Life of a bookworm

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...

I AM ALWAYS HERE WITH YOU AUTHOR: HIMANSHU RAI PUBLISHER: SRISHTI PUBLISHERS & DISTRIBUTORS GENRE: ROMANTIC FICTION PUBLICATION DATE: 10th JANUARY, 2019 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 191 GOODREADS RATING: 4.02/5 (103 Ratings) MY RATING: 2.5/5 BLURB: Kartik fell in love with Ashima the very first time he saw her. She was everything he had ever imagined in his dream girl – his angel. As their friendship blossomed into deep love, culminating into marriage, he became her teddy, her confidant and eternal support. But in trying to be with her, Kartik made a choice that broke his father’s heart and hopes. As Kartik and Ashima gear up to step into the next phase of their relationship, life seems like an overload of joy and love. He is confident his love for Ashima will win overall odds, even his father. Little did he know that things were going to change drastically, forever.  Why does Ashima marry someone else? Why does Kartik accept it silently?...

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...