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Some weeks back I posted a comment on the fanpage of the book after reading a sample chapter that the author sent me. In the comment, I proclaimed that Kasturi Shukla, the protagonist of Ruchita Misra‘s ‘The Ineligible Bachelors’ is the desi Bridgette Jones and I could not wait to read the book. So I received this book some four days back and immediately took it in my hand, discarding other small things like work and taking a bath. The book as people believe is not about arranged marriages though…

EBook: 231 pages
Genre : Chick Lit Humour
Publisher: Prospera 2011
Source: eBook provided by the author in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.
First Sentence : ‘Please not the Kumquat marmalade again’ Willow Watts whispered as an elderly lady beckoned with a spoonful of jelly.
Author’s Website Quote: One country girl is about to discover that fame can cost a fortune
A Favourite Quote: If there was one thing she’d learnt from this Marilyn fiasco, it was that if something was important, you had to fight for it.…

Author: Rashmi Kumar
Publisher: Rupa & Co.

It is seen through the eye of a bubbly 28-year-old journalist – Radhika Kanetkar – right from the time she took her first step into the newsroom, got her first story and made bloopers, to how she handled pressures to meet deadlines. In the midst of all this, she experiences a journey of triumph, anguish, jealousy and of course, finds her true love.

I know a few journalists in Delhi, but the common thread among their personalities has always been ardent passion towards…

Author: Anuja Chauhan
Price: Re.299 /-
Publication: Harper Collins India 

Battle for Bittora, as the name & the cover suggest is a romantic cum political battle. Jinni, a 25 year old belongs to a political lineage but still has carved a career in Animation. Leading a peaceful & normal life in Mumbai, her life goes topsy-turvy when her stubborn yet adorable grandmother shows up at her door and drags her to Bittora all because she feels that it is Jinni’s duty to take up politics.

Jinni, short for Sarojini ,…

The Great Indian Love Story- A terrible book!
reviewed  by nikhimenon on 8:12 PM

Ira Trivedi’s ‘The Great Indian Love Story’ tries to explore the darker side of Delhi and it’s socialite class.Though her intention to tell a bold and provocative tale on the lives of rich and the mighty is noteworthy it’s treatment is so bland that the story loses its track right after the first few chapters itself.The characters appear as if they are sleep walking through a Madhur Bhandarkar movie with almost everyone sleeping around with everyone…

I have been meaning to read Sophie Kinsella’s for quite sometime now!! My first pick of the year was her The Undomestic Goddess.I must say that I thorougly enjoyed the book and I am glad I picked it up! Sophie’s writing is witty, humourous and can keep the readers glued till the end.

Samantha Sweeting, a 29 year old lawyer with an IQ of 158 works for London’s biggest law firm. But she is forced to flee from the company when she is very close to achieving her goal of…

I’ve been following Parul Sharma’s blog for a while now and I have to admit that I love her style of writing.Her first book, Bringing up Vasu was promptly devoured in a few hours and left me waiting for her next book. I was excited when Friends of books let me have a review copy of her second book, By the water Cooler.
Mini and Tanya have let go of their jobs in an ad agency and have joined JR enterprises to take their careers to the next level.Little do…

The pink coloured cover of this book with a picture of a woman in a spaghetti top ,stilettos and yoga pants sitting in a yoga pose clutching a handbag somehow almost screams “Don’t take me seriously!.”But Lucy Edge’s travel memoir is not as flippant as you would think it would be.Lucy,a disenchanted Londoner,who works for a huge ad agency is tired of coming up with ideas to sell margarine.She decides to travel to India in search of enlightenment and a perfect headstand.I know what you are thinking..Sounds like a copy-cat…

Review by SmithaI have been a big fan of Marian Keyes since I read her ‘ Anybody Out There’. ‘Lucy Sullivan is getting married’ is a regular chick-lit with all the elements in place. Lucy Sullivan works in a boring office, in London. Her work mates persuade her to come with them to see a psychic. Lucy goes, despite being bankrupt and having no faith in fortune tellers. The psychic tells her that she sees marriage for her in the not too far off future, with someone who is not…

Book Reviewed by  Sumana

Londoner Tilly Cole walks into her home one day to discover her live-in boyfriend of many years has “done a runner.” Startled by just how heartbroken she doesn’t feel, Tilly gets away to visit her friend Erin in Roxborough, out in the Cotswolds, for a little fresh air and time to regroup. It’s there that she meets Max Dineen, a local single dad, and his daughter Lou — as well as Jack Lucas, the “tragic widower” whose gorgeous physique competes with his wit and friendly manner…