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Food and People: The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai | Book Review
Published by Pan Macmillan India Genre- Mystery, Food Book Blurb What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just one more time? Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner treats its customers to wonderfully extravagant meals. But that’s not…
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When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon- A ‘Mismatch’ | Book Review
Published by Simon Pulse Genre- Young Adult, Contemporary Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, she’s more than ready for a break from her family, from Mamma’s inexplicable obsession with her finding the “Ideal Indian Husband.” Ugh. Dimple knows they must respect her principles on some level, though. If they truly…
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Legend by Marie Lu | Book Review
Published by Speak Genre- Young adult, dystopian What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic’s wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic’s highest military circles.…
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A Will to Kill by RV Raman- a tale of misty mountains and murder | Book Review
Published by Harper Collins India Genre- Crime Fiction An ageing and wheelchair-bound Bhaskar Fernandez has finally reclaimed his family property after a bitter legal battle, and now wants to reunite his aggrieved relatives. So, he invites them to his remote Greybrooke Manor in the misty Nilgiris – a mansion that has played host to several…
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What to do first: Read the Book or Watch the movie?
For a bookworm like me, on screen adaptations of books are always a tricky thing. They can be great if done right or the worst thing ever to happen to a book if not. But that’s not the only tricky part about book adaptations. For me, it’s whether to watch the movie before or after…
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas | Book Review
Published by Walker Books Genre – Young Adult, Contemporary Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a…
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Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi || Book Review
Published by Josie Jaffrey Genre – Young Adult, Dystopia, PFantasy Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares.…
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie |Book Review
Published by – Little, Brown Books Genre – Contemporary, Young Adult, Humor Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school…
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Book Review: You’re Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner
Published by Knopf Genre – Young Adult, Contemporary When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural.Her supposed best friend snitches, the principal expels her, and her two mothers set Julia up…
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10 Brilliant Quotes From Around YA
Highlighting quotes you find beautiful while reading a book is a feeling most bookworms are familiar with. And I am no different. Here are some of the quotes (in no particular order) that I have read and loved. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins “Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.” The nation of…
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