Tag: Reviews
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Food and People: The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai | Book Review
Published by Pan Macmillan India | Genre- Mystery, Food Buy the book: Amazon IN or support your local book store! 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…
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Shades of Grey- The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | Book Review
Published by Doubleday | Genre- Mythological retelling The Palace of Illusions had been on my radar for a while. What made me finally pick it up was the re-airing of Mahabharat on television during the Coronavirus lockdown. It was a really fresh take on the epic Mahabharata from the first person point of view of…
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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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Of Books, Bloggers, and (Love) Life: Adulting by Neharika Gupta | Book Review
Book Publishing, Blogging and (love) life- A very rare combination in a book! Read my review of Adulting by Neharika Gupta. #books
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The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri, A poignant read | Book Review
Published by Random House India Genre – Historical Fiction Two brothers bound by tragedy; a fiercely brilliant woman haunted by her past; a country torn by revolution. A powerful new novel–set in both India and America–that explores the price of idealism and a love that can last long past death. Growing up in Calcutta, born…
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The Gilded King by Josie Jaffrey | Book Review
Published by Josie Jaffrey Genre – Young Adult, Paranormal, Dystopia, Fantasy In the Blue, the world’s last city, all is not well.Julia is stuck within its walls. She serves the nobility from a distance until she meets Lucas, a boy who believes in fairytales that Julia’s world can’t accommodate. The Blue is her prison, not…