, hold on Give me a moment As I catch my breath And gather my thoughts For this book Has left me In a tornado of  Myriad of emotions No, I wasn't taking a dig at the author - but I definitely am trying to make a point here. Let me begin from beginning...

Book Title :  Twenty Love Poems and A Song Of Despair Author : Pablo Neruda [ W.S. Merwin   (Translator)] ISBN :  9780224074415 Publisher : Jonathan Cape (Penguin Random House) Genre : Poetry Publication : 2004 Pages : 65 Binding : Paperback About The Book: The Chilean Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) was probably the greatest and certainly the most prolific of twentieth-century Latin American poets. He brought out his first collection at the age of seventeen, and quickly developed an assured and distinctive poetic voice. His third book,  Veinte Poemas de Amor y una Cancion Desesperada  -  Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair - was published in 1924 and attracted international acclaim. It remains one of the most celebrated and admired books of erotic poetry published in the last hundred years, with over a million copies sold worldwide. Neruda was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1971. Rating:  3.5 ☆'s Review: I first came around the name Pablo Ne