Book Reviews and Recommendations
Author: Shrabani Basu Publisher: Bloomsbury My Review: 🌟🌟🌟.5 It is a very well researched crime thriller depicting the story of George Edalji, the son of Shapurji Edalji who was born in Bombay, India and became the vicar of St. Leonard's Church in Great Wryly, England. George became a victim of racism. He was accused of… Continue reading The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer
I was not even born when FRIENDS aired for the first time in 1994 and it was not until I was 20 years old when I watched the series and fell in love. I feel it was for the best that I didn’t watch before, because being a 20 year old and navigating through life… Continue reading F•R•I•E•N•D•S – My Comfort show
Author: Sourish Roy Publisher: Bigfoot Publications Pages: 70 Buy it here My Review: 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 When Shankhajit Basu meets Saranya Shankar Sen at A.B College, Jalpaiguri he has no idea what is in store for him. When a student is found dead under mysterious circumstances, the highly intelligent professor, Saranya Shankar Sen, embarks on the journey… Continue reading Book Review: Red-Rum muR-deR by Sourish Roy
Author: Jeremy Ray Publisher: Infinite Ray Publishing Pages: 32 Buy it here My Review : 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 It is a short story about a fern and his experience with humans. The fern used to believe it is ugly compared to other houseplants and nobody would ever buy it. But the story changed when Brenda fell in… Continue reading The House Plant by Jeremy Ray
Author: Rituparna Chatterjee Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: 282 Buy it here My Review: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 With this book I don’t know where to start, I feel like I will fall short of words to describe how breathtaking this book is. It is a memoir of childhood abuse, healing and forgiveness written by Rituparna Chatterjee. As a child… Continue reading The Water Phoenix by Rituparna Chatterjee
Author: Kaninika Mishra Pages: 210 Publisher: Bloomsbury My Review: 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5India is a country rich in its cultural heritage. India has one of the world's largest collections of songs, music, dance, theatre, folk traditions, performing arts, rites and rituals, languages, dialects, paintings and writings. Over the past decade Indians have started to explore this cultural reserve… Continue reading The Indic Quotient by Kaninika Mishra
Author: Alex North Publisher: Penguin Pages: 400 Buy it here My Review: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 After his wife's death Tom decides to move into a new house with his son Jake and start afresh. They both were finding it difficult to spend a moment without Rebecca in their old house and decides to shift to new place… Continue reading Review: The Whisper Man by Alex North
Author: Pragya Agarwal Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: 414 Buy it here My Review: 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 The book digs deep into how each of us form and carry unconscious bias of some sort. We judge, we exclude people, we stereotype. Many biases are formed throughout our life, though societal and parental conditioning and held at the subconscious level.… Continue reading Sway by Pragya Agarwal
Author: Sophie Kirtley Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: 256 Buy it here My Review: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 While playing with Lamont and Beaky in the Mandel Forest, Charlie finds a dear tooth which he adds to this collection called the Mandel Museum. That very night his mom gives birth to younger brother called Dara. When he finds about Dara's… Continue reading The Wild Way Home by Sophie Kirtley
Author: Joanna Briscoe Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: 371 Buy it here My Review: 🌟🌟🌟.5/5 Beth is an artist who lives with her husband Sol and her teenage daughter Fern. She has several unresolved issues from childhood which has been straining her current relationships especially with her daughter. Beth's mother abandoned her when she was a teenager… Continue reading Seduction by Joanna Briscoe
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