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Finding The Angel

20 Sunday Aug 2017

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33258664.jpgAuthor – Rubina Ramesh

Rating – 4/5 stars

Number of Pages – 145

Publisher – The Book Club

A love story. A mystery of lost artefact. A story of modern age Prince fell in love with an art curator called to catalog the antique collection belonging to Ranaut Estate. A love story weaved in with the mystery of lost and stolen artefact, a very rare Faberge. One of the rarest of its kind. It’s called The Angel with Egg in a Chariot. It’s an entertaining romance and mystery story and highly recommended for all the romance readers.

Shefali Verma works with her aunt Kalpana as an art curator. She is also her guardian after Shefali lost her parents at the tender age of twelve. Aryan Ranaut, prince of Ranaut Dynasty of Rajasthan famous among the girls for his charming looks and royal status. Having lost his father in the hands of the other woman he has trust issues and he made sure not to fall prey in the hands of a woman in this life but when it comes to Shefali he couldn’t help falling in love with her. All goes well until one day The Angel got missing and all fingers pointed at Shefali.

I am impressed with the writing of the author. The story is a mix of mystery and romance and woven beautifully. All the characters in the book have portrayed well. The ending of the book is a bit dramatic. The story is engaging and full of romance. If you like high-octane romance reads, this is for you and the story won’t disappoint you.

Author Bio

Rubina Ramesh is an avid reader, writer, blogger, book reviewer and marketer. She is the founder of The Book Club, an online book publicity group. Her first literary work was published in her school magazine. It gave her immense pride to see her name at the bottom of the article. She was about 8yrs. old at that time. She then went to complete her MBA and after her marriage to her childhood friend, her travel saga started. From The Netherlands to the British Isles, she lived her life like an adventure. After a short stint in Malaysia, she finally settled down in the desert state of USA, Arizona. Rubina has finally started living the life she had always dreamed about – that of a writer.

You can connect to her at:

Website: http://www.rubinaramesh.com

Email: rubinaramesh1973@gmail.com

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Messed Up! But All for Love

12 Saturday Aug 2017

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35171166.jpgAuthor – Arvind Parashar

Rating – 3/5 stars

Number of Pages – 160

Publisher – Srishti Publishers and Distributors

How far are you willing to go for your love? Your life is messed up but you know this is all for love and love is for brave hearts. This is a story of love and fights to win your love. A love story of Neil and Gauri living a life of comfort and love and like any other love story, this story too has their share of bitterness, arguments and some secrets.

Neil and Gauri are so much in love and married. They are happy and doting young married couple leading their personal and professional life with equitable balance. But, there is a third angle to this story and that is Srinya. Srinya is fitness consultant of Neil which he kept secret from his wife. Why?

Drishti and Somesh are married but not happily. They are bored of their mundane professional life which demands most of the hours of the day and left with no time for the other. With a bizarre circumstance, they happened to bump into each other in Cuba and trouble entered in their life. All hell broke loose when Drishti gets abducted and Neil is framed for it. Gauri finds out some secrets of the life of Neil and this is the end of their relationship. Will he get back together? What are the secrets Gauri came to know? Their lives are Messed Up! But all for Love.

This is a Book1 of romantic thriller Trilogy. The next upcoming title in Messed Up series is ‘The Girl on My Side’. You have a fair chance to read it before the next part came which is a prequel to this book. The book is a breezy read. It’s a love story recommended for the lovers of this genre. The pace of the story is good except at few places the Hindi dialogues and song lyrics breaks the rhythm. They are like a small pause not needed at all. I find it good for a one time read. It’s a smooth and simple read.

Author Bio

Arvind Parashar is an author and painter hailing from Dehradun. He has been a corporate leader in various firms like GE, Dell and Genpact. He enjoys road trips and gives motivational lectures at various educational institutes. Other titles from the author – Kabira – Not Until I Die.

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One Enduring Lesson

09 Wednesday Aug 2017

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51SOH-NkvFL._SY346_.jpgAuthor – Jamal Merchant

Rating – 5/5 stars

Number of Pages – 274

Publisher – Rupa Publications

One Enduring Lesson is a tale of determination and dreams. It is a journey of a boy who has been recently redundant from his job and dumped by his girlfriend. Rejected in love and out of job, he decided to embark on a new journey to give a chance to his long time dream to become a filmmaker and landed in Mumbai. He thought this could also give him a break from his messed up life in London and give him a new start. Less he knows his life is going to turn upside down and the journey will become a lesson for a lifetime.

Rahul Saxena, a half-Indian British citizen, come to India to fulfill his dream of filmmaking. On the start of his new journey he was robbed and from that day his life takes him to many new adventures and a fight for his survival. In the determination to survive and fulfill his dream to become a filmmaker, his desperate need of urgent money take him to the dark corners of the city of dreams. His secret life threatens the love that he finds. Read to find out how Rahul finds his way out of the darkness and write his own destiny and win his love.

The story is great. It’s a fascinating read. The story shows some of the dark truths of the big city hidden behind the closed doors and curtained windows. I loved the way the story runs and expose various aspects of Indian society and customs imprisoned someone in the name of culture. The author brings the truth naked without losing the sensitivity of the matter. This book could be your that One Enduring Lesson which opens your eyes and make you think. A thought-provoking, enthralling and captivating read.

Author Bio

Jamal Merchant came to England from Tanzania, East Africa, in 1972 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1976. He then settled in London where he is now self-employed as a property finance broker.

Jamal has traveled widely including to India, China, Egypt, USA, Canada and the Middle East. His interests include reading, current affairs, movies and cricket. One Enduring Lesson, a love story based in India, is his debut novel.

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The Lovers

05 Saturday Aug 2017

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image004.jpgAuthor – Amitava Kumar

Rating – 5/5 stars

Number of Pages – 265

Publisher – Aleph Book Company

This is not something we just call a book. The story reads more like a painting of an artist drawn by the words in place of colors. It has colors. Colors of love, disappointment, guilt, regret, desire, and dreams. A story in picture and text, anecdote and essays. This is an extraordinary piece of art of literature.

This is a story of Kailash. His friends teasingly call him Kalashnikov or Ak-47 or sometimes just Ak. He is an immigrant who came to New York from India for a better future and eager to shine. He met some wonderful women Jennifer, Nina, Cai-Yan during the time of his college years and his mentor Professor Ehsaan Ali.

The story sounds like more real than fiction. Again and again, I have to ensure that what I am reading is a work of fiction. I felt I was peeping in the life of Kailash and he is very eager to tell me his story which came from the heart and genuine. That’s the beauty of the story, it feels so real and not fiction.

If you are an art lover, you will love this book. The story gives you every reason you are looking for to fall in love with the book. The reader who read or like to read the fine content and not someone who reads only for pleasure or to fill the gap of the days, if you look at the literature as an art then this book is for you.

This is a story of a youth, Kailash and his campus life. This is a story of self-discovery. This is a story of love and lovers. This is a story for you to read and fall in love with it. This book is for the Lovers of literature. The author played exceptionally with words. The story is truly Mesmerizing.

Author Bio

Amitava Kumar is the author of A Matter of Rats: A Short Biography of Patna; Home Products, which was shortlisted for the Crossword Prize; and A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb, which the New York Times described as a ‘perceptive and soulful….meditation on the global war on terror and its cultural and human repercussions’, and received the Page Turner Award. Kumar’s writing has appeared in Caravan, Harper’s, The Guardian New Yorker, Vanity Fair and the New York Times. His essay ‘Pyre’, first published in Granta, was selected by Jonathan Franzen for Best American Essays 2016. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2016. Kumar is a Professor of English at Vassar College.

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Once Upon a Genie

07 Friday Jul 2017

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34348132.jpgAuthor – Durriya Kapasi

Rating – 4/5 stars

Number of Pages – 190

Publisher – Half Baked Beans

Have you heard the stories of genie? Well, you definitely watched Aladdin. The boy who loved Princess Jasmine and found a genie in a lamp. This genie did not come out of a lamp but from a bottle in which he was trapped by a witch who happened to be the grandmother of Daisy, the protagonist.

Once upon a genie is a story of a young girl Daisy who lost her grandmother and had no one in the world to be called of her own. After she died, Daisy finds out about a treasure box and a bottle inside it. She opened the bottle and a handsome genie came out of it. Khalil Muwahid, the genie gave her three wishes in gratitude of freeing her. The sooner she asks, the sooner he can go back to his land of jinn. She got terrified seeing him at first but gradually there was a strong connection between them, the bond of love.

The story doesn’t end here. Daisy’s best friend, Darren fell for her and suppressed his love seeing Daisy happy with the genie. The Jinn world amended their law and genie can live with Daisy forever only if she will not ask for the third wish. Who will she choose? Does she ask for the third wish?

The first thing crossed my mind after finishing the book is I want that genie. I believe in magic and love everything magical. Books are my that magical window through which I travel the unknown, unseen world.

A good fiction is that makes you believe the unbelievable. The book lived to my expectations and I absolutely fall in love with the story. The beautifully made plot and the storyline. It is an unusual love story of a girl and a genie. Love is the strongest emotion and out of the ordinary pair of this story proves it. Read it to travel the magical world and feel the magic of love.

Author Bio

Durriya Kapasi was born and brought up in the East African country, Tanzania, while her ancestors were from Gujarat, India. She began writing her first book with the pen name Durriya Zaheer on an online storytelling community in 2014. The first story received reasonable appraisal and received nearly million reads online.

Durriya serves as a Creative Writing teacher at a local primary school, an editor of a reputed local magazine and sub-editor at online news site UdaipurTimes.com. She also contributes as a Wattpad Community Ambassador.

Durriya lives in Udaipur Rajasthan. Beside her utmost passion for English Literature and reading, she loves traveling and cooking. She is a Cancer survivor. Know more about her at durriyakapasi.com

You can reach to her at todurriya@gmail.com

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On the Moon between the Stars

28 Wednesday Jun 2017

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34993484.jpgAuthor – Manvendra Kumar

Rating – 3/5 stars

Number of Pages – 180

Publisher – Author Paradise Publishers

A love story is incomplete when love doesn’t make you run for it. ‘On the Moon, Between the Stars’ is YA romance novel. A journey of an ordinary guy to get the girl and love of his life and did everything silly or funny to get his love. It’s a love at first sight story of a boy who was madly in love with a girl and doesn’t want to lose her. But, did the girl also love him or is he just a good friend for her?

Mickesh Roy fell in love with Gauri Trivedi on the first day of his office. She was also a new employee. Their professional relationship grew into a friendship. Mickesh tried everything to woo her and left no stone unturned. He had gone head over heels. He did everything which brings him one step closer to her but Gauri had her own reservations and denied to his proposal every time. She finds a good friend in him and nothing else and reluctant to give him a chance. He doesn’t lose hope and tried again. Rather going forward their relation goes downwards when Gauri decides to take a new job in Kolkata. Mickesh lost all his hope but he is not a man who gives up this easy.

A story of a carefree guy who never took anything seriously in his life whether it is his studies, job or anything. When love comes into his life, it changed everything for him. He did things he never imagined to do, just to be with her and make her smile. It is a light and simple read filled with notoriety and banter of Mickesh and his boundless efforts to get his dream girl.

Author Bio

Manvendra Kumar grew up in a small town of district Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India. He completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida in 2014 before taking up a job in the corporate firm. He is currently working in NTL Electronics India Ltd, Noida as a design engineer. He wanted to be a singer but destiny wanted something else.

Cooking is his favorite time pass. Apart from this, he loves playing cricket and traveling with friends. ‘On the Moon, between the Stars’ is his debut novel which is based on his life events and lessons.

You can reach to him at Facebook/manu.rajput.923

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The Last Bloom

05 Monday Jun 2017

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51RHa+fAZtL.jpgAuthor – Poulomi Sengupta

Rating – 3/5 stars

Number of Pages – 297

Publisher – Frog Books

‘The Last Bloom’ is a Young Adult novel of protagonist Priya. Her dreams, aspirations, a determination to bring a change and a struggle to fit into her new college and survive in midst of college politics without favoring any political party despite continues pressure to join and support them by the leaders of the party or ready to face dire consequences.

She was a topper of her school and ecstatic to join her dream college but found nothing in the college which could meet her expectations. She was disheartened to see that college life is more about politics, mass agitation, boycotts, and less about studies. Young college students are used as pawns by the political parties to fulfill their ulterior motives. However, she enjoyed her fair share of the exciting world of college and the perks attached to it like bunking of classes in lieu of movie shows, adventures rock climbing field trips which are the projects from the curriculum but more felt like an outing with friends. A whole new exciting world unfolds before her.

This novel is written for a cause. It was seen that most talented students from the country emigrate to the developed nations. The novel particularly deals with the present system of education and college environment in Bengal, India.

This book emphasizes on the quality education and less involvement of politics in the education system to understand the education as a privilege and value the opportunity of education over the opportunity of agitations. When India becomes a country with the best education system so that bright students do not have to leave the country for a better future.

The story is simple and entertaining. The thoughtful conversations between Priya and her neighbor Vivek give two distinct perspectives of the youth on the current circumstances. This is not a college romance novel if this is what you expect from YA books. The book makes a point to revive the education system and keep or limit politics from the education system. It is a good read with college drama and not many twists and turns but a definite thought provoking.

Author Bio

Poulomi Sengupta is an alumna of IIT Kharagpur and Jadavpur University India. Presently residing in Mumbai, a geologist, and a social worker, she loves her share of kickboxing and a colorful dose of oil painting to brighten the apparently mundane life.

You can reach to her at Facebook/PoulomiSenguptaTheLastBloom

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The Fragrance of Rose

03 Saturday Jun 2017

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41wR6t8ASkL.jpgAuthor – Chirajit Paul

Rating – 4.5/5 stars

Number of Pages – 214

Publisher – Srishti Publishers and Distributors

We all may have heard about workplace harassment stories. Even laws and anti-harassment company policies are insufficient to prevent these situations on workplace and provide no refuge to women employees. This book brings a story inspired by real life events braided into fiction for the readers.

Rinita Bose lost her father at an early age and her mother after few years. She has to stand alone and face the world outside her small village Phoolbari, near Kolkata. She has an unmatched beauty which makes any man kneel down to her. The big city gives her wings to fly but at a cost. She falls prey in the hands of demons who eye on her to warm their bed. She witnessed harsh realities and darkness of life and men who eye on women to satisfy lustful desires, she finds it hard to believe on a man. She earns money, fame, adulation and success. But, will she ever find love?

The story is of a girl with unmatched aspirations and extraordinary beauty. The author beautifully portraits the character of Rinita Bose. She is not only the protagonist of the story but a woman she carries in her with dignity, beauty, and ambition. The story is sectioned into three parts can be seen as three phases of Rinita Bose which shaped or changed her life and made or mold her into she could never think of.

The story is gripping and fast-paced and surprises you. Expect the unexpected because you do not know what the author platter in front of you next. The book has some mature content and after reading the book and looking at the theme of the story I find that was needed. It is not up to everyone to do justice with a sensitive topic as this and author Chirajit certainly did justice in presenting the story of a girl to his readers.

Author Bio

Born in Kolkata, Chirajit graduated from Calcutta University before undertaking training in Chartered Accountancy. After having worked in various capacities across Finance and System domains he is currently associated with a global consulting firm as an Enterprise Application Specialist. He is an ardent observer of political and social affairs, which often finds reflection in his writing.

He loves to read short stories and wants to do some work in that space someday. This is his first commercial novel. His other work includes ‘The Obituary of Salim Nabi’ which is well received by the readers. Know him more at Chirajitpaul.com

You can reach to him at Facebook/author.chirajitpaul

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The Break-up Clinic

01 Thursday Jun 2017

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41IUFEzCmjL.jpgAuthor – Dr. Govind Sharma

Rating – 4/5 stars

Number of Pages – 116

Publisher – Notion Press

Love is the most beautiful and purest emotion of the world. We all want to get loved by the person we love. We win in love. We lose in love. But, what happens when the person you love is not into you but for purpose of fulfilling their motive and leave you after goal accomplished. The rejection from a loved one can be the most painful experience in life. And it is not easy for everyone to carry on with their lives like nothing happened. Ajay, Karan, and Nisha seek to end their lives as they are driven to despair by failed love relationship. ‘The Break-Up’ Clinic is finding the answer why do some people suffer so much in love? Why there are different outcomes for the same situation?

Break-up Clinic is the story of three main characters of the book Ajay, Karan and Nisha. The story unwinds what they did to land themselves into the Break-up clinic. Break-Up Clinic under the supervision of Doctor Dev helps the people who tried to end their life and having suicidal tendencies. How they assist their patients who came to find a new light in their life? Let’s find this out by grabbing a copy of the book.

The book gives a deep insight why one who lost in love has suicidal tendencies. The way author explains psychotherapy and psychoanalysis aid in lowering the mental sickness of the sufferer is brilliant. The author explains the suicidal tendencies one has with the help of case studies of three characters/patients and their reactions to a failed relationship are very insightful.

The theme of the story is quite different from the other books. The author holds a tight grip on their characters and not a slightest of diversion you find while reading his books. The book is an interesting read and doesn’t bore you for a single second. It is a fast-paced novel of 116 pages attempts to answer the question: why some people try to end their life?

Author Bio

Dr. Govind Sharma is a medical doctor who retired from the Indian Administrative Service in February 2016. Before his retirement, Dr. Sharma worked on various assignments for more than thirty-five years. The Break-Up Clinic is his third book. His other works include ‘Anant Dot Com’ and ‘State vs. Amrit Kumar’.

You can reach to him at Twitter@doctorgovind

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Blemishing the Odds

22 Monday May 2017

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32565856.jpgAuthor – Harish Penumarthi

Rating – 4/5 stars

Number of Pages – 163

Publisher – Half Baked Beans

School days are one of the most memorable days of one’s life. We love to cherish those moments when life was full of happiness, innocence and bittersweet moments. Those are the times we remember all through our life and play and replay in our mind. We find our best of friends who knows our mischievous and darkest secrets and a partner in crime. We create our best of memories during the time. This book brings back some of that notoriety with it in Raghav.

Raghav is a confused boy, who never planned his life and never cared to do so. He has a small world with his best friend Joe, his partner in crime. Whatever life throws at his door he took it and move on. He hates to study and books are the enemy he wants to destroy. But, he somehow managed to climb the grades by god grace. He is the bad boy of the school. But he is not alone in his mischief. His buddy Joe accompanied him and the duo is a pain in the head for everyone. Until one day when a new admission Trisha joined their class. Raghav’s life has changed forever.

Life throws many unexpected and ghastly surprises at him and he is bound to no more remain the same. The life’s unforeseen turns and twists shook him hard but will he change for good or the jolt push him into bad to worst. What happened with Trisha and his lifelong friendship with Joe? The tale of Raghav rejuvenates some of the memories of school.

The book is a Young Adult story of Raghav and Trisha.  It is a well-written and nostalgic book bringing back the good old days. Relish your teenage moments with Raghav and Trisha.

Author Bio

Harish Penumarthi is a budding writer who dreams of taking up writing as his full-time job. Born in Chhattisgarh and brought up in Jamshedpur. He completed his schooling from Vishakhapatnam. He has been hunting for opportunities to hone his writing skills ever since he developed a fondness towards writing. He always dreamt of becoming an influential writer. He banked on every single opportunity that he came across. His brief instincts with a handful of companies allowed him to whet his skills even better.

This is his debut Novel and he etches to write much more.

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