Life of a bookworm

TARIKSHIR: THE AWAKENING AUTHOR: KHAYAAL PATEL PUBLISHER: WESTLAND PUBLICATIONS GENRE: MYTHOLOGY/HISTORICAL FICTION/FANTASY PUBLICATION DATE: 20th AUGUST, 2018 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 332 GOODREADS RATING: 4.28/5 (69 Ratings) MY RATING: 5/5 BLURB: A small princely state in Rajasthan is the last bastion of resistance against the might of the British Empire. While unrest surrounding the sudden death of the king of Devangarh grows, young prince Rudra Pratap Chauhan prepares to ascend the throne. But the kingdom is in turmoil. The Devanagari army is outnumbered and the British forces are closing in. To make matters worse, Rudra discovers the king’s death may not have been accidental after all. The strange appearance and disappearance of a mysterious hooded stranger and a series of ritualistic murders in which the bodies have been drained of blood, spread panic across the realm. As Rudra struggles to manage his new responsibilities and investigat

HOPE AND SUNSHINE AUTHOR: DEBASMITA NATH GHOSH PUBLISHER: POWER PUBLICATION GENRE: ROMANTIC FICTION PUBLICATION DATE:     1st JANUARY, 2018 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 170 GOODREADS RATING: 3.35/5 (54 Ratings) MY RATING: 3/5 BLURB:     Naina Grover has an imperfectly perfect life, or is it perfectly imperfect? A Punjabi kudi from Delhi working in the city of joy, Kolkata is joined by her crazy cousin, Arjun and his sober friend Aditya to come of age while at a long - distance relationship which seems to be going nowhere. She knows it is a recipe for disaster but should she let go or not? Should she hope for the best? Hope she will be accepted?Hope she can settle down? Hope she can come to terms with a family secret bothering her for years now? Just hope. Keep hoping? And then, Hope welcomes a ray of sunshine. Naina welcomes you to look at life from her perspective. 'Hop'e On!'     MY REVIEW: 'Hope and Sunshine' is a bea