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EBook Review: The peerless

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Life is tricky in some sense. We always feel the other person is blessed and better-off. It’s only when you go through the cycle that you realize that you are good in your own habitat. Author: Ajay Gupte      Publisher: Notion Press   Format: Kindle Edition/Paperback Buy from Here: The peerless .         The peerless- uncommon stories of a common man is a collection of nine different stories of vivid common people mostly based around Maharashtra and Gujarat. The stories revolve around very common men, they could easily be categorized as the guy next door however are quite strong headed regarding the virtues in life and their contribution towards the society. It's a short read with less than 100 pages.                      All the nine stories differ from each other in matter of settings, plot and character development.  Author have very well put forward few minute da...

EBook Review: What Young don't tell

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  " Our parents do say out lives are complete,  but that's exactly what we fear: to end up like them. Work, earn, and die - where's our immortality? " Name: What the Young don't tell. Author: Mohit Jain       Publisher: Notion Press   Format: Kindle Edition/Paperback Buy from Here:   What the Young don't tell         Just like the quote above, this book is like a bridge for the generation gap between today's youth and their parents, a sneak peak into the mind of current generation. It a story of Aaayan, right from his childhood to adult life. The book is divided in to five different phases; comprising of Innocence, Love, Lust, Soul and Destiny. Journey of Aayan in finding himself, and of how he found his calling of becoming a writer. The book explores in detail, thought process of the young generation and how they think and act.Author has very well described the innocence of a child and faith in his mother and ...

EBook Review : LYNCHPIN, best laid scheme of mice and men.

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"Our society has moulded us in such a way that often we forget to ask ourselves, why we do what we do? We have been nurtured and taught to survive, not to live!" Name: Lynchpin, The Best laid schemes of Mice and men Author: Siddharth Maheshwari       Publisher: Leadstart Inkstate   Genre : Psychological thriller         Format: Kindle Edition Price: 150 INR Buy from Here: LYNCHPIN         A pickpocket thief, present at the wrong place at the right time. "Country's fate is going to transform in 30 days" were his last words to  inspector Vikram before falling asleep forever. with this, series of events are set in motions with Collision of two flights, assassination of Walid khan, an infamous terrorist just before the peace accord followed by assassination of chief Justice of India; Inspector Vikarma and DSP Rambir Roy are set on the mission to find the mastermind behind these myhem and to sto...

E Book Review: Under the Mistletoe and other stories

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"Boy,There's no such thing as a tooth fairy. It was just your parents. Ofcourse, there is! Just like there's Santa." Name: Under the Mistletoe and other stories Author: Manali Desai                        Format: Kindle Edition Price: 55 INR Buy from Here:  Under the mistletoe and other stories         Under the Mistletoe and other stories is a collection of 12 short stories and 6 poems, all based on Christmas and New year's theme. The stories are light and well crafted oozing with festive vibes. Stories differ from each other in plot, character and setting with only thing common being the holiday season. Twelve different people with different stories, their lives takes new turn, this new year; is it for the better or worse?       Stories in the book consists of characters from different age group i.e. from a kid waiting for Santa to homeless guy to a soldier. The setting...

Book Review: Dakhma

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"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is the fear of Unknown " Name: Dakhma Author: K. Hari Kumar          Publisher : Hapercollins                     Genre:Horror/Psychological Thriller Format: Paperback Price: 299 INR Buy from Here:  Dakhma           Anahita, a pregnant woman with fear of almost everything, moves to Paradise Heights (Mumbai) with her ambitious husband to start a new life, only to discover not so heavenly past of the apartment. She starts to witness things that are beyond explanation, With her husband occupied with the burden  of creating the image of a political party, she sets upon the quest of  unraveling the truth of the women in maroon dress and her link to dakhma or the tower of silence.Is Anahita  on the path to discover a terrible secret which goes beyond nightmares and corps...

Book Review: Baahir

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Name: Baahir Author: Monisha K. Gumber                                Genre: Motivational Format: Paperback Price: 210 INR Buy from Here:  Bahir "A prospect of foreign land where all your dreams will come true and all your troubles will fade away, a place with new opportunities, adventures and wonders" most of us have been or know someone who is wants to go to a foreign land or Baahir as they say. This is a story of one such girl, Sawera ironically born at midnight, somewher in Pakistan and travels to foreign land in hope of new prospects. The story of her struggle and in- destructible hope, even after repeated failures and crushed efforts to say "Baahir". First look of this book and I was hooked, the cover is so pretty, the cover itself makes us want to know the story of sawera. I loved how the character of sawera had a persistent  hunger for better life, even after so many heartbrea...

Book Review: Yound Blood

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Name: Young Blood  Author: Chandrima Das                                Genre: Horror Format: Paperback Price: 299 INR Buy from Here : Young Blood Young Blood is a collection of ten terrifying horror stories, inspired from various collage tales from places like Khairatabad, Shimla, Delhi, Pune University, Kharagpur, Fergusson, Manipal, Kanpur, Shilong, and Durgapur. Apart from these stories being horror, they also shed light on various issues college going kids face including peer pressure, Suicidal tendency, depression, eve teasing,  Abusive relations etc. The stories differ from each other vastly in terms of setting, characters, basic nature of character, relationships even the evil spirit or ghosts of the stories. All the 10 stories are equally spine chilling and interesting! What I like the most about this book is that even though these are short stories the author took her ...