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Book Review: 'Lockwood and Co: The Screaming Staircase' by Jonathan Stroud

Book Review: ‘Lockwood and Co: The Screaming Staircase’ by Jonathan Stroud

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9780857532022 Pages: 448 In all my days as a reader of horror fiction, there have only been a handful of books that kept me awake at night, this book did that and more. Neither could I stop reading it, nor could I stop cowering under my blanket while doing so....
Book Review: 'Om Shanti Babe' by Helen Limon

Book Review: ‘Om Shanti Babe’ by Helen Limon

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781847803573 Pages: 192 I attended the launch of Om Shanti Babe in England and I have to admit, it was brilliant. There was Indian food, Indian dance, and Indian ambiance. All in all it was a very ‘Bollywood’ evening and the funny part is that the author is British! Helen...
Book Review: 'The Help' by Kathryn Stockett

Book Review: ‘The Help’ by Kathryn Stockett

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780141047706 Pages: 464 Price: 299 INR Set in the 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi, ‘The Help‘ by Kathryn Stockett follows the lives of very different women in the quest to bridge the differences. It is a time when racial integration exists and the black women work as domestic help for the...
Book Review: 'The Secret of the Nagas' by Amish Tripathi

Book Review: ‘The Secret of the Nagas’ by Amish Tripathi

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9789380658797 Pages: 396 Price: 295 INR The second book in the Shiva trilogy by Amish Tripathi starts exactly where it’s prequel Immortals of Meluha ended. This series logically and realistically explains all the feats and fables that have supernatural elements in the Indian mythology and it does so with great...
Book Review: 'The Hunt' by Andrew Fukuda

Book Review: ‘The Hunt’ by Andrew Fukuda

  Language: English ISBN: 0857075411 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price:  759 The first novel in the debut series by Fukuda is a complete adrenaline rush. Set in a dystopian world where humans are nearly extinct and vampires are the new ‘people’, seventeen year old Gene is living a lie. He is a ‘heper’ (that’s what...
Book Review: 'Fifty Shades Darker'  by E.L. James

Book Review: ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ by E.L. James

Language: English Price: Rs 350 ISBN: 0099579928 Pages: 384 This is the 2nd book in the ‘Fifty Shades’ series and starts five days after the final events in the first book. It is still following Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey while they discover themselves, their limits and their growing love for each other. This one...
Book Review: 'Fifty Shades Freed'  by E.L. James

Book Review: ‘Fifty Shades Freed’ by E.L. James

ISBN: 0099579944 Language: English Pages: 384 Price: Rs. 350 The final book in the Fifty Shades Trilogy, this is the one that sums it all up. Finally you know the truth behind Christian Grey’s behaviour, his roots and his fear of being touched. Anastasia Steele becomes Mrs. Grey and their European honeymoon with private boats and...
Book Review: 'Fifty Shades of Grey' by E.L. James

Book Review: ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ by E.L. James

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN : 9780345803481 Pages: 528 Price: Rs.530 I can say without a doubt that this book defines the term ‘guilty pleasure.’ Part 1 of the ’50 Shades’ trilogy, 50 Shades of Grey managed to horrify, disgust, enthrall and captivate me at the same time.
Book Review: 'Forever' By Maggie Stiefvater

Book Review: ‘Forever’ By Maggie Stiefvater

Format: Paperback Language:English ISBN: 9781 40712111 6 Pages: 496 Price:  295.0 As the final book in the Wolves of Mercy Falls Trilogy, Forever by Maggie Stiefvater has everything a finale should have; loads of action, heroic characters and a despicable villain.
Book Review: 'Sire' by Thomas Galvin

Book Review: ‘Sire’ by Thomas Galvin

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0984769714 Pages: 266 Price: 570.0 Vampire-Human romances have become a genre of its own and Sire by Galvin is another tale that tells the same story. Before rolling your eyes, you have to know that this is the most unique story in this genre that I have ever read. Conceptualised,...
Book Review: 'Linger' by Maggie Stiefvater

Book Review: ‘Linger’ by Maggie Stiefvater

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 978 1407 12108 6 Pages: 360 Price: 299.0 Linger is the second book in the ‘Wolves of Mercy Falls’ series by Maggie Stiefvater. Continuing from ‘Shiver’ the first book, Linger follows Grace, Sam and their beautiful but forbidden romance in the town of Mercy Falls. This book also has the view...
Book Review: ‘The Palace of Illusions’, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Book Review: ‘The Palace of Illusions’, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9780330458535 Pages: 384 Price: 395.00 Plot Discussion: Reading this book is like taking a journey through the epic that is Mahabharata and seeing it all through the eyes of Draupadi. It is a very good read for someone who has never read the actual tale and even a better one for someone...