Life of a bookworm

PERIOD. IT'S ABOUT BLOODY TIME AUTHOR: EMMA BARNETT PUBLISHER: HARPERCOLLINS GENRE: BIOGRAPHY/GENDER STUDIES/NON-FICTION PUBLICATION DATE: 19th August 2019 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 287 GOODREADS RATING: 4.07/5 ( 225 Ratings) MY RATING: 4/5 'Girls are superheroes. Who else could bleed for a week and not die?'     BLURB:   (Taken From Amazon) Emma loathes her period. Really, she does. But there’s something she loathes even more: not being able to talk about it. Freely, funnily and honestly. Without men and women wrinkling their noses as if she’s pulled her tampon out and offered it as an hors d'oeuvre.  But somehow, despite women having had periods since the dawn of time, we’ve totally clammed up on anything to do with menstruation. Why, oh why, would we rather say ‘Auntie Flo’ than ‘period’? why, in the 21st century, are periods still seen as icky? Why are we still so ignorant about such a fundamental bodily process?...

FIFTH EDITION OF APEEJAY BANGLA SAHITYA UTSOB COMMENCES AT JORASANKO THAKUR BARI Kolkata, 22 nd November 2019:     The fifth edition of Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob was inaugurated yesterday at Jorasankho Thakurbari, the birthplace of Gurudev Tagore in the distinguished presence of eminent writers Shankha Ghosh; Professor Syed Manjurul Islam and editor, publisher Majharul Islam from Bangladesh and Pracheta Gupta along with Prof. Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury, Vice Chancellor, Rabindra Bharati University; Tridib Kumar Chattopadhyay, MD Patra Bharati Group of Publications and Swagat Sengupta, Director Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob and CEO Apeejay Oxford Bookstores. ABSU is presented in association with Patra Bharati Group and supported by Rabindra Bharati University.  The inauguration was preceded by a one-of-a-kind literary discussion with different Facebook Page Groups who work towards promoting new-age Bangla literature in the society; and a p...

AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE AUTHOR: TAYARI JONES PUBLISHER: ONEWORLD/ HARPERCOLLINS INDIA GENRE: CONTEMPORARY FICTION FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 310 GOODREADS RATING: 3.97/5 (163,536 Ratings) MY RATING: 4/5 BLURB:   (Taken From Amazon) Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American dream and the new South. He is a young executive and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself. Bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend and best man at their wedding. As Roy’s time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center.  After five years, Roy’s conviction is suddenly overturned and he returns to Atl...

NARASIMHA: THE MAHAAVATAR TRILOGY I AUTHOR: KEVIN MISSAL PUBLISHER: HARPERCOLLINS INDIA GENRE: MYTHOLOGY/FANTASY FICTION PUBLICATION DATE: 10th June 2019 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 350 GOODREADS RATING:   4.15 /5 (286 Ratings) MY RATING: 5/5 BLURB:   (Taken From Amazon) Narasimha , once a brave soldier, has left the war and lies low as a physician in a village. But a familiar face from his past seeks his help to stop the tyranny of the blind usurper Andhaka. If Narasimha refuses, the world might just end. What will he do? And why did he leave the war in the first place?  Prahlad , the interim king of Kashyapuri, is torn between the ideals of his unrighteous father and his love for Lord Vishnu. Whom will he choose?  Hiranyakashyap , the ruler of the Asura Empire wants to avenge the death of his wife. To do that, he must go through the Trials and get the ultimate weapon - the Brahmastra. But the Trials have sent so many othe...

A TRUE LIE AUTHOR: VINOD BHARDWAJ AND BRIJ SHARMA PUBLISHER: HARPER PERENNIAL INDIA GENRE:   FICTION PUBLICATION DATE: 12th February 2019 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 168 MY RATING: 3/5 BLURB:   (Taken From Amazon) Vinod Bhardwaj's novel Seppuku was an expose of the contemporary Indian art world. A True Lie - a sequel of sorts to that novel - takes on the world of Indian journalism.  On the one hand, it is the story of print journalism regressing from its Golden Age. It bears witness to the swift changes in old-world journalism in the age of color TV, as brand managers become editors. On the other hand, there is the novel's protagonist, Sudhir Chandra, who battles unsuccessfully with the memories and scars of childhood sexual abuse, and tries to navigate unsuccessfully through a maze of complex relationships with women. Like Schopenhauer, he feels that sometimes revenge can be sweet, only to realize in the end, the futility of such v...

CIRCUS FOLK AND VILLAGE FREAKS AUTHOR: APARNA UPADHAYAYA SANYAL PUBLISHER: VISHWAKARMA PUBLICATIONS GENRE: POETRY, FICTION PUBLICATION DATE: 20th September 2018 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 156 GOODREADS RATING:   4.34 /5 (93 Ratings) MY RATING:   4 /5 BLURB (Taken from Amazon) Meet the beautiful people of the Circus, and the freaks who live in the Village next to them. Mangled, jangled, misunderstood, all find a place in the rich tapestry of this book.  Siamese twins separate to lose half a heart each and find snake-man and tiger-taming lovers. A man bitten by a crocodile becomes a God, and a Devadasi woos the entire countryside with her culinary artistry.  Fates intertwined lead sometimes to tragedy, sometimes happy summits of fame. A clown finds his place in Hollywood and mute animals break unspeakable chains. A twisted man falls in love with a mirror and a white man is unmade by the Indian sun.  ...

MEHBOOB MURDERER AUTHOR: NUPUR ANAND PUBLISHER: OM BOOKS INTERNATIONAL GENRE: THRILLER/MURDER MYSTERY/CRIME FICTION PUBLICATION DATE: 16th MARCH, 2019 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 281 GOODREADS RATING:   4.40/5 (25 Ratings) MY RATING: 4/5 BLURB:   (Taken From Amazon) On a rainy September night, six people are gunned down mercilessly in an old Parsi café in Mumbai. The mass murder at café Mehboob, located barely a few hundred meters from the police station, and right next to one of the busiest railway stations in Mumbai, jolts the city out of its complacence. The media immediately swings into action, while political pressure mounts on the police force to nab the mass murderer. With everyone eager to place the blame of the murders on a madman in a bid to have the case dismissed swiftly, the headstrong Inspector Intekhaab Abbas is determined to get to the bottom of the murders. On probing the lives of the victims, he stumbles upon a heady c...

DROP DEAD GORGEOUS(RETURN TO FEAR STREET #3) AUTHOR: R.L STINE PUBLISHER: HARPER TEEN GENRE: YOUNG ADULT FICTION/HORROR/SUPERNATURAL MYSTERY PUBLICATION DATE: 5th February 2019 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 324 GOODREADS RATING: 3.64/5 (100 Ratings) MY RATING: 4/5 BLURB: Morgan Marks is the new girl—and nobody can stop talking about her. She’s popular, smart, and beautiful. Everyone wants to be her friend. But her past is veiled in mystery, and no one knows where exactly she came from. Now Shadyside Homecoming is just around the corner. And Morgan’s dark secrets are about to be dug up for all the world to see. MY REVIEW: 'Drop Dead Gorgeous' (Return to fear street book #3) by R.L Stine is a teen horror novel revolving around six teenagers living in a small town called Linden, and what happens in their lives when a new girl named Morgan Marks comes to live in that town. Morgan Marks, a new student at Linden High School, is smart and at...