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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I-SPY: A Peep into the World of Spies by Amit Bagaria

I-SPY A peep into the world of spies book review

I-Spy: A Peep into the World of Spies is a classy non-fiction book by famous author Amit Bagaria who has written 10 books in quick succession and became popular among a certain section of readers of non-fiction books. In this book, the author has analysed the intelligence prowess of the countries that lead the world-order in terms of intelligence gathering and safeguarding one’s nation against internal and external threats by eliminating and marking the enemies. He has

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USAma (2nd edition): Is USA the World’s Largest Terrorist? by Amit Bagaria

USAma by Amit Bagaria book review

Terrorism has become the biggest threat in the contemporary world. Though the threat of ‘Fat Boy’ has gone now because every nation has realised the consequences of war, the threat that looms above us is certainly terrorism. However, the fight against terrorism has become the subterfuge for many nations (like the USA) to grind their own selfish axes. Osama Bin Laden was one of the terrorists who terrorised the world for almost one decade after pushing the

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Demythsifying Myths: Demystifying 18 Myths about India by Amit Bagaria

Demythsifying Myths by Amit Bagaria review

Background of the Book:
A distance from ‘truth’ can mislead you to a room of darkness that is often full of ignorance and, obviously, lies. Sometimes, the attempt is made deliberately because of our ideological or otherwise affiliations and sometimes it happens because we just want to roll with the status quo. The same is the condition with India’s history where much misinformation has been created to mislead the masses form the truth. However, there are

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Casino Royale – Ian Fleming – Book Review

Casino Royale by Ian Fleming Review

Whenever you think about either a spy movie or spy thriller novel, with the blink of eyes the first name you will recall is surely gonna be James Bond. Well, I am not here to put up a fight with the fans of Jason Bourne or Ethan Hunt. Neither am I here to hail-high his lordship, James Bond. However, James Bond’s fame is something that can seldom be matched by any other fictional characters! Ian Fleming, the novelist

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

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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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Tatva, Soul & Karma by Tanuj Lalchandani – Book Review

Tatva, Soul & Karma Tanuj Lalchandani book review

Book: Tatva, Soul & Karma
Genre: Non-fiction, religious, spiritual
Author: Tanuj Lalchandani
Published in: 2019
Reviewed by: Amit for Active Reader Book Blog
Rating: 5/5 Stars

I really love reading spiritual books and those are the closest to my heart. The best thing about spiritual books is that they just don’t provide reading pleasure but also a lot of information can be found in spiritual books. Out of many spiritual books I have

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SHE by Dr Sarika Jain – Book Review

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Book: SHE: A message for those who belittle girls
Author: Dr Sarika Jain
Published by: Blue Rose Publications
Year: 2019
Review by: Smita for Active Reader Book Blog
Rating: 3.8/5 stars

I have been assigned to review this debut title by a talented author named Dr Sarika Jain. Her book is a lasting impression upon my mind as I could relate myself to many of the issues she has raised. However,

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The ON Side of Office by Himanshu Saxena – Review

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A change sometimes is essential. I changed my reading course for once, recently, and got my hands on something that’s different – a book written by Himanshu Saxena – The ON Side of Office. The cover gives an impression of the book being a novel but it isn’t. This is a first-hand experience of being in professional life for about 16 years and now the author wants to share his professional experience with many others who are in

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