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The Witch In The Peepul Tree – Arefa Tehsin – Book Review
Title: The Witch In The Peepul Tree Author: Arefa Tehsin Publisher: HarperCollins India No of Pages: 323 Price: Rs 325 /- Genre: Fiction Link To purchase: The Witch In The Peepul Tree My Take: Pros: The story is about a murder that occurs in a traditional Muslim household of the fifties. Who murdered the daughter […]
My Name Is Cinnamon – Vikas Prakash Joshi – Book Review
Title: My Name Is Cinnamon Author: Vikas Prakash Joshi Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Hay House Publishers India No of Pages: 216 Price: Rs 279 Link for Purchase: My Name Is Cinnamon My Take: Pros: The story moves at a gentle pace like the slow and steady waves of a quiet river. Such waters are generally […]
Evoked The Lavasa Incident – Mansi Babbar – Book Review
Evoked The Lavasa Incident – Mansi Babbar – Book Review Title: Evoked the Lavasa Incident Author: Mansi Babbar Publisher: HarperCollins India Price: Rs 299 No of Pages: 216 Link For Purchase: Evoked The Lavasa Incident My Take: Pros: Right from the word go, the author has concentrated on only one thing, which is to maintain […]
The Unwanted Boy And Other Stories – Charmila M Sankar – Book Review
The Unwanted Boy And Other Stories – Charmila M Sankar – Book Review Title: The Unwanted Boy And Other Stories Number of Pages: 52 Author: Charmila M Sankar Genre: Fiction / Short Stories Publisher: Self-Published On The Notion Press Platform Price: Rs 125 Link For Purchase: The Unwanted Boy And Other Stories My Take: Pros: […]
The Blue Women – Anukriti Upadhyay – Book Review
The Blue Women – Anukriti Upadhyay – Book Review Title: The Blue Women Author: Anukriti Upadhyay Genre: Fiction/Stories Publisher: Harper Collins India Price: Rs 399 Link For Purchase: The Blue Women My Take: Pros: The stories in this book are written in sleek, pleasing and powerful language. There are twelve stories in all, and they […]
The Sorcery Of The Senses – Tanima Das – Book Review
The Sorcery Of The Senses – Tanima Das – Book Review Title: The Sorcery of The Senses Author: Tanima Das Price: Rs 289 Format: Paperback No of Pages: 220 Publisher: ArtoonsInn Room9 Publications Link For Purchase: The Sorcery of The Senses Pros: This book belongs to the fantasy/sci-fi genre and is based on the premise […]
The Wait And Other Stories – Damodar Mauzo – Book Review
The Wait and Other Stories – By Damodar Mauzo – Book Review Title: The Wait and Other Stories Author: Damodar Mauzo Publisher: Penguin Random House India Price: Rs. 499 Link For Purchase: The Wait And Other Stories My Take: Damodar Mauzo’s book of short stories is a delectable potpourri of tales that evoke an array […]
A Difficult Choice: Read or Write?
A Difficult Choice: Read Or Write? The question I am going to try and answer in this article is: “What would I pick up, given a choice between reading and writing?” We all know that as soon as children are enrolled in kindergarten, the first thing they are taught is the alphabet. I remember picking […]
Rising:30 Women Who Changed India – Kiran Manral – Book Review
Rising:30 Women Who Changed India – Kiran Manral – Book Review Title: Rising:30 Women Who Changed India Author: Kiran Manral Publisher: Rupa Publications Represented By: The Book Bakers Literary Agency Price: Rs 395 No of Pages: 271 Link for Purchase: Rising:30 Women Who Changed India My Take: This book comprises of biographies of thirty women who […]
From Sarees To Stripes – Captain Manisha M. Puri – Book Review
From Sarees to Stripes – Captain Manisha M. Puri – Book Review Title: From Sarees to Stripes Author: Manisha M. Puri Genre: Non-Fiction, Flying Price: Rs 799 Link To Purchase: From Sarees To Stripes My Take I chose this book for reading and reviewing mainly because I am keenly interested in reading about women pilots […]
