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BOOK DETAILS: Book Title : Some Very Dignified Disclosures Author : Anumita Sharma ISBN :  9789387849068 Publisher : Pratishthaa Films and Media   Genre : General Fiction Publication : 2018 Pages : 253 Format : Paperback BOOK BLURB: It is an ordinary summer evening in a remote village near India and Nepal border; Roli’s mother and grandmother are quarrelling beside the well of their dilapidated feudal mansion. Roli is lurking in the courtyard; no one from her joint-family pays attention, and suddenly her father appears and clasps his wife’s throat. Roli watches in horror and envisions her mother’s spirit releasing from the dead body. Her future gets haunted by the twin spectre - mother’s ghost and father’s crime. The narrative moves to a small town, in the large household of a village acquaintance, where Roli shifts for higher studies, and encounters various fascinating lodgers, including an eccentric priest, who collects sundry items on stre...

BOOK DETAILS: Book Title : The Girl In The Tower Author : Katherine Arden ISBN : 9781785031069 Publisher : Del Rey (Penguin) Genre : Fantasy / Russian Fairytale Retelling Publication : 2017 Pages : 363 Format : Hardback  BOOK BLURB: The magical adventure begun in  The Bear and the Nightingale  continues as brave Vasya, now a young woman, is forced to choose between marriage or life in a convent and instead flees her home—but soon finds herself called upon to help defend the city of Moscow when it comes under siege. Orphaned and cast out as a witch by her village, Vasya’s options are few: resign herself to life in a convent, or allow her older sister to make her a match with a Moscovite prince. Both doom her to life in a tower, cut off from the vast world she longs to explore. So instead she chooses adventure, disguising herself as a boy and riding her horse into the woods. When a battle with some bandits who have been terrorizing the countrys...

BOOK DETAILS: Book Title : Homegoing Author : Yaa Gyasi ISBN :  9780241242728 Publisher : Viking Genre : Semi-Autobiography / Fiction Publication : 2017 Pages : 320 Format : Hardback BOOK BLURB: Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader's wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow. Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem, spanning three continents and seven generations, Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel - the intimate, gripping story of a brilliantly vivid cast of characters and through their lives the very story of America itself. RATING: 5 ☆'s REVIEW: Sometimes you feel a draw towards a particular book without knowing anything about it or knowing why it is calling out to you - that is what homegoing was for me... I ...

BOOK DETAILS: Book Title : The Silent Companions Author : Laura Purcell ISBN : 9781408888100 Publisher : Bloomsbury Genre : Gothic Ghost Story Publication : 2017 Pages : 384 Format : Paperback BOOK BLURB: Newly married, newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge. With her new servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie only has her husband's awkward cousin for company. Or so she thinks. But inside her new home lies a locked room, and beyond that door lies a two-hundred-year-old diary and a deeply unsettling painted wooden figure – a Silent Companion – that bears a striking resemblance to Elsie herself... RATING: 4.5 ☆'s REVIEW: I love reading scary ghost stories, but I am never really scared easy. So I keep looking for spooky reads and that's how I came across this book. It was definitely a good read as is obvious from my rating though sa...

Book Title : 9 Yards of Silk  Author : Sakshi Kiran ISBN : 9789384315788 Publisher : Half Baked Beans Publication Genre : Mythological Fiction / Romance Publication : 2017 Pages : 150 Format : E-book BOOK BLURB: Shakuntala lives with her son Bharat in a deep forest. One fine day Bharat reminds her of his father, resulting to upset her. As the child goes out to play a celestial maiden Menaka appears in front of her who offers friendship, suggesting to share their stories with each other. Menaka tells her about Kaushik, a sage to whom she was sent by Indra for disturbing his fierce penance and how they ended up falling for one another. Shakuntala also shares her story of meeting and marrying the charming prince of Hastinapur who later abandoned her. During the conversation Shakuntala finds blessings in her life, why she was abandoned by parents at birth and how her estranged husband was just a victim of circumstances for leaving her. After Menaka's...

Book Title : Betrayals and Paybacks Author : Sana Shetty ISBN : 988193379165 Publisher : Write India Publishers Genre : Murder Mystery / Suspense Thriller Publication : 2017 Pages : 210 Format : Paperback BOOK BLURB: How far would you go to protect your loved one? Would you even condone murder?  Eight years ago Vedant Birajdar fled Tamara, a small nondescript village on the banks of the river Kaveri, after a wild night out with his best friend Jay Varma, turned disastrous. Now he is back and Jay is dead, Misha , the love of his life is engaged to another man and his older brother, Tarun , is missing. All he is left with is a strange message Jay leaves on his answering machine, before his death.  Misha does not believe her brother, Jay, committed suicide. Yet, she has no reason to believe otherwise. Not until Vedant turns up at her doorstep, bleeding and seeking her help. Together they have to figure out what really happened and...

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 thi...

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 ...

Book Title : Americanah Author : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ISBN :  9780345807465 Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf Genre : General Fiction  Publication : 2013 Pages : 477 Binding : Kindle Edition Plot: Fearless, gripping, at once darkly funny and tender, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story set in today's globalized world. As teenagers in a Lagos secondary school, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are leaving the country if they can. Ifemelu - beautiful, self-assured - departs for America to study. She suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships and friendships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze - the quiet, thoughtful son of a professor - had hoped to join her, but post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.   Years la...

Book Title : Everyone Has A Right To Love Author : Gagan Madan Genre : Fiction  ISBN :  9781947429260 Publisher : Notion Press Publication : 2017 Pages : 140 Binding : Paperback Plot: Life is too busy but it’s also too easy, if you look closer. Love is too complicated but it’s also too clear, if you feel deeper.   Sometimes laughter is too difficult but a small smile can give us a lot of happiness. Today we all are too busy to prove ourselves and to excel. We have no time for love and we hide our emotions and affection. We always choose our priorities and we will always find time for things that we feel are important and those things which give us happiness. When we love someone, we start to care because love is a priority and not an option in life.  You also have a right to love, so keep loving, stay happy. Rating:  1.5 ☆'s Review: First of all, I would like to thank the author for sending me this review...