Life of a bookworm

HUNGRY GODS AUTHOR: RICHA LAKHERA PUBLISHER: RUPA PUBLICATIONS INDIA GENRE: CRIME FICTION PUBLICATION DATE: 20th JULY, 2018 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 196 GOODREADS RATING: 4.02/5 (56 Ratings) MY RATING: 3.5 /5 BLURB: Beaten and brutally raped, her body is never found. However, the killers make one mistake. They leave a witness, a witness who has nothing to live for except revenge. And when he crosses the boundaries of time to make the guilty pay, a whole lot of dark characters come to light. There is Valentine, the superstar brand ambassador who sells anything for a price; there is Medici, a pharmaceutical company fraudulently manufacturing banned drugs; there is the perverted and sinister minded Dr Ranga and there is Este, the prostitute whose dark secret will blow up a daughter’s sanity.     As the story moves forward, a breathless suspense builds up: is there another murder waiting to happen? Will Police Inspector Dorab Si...

HELLO GUYS!! I am doing my first cover reveal and that too for the HarperCollins India.  I am glad to reveal the cover of Shweta Bachchan Nanda's debut novel "Paradise Towers" . ABOUT THE BOOK: Dinesh opens the door to the Kapoor flat to find Lata, the enchantress who works at Mrs Aly Khan’s, carrying a hot case with freshly made gaajar ka halwa. On the first floor, the inquisitive Mrs Mody wipes the dust off her precious binoculars to spy on the building’s security guard. The Singhs open the doors of their SUV, their four boys creating a ruckus – they are the newcomers, the outsiders. Through the peephole, the ever-watchful Mrs Ranganekar observes their arrival. Welcome to Paradise Towers, an apartment building in central Mumbai. Everyone here has a story to tell. Or maybe they have stories to hide. Shweta Bachchan-Nanda’s quirky, intimate debut explores the intertwined lives in this building – a forbidden romance, an elopement, the undercurre...

THE FRIEND AUTHOR: TERESA DRISCOLL PUBLISHER: THOMAS & MERCER GENRE: PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER PUBLICATION DATE: 13th AUGUST, 2018 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 292      GOODREADS RATING: 4.19 /5 (4,295 Ratings) MY RATING:   4/5 BLURB (Taken from Amazon)   On a train with her husband, miles from home and their four-year-old son, Ben, Sophie receives a chilling phone call. Two boys are in hospital after a tragic accident. One of them is Ben. She thought she could trust Emma, her new friend, to look after her little boy. After all, Emma’s a kindred spirit—someone Sophie was sure she could bare her soul to, despite the village rumors. But Sophie can’t shake the feeling that she’s made an unforgivable mistake and now her whole family is in danger. Because how well does she know Emma, really? Should she have trusted her at all? Time is running out. Powerless to help her child, still hours from home, Sophie is about to discover...

ELIZA AND HER MONSTERS AUTHOR: FRANCESCA ZAPPIA PUBLISHER: GREENWILLOW BOOKS GENRE: YOUNG ADULT FICTION, CONTEMPORARY FICTION, ROMANCE PUBLICATION DATE: 30th MAY, 2017 FORMAT: E-book         PAGES COUNT: 405 GOODREADS RATING: 4.28/5 (23,031 Ratings) MY RATING: 5/5 "If I like a book, I devour it in one sitting, and then I forget a lot. It's fine with me because I read them over and over again." BLURB:       In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Online, she’s LadyConstellation, the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea . Eliza can’t imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves the online one, and she has no desire to try. Then Wallace Warland, Monstrous Sea ’s biggest fanfiction writer, transfers to her school. Wallace thinks Eliza is just another fan, and as he draws her out of her shell, she begins to wonder if a life offline might be worthwhile. But when Eli...

WHEN BROKEN HEARTS MEET AUTHOR: ARUSHI VATS PUBLISHER: NOTION PRESS GENRE: ROMANTIC FICTION PUBLICATION DATE: 26th APRIL, 2018 FORMAT: PAPERBACK GOODREADS RATING: 3.21/5 (21 Ratings) MY RATING: 3/5 BLURB: Avanti meets Suhaas. They become friends. Avanti is a conflicted girl, shattered in the tussle between her past and present and Suhaas is the typical prince charming who has two sides, one which he keeps to himself and the other which he shows to everyone. As their story proceeds ahead, both of them begin to feel affinity for each other. But deep in the realms of their hearts dwells chaos that occurs because of their past relationships. Avanti and Suhaas's friends make efforts to unite them as they know that they love each other. Eventually, it's up to Suhaas if he will confess his love or not but the important question arises here is, will Avanti find the courage to leave behind her tumultuous past and embrace her love story? MY REV...

PRALAY: THE GREAT DELUGE AUTHOR: VINEET BAJPAI PUBLISHER: VB PERFORMANCE LLP GENRE: HISTORICAL FICTION/MYTHOLOGY/THRILLER   PUBLICATION DATE: 19th JANUARY, 2018 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 330 GOODREADS RATING: 4.04/5 (860 Ratings)   MY RATING:   3.5/5 BLURB: Gripping sequel to Vineet Bajpai's bestselling title 'HARAPPA - Curse of the Blood River'. “Even death is afraid of the White Mask…”       1700 BCE, Harappa – The devta of Harappa has fallen…tortured and condemned to the dungeons of the dead. His murdered wife’s pious blood falls on the sands of the metropolis, sealing the black fate of Harappa…forever. 2017, Banaras – A master assassin bites into cyanide, but not before pronouncing the arrival of an unstoppable, dark force. A maha-taantric offers a chilling sacrifice. 325 AD, Bithynian City (modern-day Turkey) – Unable to foresee the monster he was untethering, an extraordinary monarch commissions a terrif...

THE SLUT CHRONICLES: BETRAYED AUTHOR: KRITIKA SHARMA PUBLISHER: KALAMOS LITERARY SERVICES LLP GENRE: ROMANTIC FICTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER PUBLICATION DATE: 25th JULY, 2018     FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 253     GOODREADS RATING: 4.45/5 (11 Ratings) MY RATING: 3.5/5 BLURB:     “What is love, if not a passionate heartbreak?”   Nothing makes Ishana lose her facade except for the word ‘slut’. When someone slut shames her, she smashes his head and becomes headlines again. She is at the apex of her career but people are not ready to accept her boldness. Her strengths force them to dwell on their own weaknesses. However what no one knows is that her road to success is full of treachery and emotional hell. Join Ishana as she narrates her story to an oblivious journalist. It is a roller coaster ride full of love, passion, emotions, betrayal and ‘slut shame’. Are you ready to endure the truth of her life? ...