Life of a bookworm

THE DIARY ON THE FIFTH FLOOR AUTHOR: RAISHA LALWANI PUBLISHER: RUPA PUBLICATIONS INDIA GENRE: REALISTIC FICTION       PUBLICATION DATE: 21st OCTOBER, 2018 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 167 GOODREADS RATING: 4.13/5 (104 Ratings) MY RATING: 4/5     " The choices we make define the kind    Of people we then become.   The main question here is:   Do we like who we have become?" BLURB: A woman leaves her infant at home but finds her on a busy street in an unexpected turn of events. Another woman wakes up in a flight hours later, befuddled, in the strangest circumstance.   A fascinating tale of a twenty-five-year-old woman that takes hold of us from the moment she enters the fifth floor of a hospital; more precisely, the psychiatric ward. Visibly terrified, she clutches at her clothbound diary, caught in the horns of a terrible dilemma—whether or not to hand over the diary to the doctor. She fears t...

ONCE UPON AN IAS EXAM AUTHOR: K. VIJAYAKARTHIKEYAN PUBLISHER: RUPA PUBLICATIONS INDIA GENRE: CONTEMPORARY FICTION PUBLICATION DATE: 20th OCTOBER, 2018 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 138 GOODREADS RATING: 4.19/5 (32 Ratings)     MY RATING: 3.5/5 BLURB: Vishy's worst nightmare-failing the UPSC's Civil Services exam-has come true. He is plagued by insecurity, fear and doubts. The mother of all competitive examinations has rejected him and he needs a reason to live. So, what does he do? He tells his best friend Rithika, 'I love you. Will you marry me?'  In Once Upon an IAS Exam, twenty-five-year-old Vishy tries to overcome the uncertainty and confusion about his future and figure out ways of convincing Rithika to marry him. Things turn even more interesting, funny and emotional as Vishy reattempts to conquer 'Mount IAS'. As he tries to take his academic and love life towards safety, he seeks refuge in the world of IAS co...

THE DEVIL'S PRAYER AUTHOR: LUKE GRACIAS PUBLISHER: THE WRITE PLACE GENRE: HORROR/HISTORICAL FICTION   PUBLICATION DATE: 1st JANUARY, 2018 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 369   GOODREADS RATING: 3.99/5 (497 Ratings) MY RATING: 4/5 BLURB:   A nun commits suicide in front of thousands in Spain. In Australia, Siobhan Russo recognizes that nun as her mother, Denise Russo, who disappeared six years ago. In the search of answers, Siobhan travels to the isolated convent where her mother once lived. Here she discovers Denise’s final confession, a book that details a heinous betrayal that left her crippled and mute, and Denise’s subsequent deal with the Devil to take revenge. In the desperate bargain Denise made with the Prince of Darkness, she wagered Siobhan’s soul. As Siobhan discovers the fate of her soul, she learns that hidden within the pages of her mother’s confession is part of The Devil’s Prayer, an ancient text with the power to unleash...