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The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden | Book Review

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  Katherine Arden where were you all this time? How I didn't know about this amazing author? She has created this masterpiece at her first attempt! 'The Bear and the Nightingale' is fairytale of new era with amazing storyline inspired by Russian folklore and brave heroine.  Genre :   Historical Fantasy Type: Series Age limit : 14+ Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ My Thoughts : Vasilina Petronova, is the youngest daughter of Russian Lord Pyotr Vladimirovich. She grew up in harsh weather of rural Northern Russia where are winters are bone chilling. As youngest of five children and motherless Vasya has been wild, tiny and ugly child who love to listen Russian folklore from her old nurse. As child she doesn't just enjoy them but actually believe them. She also love wondering in forest that surrounded her home and playing with friends that no one seems to see. The friends that appear in stories of Old Dunya. As growing up, her siblings started to live their own life and forget about their...

The Silent Patient By Alex Michaelides | Book Review

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  The Silent Patient is debut novel of British-Cypriot author Alex Michaelides. It is one best-selling psychological thriller of 2019. Genre : Psychological-thriller Type : Standalone Age limit : 18+ Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Thoughts :      This story revolve around Alicia Benson. She is a famous painter who lived in London in a really big house with her fashion photographer husband Gabriel. They have this perfect married life that everyone envied.     But one day, there picture perfect life tainted with tragedy when Alicia shot her husband in face and killed him. When police found them, Alicia was covered in blood with a gun that she used to kill her husband. She never admitted the crime nor denied it. In fact, she never utter a single word after that. Once the beautiful woman with with bright future, now became a "The Silent Patient".     Now come our narrator, who tell us this fascinating story. That is Theo Gerber. As a psychotherapist, he is intrigu...

The Mary Shelly Club by Goldy Moldavasky | Book Review

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New York bestselling author- Goldy Moldavasky delivers the angsty YA thriller novel filled with group of teenagers who are obsessed with horror.  Genre :   Horror, YA-thriller Type : Standalone Age limit : 18+ Rating : ⭐⭐⭐½ My Thoughts : Do you know who Mary Shelley is? She was famous English novelist who wrote classic gothic horror novel called Frankestein in 1818, which considered as  gothic icon. Her book has turn into many movie adaptations. So let's get back to our story called "The Mary Shelley Club". Rachel Chavez is a new girl at private highschool, Manchester Prep. But as a scholarship kid, she stood odd among the cluster of rich students. But at one party, a prank goes wrong and she became the target of head mean girl. But somehow, Rachel attracts the attention of Mary Shelly Club; a secret club of student who are obsessed with horror movies. They gather every week and watch horror movies. Also, they create scariest prank every month. They always prep...

10 Best Ways To Get Free Books | Book Tricks

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  Do you want free books? I mean who doesn't? Honestly, I remember those days when I have less money to buy books. It was luxury, you know? I used to save my pocket money to fuel my passion for reading. If I didn't have money then I used to go library. But after many years of struggle I have discovered 10 best ways to  read books without spending a single penny. Believe me, it's completely true. I have made list of websites where you can search your favorite book and download them. Now let's go! P. S. :- If you want to visit certain website click on the respective title. 1. Z-library : This is my one of the favorite way to get good book. Z-library is one of the world’s largest eBooks that contains more than 8,102,023 eBooks and 80,759,557 articles. Its vast collection features various genres of fiction and non-fiction eBooks. One of the best features of this site is that you can download eBook in any format like PDF, EPUB, MOBI, etc. 2. PDF Drive : It is one of my favo...

The Night Olivia Fell by Christina McDonald | Book Review

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It’s an emotionally packed domestic suspense thriller novel where one mother goes many length to discover the truth behind how her daughter became brain dead. And pregnant. Genre: Suspense-thriller Type: Standalone Age limit: 18+ Rating: ⭐⭐½ My Thoughts: At midnight, Abi Night got call from police that is every mother’s nightmare. Her seventeen year daughter Olivia fallen off a bridge. Not only she is declared brain dead but she must keep on life support until she delivered her unborn child. But bruises on her lifeless daughter tell a different story. But then police ruled this case as an accident which unsettled Abi. She can’t rest until the truth behind the night Olivia fell reveal. She follows the clues and unravels the life of her teenage daughter. Was Olivia’s fall was truly accident or result of something sinister? It’s really wonder, how I finished this book. Usually, I have a very bad habit of leaving the book in middle. The only thing that saved this book was the amazing ...

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu | Book Review

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I stumbled upon this famous Sci-fi trilogy called as The Three-body Problem by Chinese author Cixin Liu. It’s famous book that is translated into many languages. There is also high budget Netflix series is in making based on this book. So I decided to check this book first. It is hardcore science fiction which lead to journey that feels more real than fictional. Genre: Science-fiction Type: Trilogy Age limit: 18+ Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Thoughts: Cixin Liu has created a story that resembles more of a future reality than a fiction. It jumps in two timeline i.e. 1967 & present day. In 1967, when China was going through cultural revolutions many of the scholars has loss their lives because of scientific faith. Ye Weinjie, a young prominent astrophysicist was one of the survivors who witness the cruel and humiliating execution of her professor father. As a daughter of anti-nationalist she was sent to labour camp where harsh realities mold her into the person that hates everything. But unexpect...

Wish I Could Tell You by Durjoy Datta | Book Review

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  This book has certainly made me speechless in a way that I never thought it would. It is not just love story, it’s a journey of knowing your other half and at the end you may find your true self. It is indeed one of the best work of Durjoy Datta. Genre : Romance Type: Standalone Age limit : 16+ Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Thought: Can you find yourself after you have lost that special someone? Anusha is a straightforward girl who approach world in a practical way. She can come as mean but her nature is moulded by past betrayal that left her heartbroken. The budding writer Anusha comes across wedonate.com an organization that helps needy people. As a normal self-centred girl, she struggled in her new job. But she finally got intrigued by a case of a boy named Gautam who is in coma. She finds her own personality in Gautam. But Gautam is a famous internet troller who is hated by whole social media people. Gautam’s campaign is failing because people want him dead instead of alive. But Anusha h...