Archive | October, 2011

Author: Parikshit Rane

Publisher: Frog Books

The Ancient book is like that quick take-away meal which will satisfy your hunger but will leave you wanting more out of it and i mean that in the best form of the word. It is a fantasy fiction novella that transports the reader into a magical world of Angdom and the gruesome colony of Satan called Lyncastia that is increasing at an alarming rate. A magical dark cloud prepared by Queen Witch Gilda hovers over all the captured territories and has the ability…

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Heartland- On the Side of Angels
By TERRI SEDMAK

Kelly and Luke form the heart of this epic novel. The chapters are written in a very unique manner dedicated to the protagonist on the scene at that moment of the story.  The stories are written in a conversational mode and one feels like it’s been enacted in front of the eyes with lots of emotions which the readers tries to visualize and enact through the verses. That’s one unique USP that has resulted in this huge compilation. The story…

Author: Chital mehta

Publisher: Diamond Books

Having lived in a dream world where everything seems perfect, Khushi is heart – broken when Rohit, her boyfriend of two years, dumps her for another blonde. Since then, she resolves to seal her heart for love convinced that she would never fall in love ever. Just when she moves on with her life surrounded by friends who help her our to mend her broken heart, she meets Jai, Mr. Perfect – her boss. At least, that’s what Khushi thought about him. Despite her…

In the Northern Frontier Province of Kenya, in a vast stretch of land where Civilization has still not cushioned itself completely, George, a Senior Game Warden of the territory is at his base camp. His primary job role is to prevent poaching and dealing with dangerous animals that trouble the tribesmen.
A Boran Tribesman is killed by a lion accompanied by a lioness and as part of George’s duty he has to track it down. They enter the habitat of the animals. And a Lioness nails them down.
George and…

Title: The TakerAuthor: Alma KatsuPublisher: Arrow Books, Random House UKGenre: Fantasy FictionISBN: 978-0099552840Pages: 512Source: PublisherRating: 5/5
The Taker by Alma Katsu has to be one of my best reads of 2011. The minute I put it down, I had the urge to pick it up and re-read it, though the mystery had unraveled itself for me. The Taker is not like anything else you’ve read before. I say that almost about a lot of books I read, however this one truly takes the cake.
The story centers on Lanny, who…

Kit Corrigan has always dreamed of being a star. But in order to get there, she needs to break up with Billy, who’s going to Korea, and leave her family in Providence, Rhode Island, to move to New York City. There, she finds small roles and a city that’s tough to live in. After she meets with Billy’s father, Nate, things get a little easier. But Nate is a lawyer who defends mobsters, and soon Kit realizes that she has to do what he asks of her. Kit’s life starts…

            I finished reading “Accidentally In Love” by one of the most favorite pulp-fiction writer of youth- Nikita Singh. I came to know about her first book through Facebook which is “Love @ Facebook”. I saw the cover page and I read some reviews and I got to know that her first book is something very special. I never got to read it because I was busy in reading other books as I committed those writers that I’m…

A BLIND MAN’S MAP OF MUMBAI, a book, well, obviously set in Mumbai! A golden box, and a murder. That is where this novel begins. A blind man-a street musician, a young schoolboy and his friend, and an inspector set out through the streets of this vast, complicated city to recover the contents of the diamond encrusted gold box which contains a bit of history. A bit of love from the Mughal emperor known throughout the world for building the Taj Mahal to his loved one. A national treasure is…

Dunham Girl’s School, the best school in Asia. That is Advaita’s new life. No longer is she at home. Her mother, her father and annoying little sister seem so far away in Delhi while she lives in and breathes the fresh air at Dehradun. She especially misseS her bookcase filled with her most beloved books which she haS read over and over again.
Advaita’s imagination becomes her refuge as she enters a world of fantasy and curiosity. While her annoying classmate,Priya, babbles on about the expanding business empire of her…

“The Mystery Of The Silk Umbrella” is one of those books you feel you could read over and over again and still be entranced by it. It is a small one hundred and fifty-six page book that is choco-block full of adventure and humor. Arjun and Divya’s mother, Roopa Mani rents a purplish-pink silk umbrella, with a carved steel tip, gold embroidery on the silk, a polished wooden handle and a goldish sort of lining from Jaam-Jaam Costume Co.Rather extraordinary is it not?As an old pot-bellied pujari exclaimed,”That umbrella looks…