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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 Lost by Natasha Preston | Book Review

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  The YA thriller queen and New York best-seller author Natasha Preston is created a darker world where people can do anything to survive. Buy this on amazon! Summary : In Piper's hometown, teenagers keep disappearing, and everyone assumes they're just a bunch of runaways. But when yet another person disappears, Piper and her best friend Hazel suspect something more sinister is going on. So they decide to investigate, determined to learn the truth. Their search for answers leads them to the source of the missing people...and their captors. Piper and Hazel suddenly find themselves locked away in a secluded building in the middle of a privately owned forest. But the building isn't only meant to keep them imprisoned; every room is a test to see if they can make it out alive. And failure means being lost...forever. Genre : Thriller Language : English Pages : 304 ISBN:   978-1 492652267 Publisher:  Sourcebooks Fire ( 26 March 2019) Review: This is my first read from a...

One Arranged Murder by Chetan Bhagat | Book Review

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  Buy this on amazon India’s bestselling author Chetan Bhagat’s latest novel is full of surprises and quite entertaining storyline. This novel is sequel to Bhagat’s 2018 novel The Girl in Room 105, but it can be read as standalone. Summary : Keshav has set up an investigation agency with his best friend, Saurabh. Can the two amateur detectives successfully solve another murder case that affects them personally? And where will it leave their friendship? ‘Ever since you found Prerna, I lost my best friend’ is what I told Saurabh. Hi, this is Keshav, and Saurabh, my best friend, flatmate, colleague and business partner, won’t talk to me. Because,  I made fun of him and his fiancĂ©e. Saurabh and Prerna will be getting married soon. It is an arranged marriage. However, there is more cheesy romance between them than any love-marriage couple. On Karva Chauth, she fasted for him. She didn’t eat all day. In the evening, she called him and waited on the terrace for the moon and for ...

The First Time She Drowned By Kerry Kletter | Book Review

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                                                                             Buy it on amazon! I'm so excited to write my first blog post about book review!! I can't wait to share my thoughts about books and other bookish things with you all. This is going to be so much fun. So my first book review is about my first read of 2021. This is Kerry Kletter's debut novel "The Fist Time She Drowned".  Summary :   She'll try to remember. She'll try to forget. Cassie O’Malley has been trying to keep her head above water—literally and metaphorically—since birth. It’s been two and a half years since Cassie’s mother dumped her in a mental institution against her will, and now, at eighteen, Cassie is finally able to reclaim her life and enter the world on her own terms.  But freedom is...