Her Passover: A book on menopause and many things associated with it by Dr Jasmin Johnson

Her Passover Story of Menopause Love and anger Dr jasmin

Women writers in India have always stood up to the occasion many times and produced something that was either in long demand or had not been explored earlier. Menopause has been one of such subjects and this is something that only a woman can understand the best, and a doctor can substantiate the emotional aspects with scientific backings. And both these perspectives, successfully, have been covered by Dr Jasmin Johnson in her wonderfully written book, Her Passover: Story of Menopause,

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The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah – Book Review

The Four Winds Kristin Hannah book review

Well, a part of the class is still lingering… in patches… when we talk about fiction in our ages. I could have enjoyed a little more depth and polish in the language but everything else seemed perfectly fine with the latest novel by Kristin Hannah – The Four Winds, an NYT bestseller novel! The novel has a historical background to it and an extra layer of man-woman sport has been added to the novel to conveniently sail about 400 pages

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One Arranged Murder by Chetan Bhagat – Book Review

One Arranged Murder by Chetan Bhagat book review

Though I do not generally like to read and review Chetan Bhagat’s books, I had to. No one else was showing any interest in the book after reading 2-3 chapters and the book has been touted as a popular one, yet again, by Bhagat. Therefore, someone has to take the curse and when nobody approached forward, I had to. Before we start the review and bring forth the qualities and shortcomings of this title by Mr Bhagat, can you guess

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An Unusual Honeymoon by Mamta Kashyap – Review

An Unusual Honeymoon by Mamta Kashyap active reader book review

Romantic fiction may never have been my forte, to be honest. I agreed to review the book by Mamta Kashyap because my friend presented this work to me with a very solid enthusiasm and a challenge that I would read it to the very last page. Well, I DID! I read An Unusual Honeymoon to the very last page and to be frank, I would say that my friend was right, to a very great extent in his overly visible

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One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat – Book Review

One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat book review active reader

I am late to the party! I know already. One Indian Girl has been one of the most discussed novels in the 21st-century Indian history of English literature, there should be no doubts about this truth which cannot be impugned by any scholar or critic. However, there have been many issues related to the novel that can be (and should be, rather must be) debated vehemently because Chetan Bhagat is one of the most influential novelists in India

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The World’s Oldest, Most Powerful Secret Society – Book Review

The World's Oldest Most Powerful Secret Society book review Anand Mohan Active Reader

Anand Arungundram Mohan’s The World’s Oldest, Most Powerful Secret Society is like a fantasy joy ride that has bumps, pauses, halts, flights, jumps and falls… It has too little to do with the mundane that we have around us in our lives. It will let you soar high in the world of imagination that the novelist has created. I will begin with the plot.

If I try to recreate how it all begins for the readers,

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The Tailor’s Needle by Lakshmi Raj Sharma – Book Review

The Tailor's Needle by Lakshmi Raj Sharma review

Novel: The Tailor’s Needle
Author: Lakshmi Raj Sharma
Publisher: Penguin India
Year: 2012
ISBN: 978-0143416760
Page Count: 336
Genre: Pre-Independence Fiction, British-Raj Fiction, Historical Novel

While contemporary literature is facing a crisis in India with an abundance of literature being published without quality and purpose, the novels which are well-positioned and worth-reading are either not very much visible

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The Penthouse by Niraj Sharma – Book Review

The Penthouse by Niraj Sharma book review

Niraj Sharma’s novel, The Penthouse, is a work that compresses human ambitions, emotions and violence altogether. It is a journey of a penniless ambitious young man, Vito Ricci, who belongs to Italy. Like everyone, Vito aims to earn more and more money as fast as possible so that he can live a luxurious life. He believes that honesty cannot buy him luxurious which he longs for. So, he decides to join a gang of criminals and begins

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You were my Crush: Durjoy Datta – Book Review

You were my crush Durjoy Datta book review

There are many novels that we can safely push towards the young readers’ shelves. Many works or simply all the works by Durjoy Datta fall into the same basket. You Were My Crush… Till You Said You Love Me is Published by Penguin Metro Reads in the year 2011. Though there are some of the best crime thriller novelists in India who have written meaningful and exemplary literature recently, most of

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The Great Indian Bust: A Coming of Age Fiction – Review

The Great Indian Bust Rishabh review novel

The Great Indian Bust by Rishabh Bhatnagar is the latest novel by him and it has been the talk among book lovers for a few weeks now. With a good rank on Amazon and good feedback on Goodreads, it was my turn to get a copy of this work and find out what’s inside. The full title of the novel is The Great Indian Bust: A Coming of Age Fiction and the subtitle clarifies many things at

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