Life of a bookworm

MY TOP 4 FAVOURITE BOOKS OF ALL TIME! Hello Guys! I hope you all are doing well. So, this is the first time I am writing something apart from the usual book reviews/recommendations in my blog. Yes, I will be writing about my top 4 personal favorite reads of all time! I become a very skeptical person when it comes to rating books. Rarely will you find me rating a book 5 stars? But when you do see me rating a book 5 stars, you should know that that book is worth reading! I have read about 111 books till now and out of that 28 books are my favorite. But the 4 books I will talk about today are very dear to me and are of four different genres. Also, the list below is not arranged in any particular order. So without wasting any more time, let's begin with the list.  1.HARRY POTTER SERIES AUTHOR: J.K ROWLING GENRE: FANTASY FICTION PLOT: It is a series of fantasy novels (7 books) that centers around the lives of a young wizard(one who is believed to have magical power...

THE CONQUEST OF THE EAST: ROYAL CROWN RETURNS AUTHOR: R. DURGADOSS PUBLISHER: RUPA PUBLICATIONS INDIA GENRE: HISTORICAL FICTION PUBLICATION DATE: 2Oth NOVEMBER, 2018 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 234 GOODREADS RATING: 3.86/5 (58 Ratings) MY RATING: 2.5/5   BLURB (Taken from Amazon) The numerous attempts made by the Cholas to capture the prestigious royal crown, the mythical aaram (necklace) and the precious garland of pearls from the Pandyas have failed. Emperor Raja Raja Chola’s grandfather even defeated the Pandyas, but their king managed to escape with the royal jewels and kept these in safe custody with a Lankan king. Years later, even after Raja Raja Chola’s victory against the Lankan king, the jewels eluded the Cholas as the Lankan king too fled with the jewels. Emperor Rajendra Chola takes it upon himself to finish his dynasty’s incomplete agenda. The jewel trail extends well beyond the shores of Bharat, right up to the king...

MAHA VISHNU TRILOGY PART I: THE CODE OF MANAVAS AUTHOR: ARPIT BAKSHI PUBLISHER: RUPA PUBLICATIONS INDIA GENRE: MYTHOLOGY/SCIENCE FICTION PUBLICATION DATE: 20th JULY, 2018 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 285 GOODREADS RATING:   4.05 /5 (129 Ratings) MY RATING:   2.5 /5 BLURB:    (From Amazon) Book one of the Maha Vishnu Trilogy, The Code of Manavas, is set some two million years past ad 2050, when earth as we know it ceased to exist and so did mankind. A new race, the Manavas, now exists on Bhoomi, the erstwhile Earth, which is divided into two cities—Madhavpur and Ayudhpur. In the quiet and peaceful city of Madhavpur, a reclusive Krishna is busy with an immense task. He has to prepare a new abode for the Manavas before an impending apocalypse destroys them. He knows something that nobody else does—the Manavas are running out of time faster than they can imagine and there are no inhabitable planets to escape to. To make matters...