Category: 2025

Nov 19 2025

2025, Book Review, Children Book, Non Fiction, November

Book Review — Tiger Slayer by Ruby Lal (Author) and Molly Crabapple (Illustrator)

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Tiger Slayer: The Extraordinary Story of Nur Jahan, Empress of India | Mughal History by Ruby Lal and Molly Crabapple My take on the book: Tiger Slayer is an illustrated...

Nov 13 2025

2025, Book Review, Children Book, Non Fiction, November

Book Review — The School for Bad Girls by Madhurima Vidyarthi

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The School for Bad Girls by Madhurima Vidyarthi My take on the book: 1876 Calcutta — Hindu Mahila Bidyalaya an exclusive boarding school for girls where young girls of all...

Nov 10 2025

2025, Book Review, Children Book, Fiction, November

Book Review — Trouble in the Tea Gardens by Mitali Perkins

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Trouble in the Tea Gardens by Mitali Perkins My take on the book: Sona, a twelve-year-old Nepali girl lived with her mother and her elder brother Samiran Daju in Darjeeling;...

Oct 30 2025

2025, Book Review, Fiction, October

Book Review — Tara: The Dream Chaser by Nelofar Currimbhoy

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Tara: The Dream Chaser by Nelofar Currimbhoy My take on the book: Tara is born into Rajput royalty but is denied love and warmth by both her parents — a...

Oct 22 2025

2025, Book Review, Fiction, October

Book Review — 12 Years: My Messed-up Love Story by Chetan Bhagat

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12 Years: My Messed-up Love Story by Chetan Bhagat Buy here: https://tinyurl.com/5ckjchh2 My take on the book: Saket Khurana has just returned to Mumbai from the United States leaving behind...

Oct 13 2025

2025, Book Review, Children Book, Fiction, October

Book Review — Sneaker Paati by Anita Nair and Habib Ali

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Sneaker Paati by Anita Nair (author) and Habib Ali (illustrator) My take on the book: Eight-year-old Madhav a.k.a. Kittu and family shifted recently from Pune to Bengaluru. Since his parents...

Oct 10 2025

2025, Book Review, Children Book, Fiction, October

Book Review — Reaching for the Moon by Menaka Raman and Adrija Ghosh

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Reaching for the Moon : Lessons from the Chandrayaan Mission by Menaka Raman (Author) and Adrija Ghosh (Illustrator) My take on the book: After the success of Chandrayaan-3 when Dr...

Oct 05 2025

2025, Book Review, Children Book, Fiction, Non Fiction, October

Book Review — Queen of Water by Devika Rangachari

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Queen of Water(Queen Series) by Devika Rangachari My take on the book: Princess Kundavai the daughter of Chola King Sundara Chola is the darling of her family, especially her father...

Sep 28 2025

2025, Book Review, Children Book, Fiction, September

Book Review — A Girl, a Tiger and a Very Strange Story by Paro Anand(Author) and Priya Kurian(Illustrator)

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A Girl, a Tiger and a Very Strange Story by Paro Anand(Author) and Priya Kurian(Illustrator) My take on the book: Ten-year-old Junglee who is from a Pardhi family roamed and...

Sep 20 2025

2025, Book Review, Children Book, Fiction, September

Book Review — An Absence of Squirrels by Aparna Kapur

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An Absence of Squirrels by Aparna Kapur My take on the book: Thutta Island which is shaped in the form of a tooth had a train that ran through all the...