My Rating: 4/5 stars
Hardcover, 464 pages
Published June 6th 2017 by Hamish Hamilton
About this Book:
How to tell a shattered story?
By slowly becoming everybody.
No?
By slowly becoming everything. Continue reading
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Chanakya (Itihasa series #1) by Ashok K Banker
My Rating : 4/5 stars
166 pages
Published June 25th 2018 by Westland
About this book:
Jurist, war strategist, kingmaker. Master administrator. Author of the Arthashastra. But before the legend, there was the boy: Vishnu Gupta. Pataliputra, capital of the great Nanda empire, is teeming with crime and corruption. Granted unlimited authority by the hedonistic emperor Mahapadma Nanda, evil mastermind Maha-amatya Kartikeya has the city in a vice-like grip. But another name bubbles up through the chaos; there is talk of a young genius, Vishnu Gupta. When the Maha-amatya investigates the rumours, he recognises a future rival in the boy. He is determined to destroy this competition from the roots – family and all. Vishnu must gather all his wits and his formidable knowledge to protect everything he holds dear. The holy scriptures, his brilliant interpretations of the Vedas and the power of his unmatched mind: these are the only tools he has against the might of the most powerful man in the empire. Continue reading
Rebel Sultans by Manu S Pillai
Hardcover, First, 336 pages
Published June 15th 2018 by Juggernaut
My Ratings: 3.5/5 stars
My review:
Because I am not much into history but this book was good. I haven’t read Manu S Pillai’s The Ivory Throne and read this book because I basically have little to no knowledge about history. So when I started reading the book, I had expected it to be boring text that just went on and on but instead, I got stories of individual characters told in a good narrative. Continue reading
Crime Beyond 22 yards by Sourabh Mukherjee
My Ratings: 3/5 stars
The book is provided by Arudhaa Club in exchange for a genuine review.
47 pages
Published June 15th 2018 by Srishti Publishers
About this book:
During the summer of 2000, Delhi Police brought allegations of match-fixing against the South African skipper Hansie Cronje. Though he denied the allegations to start with, Cronje later went on to reveal shocking truths. The confessions of a bookie in India then went on to shake the foundations of valour and gallantry that the game of cricket stands for. Before long, the scandal spread its tentacles all over the world. Crime Beyond 22 Yardsis a fast-paced reality thriller that throws light on the biggest international scandal in the game of cricket, how heroes turned overnight into villains, and how there was tragic redemption at the end of this sordid saga. Continue reading
Road to Cherry hills: The Journey continues by Sohini Bagchi
My ratings: 3/5 stars
About this Book:
Road to Cherry Hills takes us into the world of Rimjhim, as she walks down the memory lane to her campus days where she meets Ankit, falls head over heels for him and thought her life has changed forever. Of course it did, but in the most unexpected ways, as she soon finds her life taking a completely different turn. Rimjhim, now a single mother and a successful professional, moves on to fight her own battle. She didn’t need special power to do so, but a strong willpower to overcome difficult times. That willpower which we all have but we are only one step away to realise it. The story narrates her trials and tribulations, her dilemmas and achievements, her darkest fears and her deepest desires as she embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Continue reading
Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz
My Ratings: 4/5 stars
128 pages
Published September 14th 2017 by Charco Press
This was a Manbooker International 2018 nominated book.
My Review:
When you’re away, every second of silence is followed by a hoard of demons infiltrating my brain.
The book is about one thing and one thing alone (to me, every person has their own interpretation), solitude. The necessity of solitude is at its highest for a mother after she has given birth. Forget the usual notions about maternal instincts and wanting to be near the baby. Every part of this book somehow signifies that one essential need of being selfish, self-indulgent and in solitude.
The book is about one thing and one thing alone (to me, every person has their own interpretation), solitude. The necessity of solitude is at its highest for a mother after she has given birth. Forget the usual notions about maternal instincts and wanting to be near the baby. Every part of this book somehow signifies that one essential need of being selfish, self-indulgent and in solitude.
Fever Dreams by Samanta Schweblin
My Rating: 5/5 stars
192 pages
Published January 10th 2017 by Riverhead Books
This was one of the Man Booker International nominated books of 2017.
About this book: (Should probably skip this and delve right into the book)
A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She’s not his mother. He’s not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of family.
Fever Dream is a nightmare come to life, a ghost story for the real world, a love story and a cautionary tale. One of the freshest new voices to come out of the Spanish language and translated into English for the first time, Samanta Schweblin creates an aura of strange psychological menace and otherworldly reality in this absorbing, unsettling, taut novel. Continue reading
