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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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Space Conspiracy+Teenagers= Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff | Book Review
Set in 2575, this sci-fi epistolary novel deserves all the hype it gets
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Of hockey and life- Beartown by Fredrik Backman | Book Review
“The only thing the sport gives us are moments. But what the hell is life, Peter, apart from moments?”
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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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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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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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Book Review: Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Published by Pan Macmilan UK Genre- Young Adult, Dystopian, Fantasy, Science Fiction Secret Identities. Extraordinary Powers. She wants vengeance. He wants justice.The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies—humans with extraordinary abilities—who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of…
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Book Review: Geekerella by Ashley Poston
Published by Quirk Books Genre- Young Adult, Retelling Amazon || Book Depository Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield, the classic science-fiction series she grew up watching with her late father. So when she sees a cosplay contest for a new Starfield movie, she has to enter. The prize? An invitation to the…
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Book Review: P.S. I Like You by Kasie West
Published by Point Genre – Young Adult, Contemporary Amazon || Book Depository Signed, sealed, delivered… While spacing out in chemistry clas s, Lily scribbles some of her favorite song lyrics onto her desk. The next day, she finds that someone has continued the lyrics on the desk and added a message to her. Intrigue!…
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