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Category: Fiction

Oct 02 2023

2023, Book Review, Children Book, Fiction, October

Book Review — Songs of Freedom: Postcard from the Lushai Brigade by Hannah Lalhlanpuii

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Songs of Freedom: Postcard from the Lushai Brigade by Hannah Lalhlanpuii My take on the book: In 1942, in pre-independence India, in the Lushai Hills in Aizawl of Mizoram, a...

Sep 27 2023

2023, Book Review, Fiction, September

Book Review — Ladies’ Tailor by Priya Hajela

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Ladies’ Tailor by Priya Hajela My take on the book: In September 1947, few weeks after India’s independence from the British rule, after the country has been partitioned, Gurdev moved to...

Sep 21 2023

2023, Book Review, Fiction, September

Book Review — Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal

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Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal My take on the book: Corazon, Donita, and Angel are Filipino domestic workers who worked in three different households in Singapore. When another...

Sep 16 2023

2023, Book Review, Fiction, September

Book Review — I Kick and I Fly by Ruchira Gupta

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I Kick and I Fly by Ruchira Gupta My take on the book: Fourteen-year-old Heera lives in a makeshift house near the railway track in Bihar’s Red-Light District, with her parents...

Sep 14 2023

2023, Book Review, Children Book, Fiction, September

Book Review — Sinbad and the Rise of Iblis by Kevin Missal

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Sinbad and the Rise of Iblis(Book Three in the Sinbad Series) by Kevin Missal My take on the book: Sinbad and the Rise of Iblis is the third and final...

Sep 12 2023

2023, Book Review, Fiction, September

Book Review — The Blue Monsoon by Damyanti Biswas

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The Blue Monsoon(Blue Mumbai Thriller Book 2) by Damyanti Biswas My take on the book: On a day when the Mumbai monsoon was lashing the city fiercely, a dead body...

Sep 07 2023

2023, Book Review, Fiction, September

Book Review — The Zamindar’s Ghost by Khayaal Patel

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The Zamindar’s Ghost by Khayaal Patel My take on the book: In 1933 in the quaint town of Ooty, the late Zamindar Digvijay Rana’s son Arjun Rana is back from being...

Sep 05 2023

2023, Book Review, Fiction, September

Book Review — Naked: A Novel by Aditi Mediretta and Michaela Talwar

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Naked: A Novel by Aditi Mediretta and Michaela Talwar My take on the book: Chinky an influencer with millions of followers on social media is found naked and dead, her body...

Sep 04 2023

2023, Fiction, September

Book Review — Millionaire’s Island by Priya Kumar

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Millionaire’s Island by Priya Kumar My take on the book: Ronnie is on his way to Mexico on a new work assignment and as luck favors him, he gets an...

Aug 26 2023

2023, August, Book Review, Fiction

Book Review — The Ex Factor: New-age Rom-com by Harini Srinivasan

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The Ex Factor: New-age Rom-com by Harini Srinivasan My take on the book: Oindrilla Roy (Oinks for her friends) who once ran away to Delhi to learn Korean language to...