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A man called Ove – Fredrick Bachman Prefer listening to the review instead? Click below:   First of all… it is Ove, not Otto. No offense to Tom Hanks, but no… it is Ove, not Otto. Fredrick Bachman shot up in the list of my fav authors to read when I heard his novel, Anxious People. The man speaks my language… Sarcastic for the joy of being sarcastic… BTW, if you haven’t read it yet…

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In The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V.E. Schwab weaves a hauntingly beautiful tale of a young woman who makes a deal with the devil—gaining immortality, but cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. In this review, we explore the novel's themes of identity, love, art, and what it truly means to leave a mark on the world. Whether you're a fan of fantasy, historical fiction, or emotionally

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 Prefer to listen to the review instead? Head over to the podcast.The Apartment – K L Slater There are some authors which I truly believe are twisted. I mean, like really twisted in their mind. There’s no other explanation why they can come up with stories that make your blood turn to ice. Some people are born with a wicked twist in their brain that allows them to scare the living

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 Prefer to listen? Here's a link to the audio podcast.Hotel by Arthur Hailey I’m a reluctant health nut. That is to say that I work out and walk 10k steps every day but it is done more out of the necessity of it, than the joy. Let me elaborate… a few years ago, I was diagnosed with hypertension. It wasn’t really any surprise, because as a single parent working in an IT project delivery

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 Prefer to listen, instead? Here's a link to podcast.The bone witch trilogy – Rin Chupeco I’ve hardly ever read an author who is considered not Western, or American. So in our “Let’s try something new” era, we are picking up a series by Filipino author, Rin Chupeco. Who writes about a world that has witches, monsters and strange sorcery as part of their daily life. The author Rin

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 Prefer to listen instead? Click here for Audio Podcast.Graveyard Book – Neil GaimanOkay, first things first… I like Gaiman’s books. I do not follow controversies, and I can’t bring myself to mix my reading pleasure with the author’s personal life. Yes, the man is accused of bad things, but that doesn’t diminish the brilliance of his words, or the complexities of his stories. So, NOPE. Won’t

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Prefer to listen? Click here for Audio Podcast.No Kindness Too Soon - Sylvain NeuvelIf you have not read any of Sylvain Neuvel’s work yet… I think you have missed something truly exceptional.My first encounter with Mr. Neuvel’s work was when I picked up his novel Sleeping Giants, the first in his Themis Files trilogy. It’s a story about scientists who are discovering parts of giant robots across

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 Would prefer to listen? Click Here for Audio Podcast.All of us have that one moment in our lives that is kinda unforgettable. A moment that defined us. A moment that turned our lives… sometimes for good, sometimes for bad. But we all have that one moment that we always remember. It could be birth of a child, or epiphany that made you chose your career, or the day you met your partner… or

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 Prefer to listen instead? Click here.Episode thirteen by Craig Dilouie My January started with a hankering for something new… something different… something I wouldn’t normally do… So, I decide to be a little adventurous.. I’ve never been a horror fan. Anyone who knows me, knows that I run away from anything that is scary… but I have enjoyed epistolary novels in the past. I also like

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 Prefer to listen instead? Click hereWith some strange co-incident, Come Sundown became my last book for the year 2024 and now my first review for 2025.When I was younger, and just about beginning to find my likes in English novels, Nora Roberts was a staple in my reading lists. She introduced me to the whole paranormal romance genre. I think the first trilogy from Ms. Roberts that I picked

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 Prefer listening? Click here for podcast.Well… I’m not a fan of anthologies… or any type of short stories collection for that matter. It’s unusual for me to find time and/or interest in anything that isn’t a big fat cohesive story. It’s not like I haven’t given them a try. But I find the disjointed nature of a collection of stories, a little… unsatisfactory. Very few short stories manage to

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 Prefer listening to the review? Click here for Audio Podcast.Never Lie – Freida McFadden Phew… There are very few authors that I’ve read or talked about as polarised as Freida McFadden. In the reading community, people are either in love with her work or hate her… there’s no in-between. I try to steer clear of controversial authors… similar to how I avoid hyped books. But like all bad

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 Listening is more fun. Find the podcast link: HERE. I’m the firstborn in my family. My sister is 9 years younger than me. So I pretty much grew up as a single child in my formative years. That meant I was a teeny bit spoilt but it also meant, I learnt to keep myself busy. And one of the ways that I did that, was pouring over books. I was lucky that growing up I had access to all sorts

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 Prefer to listen instead of reading? Click here.Imagine, being at the bottom end of a long career. Struggling to find relevance. Trying to stay afloat, in a work environment that wants you to quit. A lonely warrior, soldiering on. And then being subjected to something unimaginable, life changing, earth shattering…. Something that changes who you are, what you stand for…Late night radio show

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 Prefer to listen instead? Click here to listen to audio review.Daily commute. Most of us are subjected to the grind of following a commute to our workplaces. Raised in Mumbai, I’ve been a user of Mumbai Local Trains for a long time. There was a time when local trains, took up a large chunk of my workday… to n fro office… 2.5 hours each way. And one of the things that kept me engaged and

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Prefer to listen instead? Click here for a podcast review.The world is a beautiful place. It is filled with wonder and awesome stories. Some stories we know, some we don’t. The world of mythology and folklore is always a fascinating one. Every country in the world has their share of these wonderful elements that are shaped by their own environment. So even when you have similarities between the

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 Prefer to read it instead? Click here for Audio Review.Before we go into this review, lets have some background information about yours truly…I’m a practising Hindu. I’m raised in a household that sprouts stories of Gods and Goddesses as easily as we breathe. Mythology and history are so mixed up in my world that sometimes it is hard for me to separate them. So, my curiosity to read and

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 Prefer to listen instead? You can listen to my podcast review: HEREVerity by Colleen Hoover We took a little trip to the bookstore today. My little one has developed a thing for Manga, so he heads over to the Crossword any chance he gets. He’s a reader, which is what I always wished for him. But what he reads, is not something I do. Frankly, I don’t even understand half the things he reads

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 Prefer to listen instead... Click hereAccidental Alchemist Mystery series – Gigi Pandian. There are a bunch of things that make a series your favourite. Characters, Storyline, plot and plot twists… sometimes, even villains… So when you see a book about a 100+-year-old alchemist who meets a stone gargoyle who speaks French and cooks vegan food and eventually turns into her roommate,

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Prefer to listen to the review? Click here. Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir A lone man, set out to save humanity… deep in space… the last hope of humanity… woke up from the medically induced coma….forgot who he was and couldn’t remember why he was in a metal tube heading to some unknown destination… accompanied by two dead bodies and a computer that is programmed to irritate the hell out

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Would you rather listen to it? Click here for an audio review. Publisher SummaryIt was the perfect vacation fling. And then a body showed up.Jane Austen fan Amelia Bennett sneaks away from a dull tour of an English country manor, only to run into a man more dashing than Mr. Darcy himself. About to lose his ancestral home to family debts, charming aristocrat Tom Calder invites his American

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 Listen to the reviewPublisher’s SummaryAs a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighbourhood. As they’re working in the house one day, there’s a knock on the door. A man stands there with his family, claiming to have lived there years before and asking if it would be alright if he showed his

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Want to listen to the review....  click here: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/Zis6Ad8CwNb What do you want to be when you grow up? I would love to be a happy old lady who loves her home n her family. But that’s not what Maud is… she’s a single, financially secure, slightly grumpy but perfectly sane, 88 year old woman, who enjoys her solitude, her apartment, her travels … and

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 None of this is true – Lisa JewellYou can listen to my podcast review on the link: Listen to my review... In the recent past, I’ve taken to crime thrillers. It was the only thing I was consuming for a brief period. On OTT, On the news, On Audible… anywhere and everywhere. So much so that I had started to see hidden agendas and devious plots in everyday life. When you keep reading or

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 It is hard for me to NOT like a story about fantastical quests, teenage turmoil, magic and family drama. And when the family is linked to Mahabharat and Pandav, dealing with all known Hindu Mythological beings, the like factor just jumps the barometer for sure.This isn't first of Roshani Chokshi's books I read. Her short stories based on Hindu mythology had been few of the most engaging

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