“… my individuality had tormented me my whole life with its demand to be recognised.” Second Place is a rewriting of Mabel Dodge Luhan’s memoir “Lorenzo in Taos”, which talks about the time D. H. Lawrence came to stay with her in Taos, New Mexico. The story is about our protagonist M who invites L …
Review: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
This story is about a lot of things, but mostly idiots. I specifically am thinking about the idiot who happens to be the guy who was supposed to pack for me an undamaged book or maybe the idiot is the Amazon delivery guy who damaged the book during transportation. You see when this book was …
Review & Blog Tour: Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
Shiori, the only princess of Kiata, has a secret. Forbidden magic runs through her veins. Normally she conceals it well, but on the morning of her betrothal ceremony, Shiori loses control. At first, her mistake seems like a stroke of luck, forestalling the wedding she never wanted, but it also catches the attention of Raikama, her stepmother.
Raikama has dark magic of her own, and she banishes the young princess, turning her brothers into cranes, and warning Shiori that she must speak of it to no one: for with every word that escapes her lips, one of her brothers will die. Penniless, voiceless, and alone, Shiori searches for her brothers, and, on her journey, uncovers a conspiracy to overtake the throne—a conspiracy more twisted and deceitful, more cunning and complex, than even Raikama’s betrayal. Only Shiori can set the kingdom to rights, but to do so she must place her trust in the very boy she fought so hard not to marry. And she must embrace the magic she’s been taught all her life to contain—no matter what it costs her.
Review: Animal by Lisa Taddeo
Title: Animal Author: Lisa Taddeo Publisher: Bloomsbury India Publication date: 28 June 2021 Age group: Adult Genres: Thriller, Contemporary Fiction Synopsis: Honestly, sometimes I think it’s the only recourse. Killing men in times like these . Joan has spent a lifetime enduring the cruel acts of men. But when one of them commits a shocking act of violence in front of her, …
Review and Blog Tour: The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Title: The Jasmine Throne Author: Tasha Suri Publisher: Orbit Books Publication date: 08 June 2021 Cover art: Micah Epstein (illustrator), Lauren Panepinto (designer) Age group: Adult Genres: Fantasy Synopsis: Imprisoned by her dictator brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an ancient temple that was once the source of the powerful, magical …
Review: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Malibu: August 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit. Together the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over—especially as the offspring of the legendary singer Mick Riva.
The only person not looking forward to the party of the year is Nina herself, who never wanted to be the center of attention, and who has also just been very publicly abandoned by her pro tennis player husband. Oh, and maybe Hud—because it is long past time for him to confess something to the brother from whom he’s been inseparable since birth.
Jay, on the other hand, is counting the minutes until nightfall, when the girl he can’t stop thinking about promised she’ll be there.
And Kit has a couple secrets of her own—including a guest she invited without consulting anyone.
Review: Forever by Assia Petricelli and Illustrated by Sergio Riccardi
Genre: Graphic Novel, Sequential Art, Romance, LGBT Publisher: Europe Comics Pages: 160 Publication Date: April, 2021 My Rating: 5 out of 5 bookmarks Synopsis: What is this “love” everyone talks about? Viola doesn’t yet know. But it is a question she is asking herself more and more, because at her age there are some kinds …
Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
“I’m under absolutely no obligation to make sense to you.” This is my very first book by Taylor Jenkins Reid (TJR) and if this is all I could say about it, then it’ll be that The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is my new favorite book and TJR is an author who is now on …
Review: Patriarchy and the Pangolin by Aditi Patil
When I first saw the title of this book, I knew immediately that I MUST read it! Patriarchy and the Pangolin by Aditi Patil is a short genre bender book encompassing the genres of travelogue, feminism and natural history. If it were up to me, I’d even add humour to it! What is the book …
Review: The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
“Important things remain important things, no matter how much the world changes. Their essence doesn’t change. If you keep them, they’re bound to bring you something in return.” The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa originally written in Japanese, first published in 1994, and translated by Stephen Snyder in 2019 is a book with a unique …