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Title: Hide me among the Graves
Author: Tim Powers
Publisher: William Morrow, Harper Collins
ISBN: 978-0061231544
Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction
Pages: 528
Source: Publisher
Rating: 4/5
This is the first Tim Powers novel I have read and can confidently say that may be I will read another one. I liked this one. I did not love it but I sure did like it a lot. The blend of fantasy fiction and historical fiction intrigued and that’s what prompted me to read this book. I am glad I did. It was…

Title: Fifty Shades of Grey
Author: E.L. James
Publisher: Arrow Books, Random House UK
ISBN: 978-0-09-957993-9
Pages: 514
Genre: Fiction, Erotic Fiction
Source: Publisher
Rating: 3.5/5
BDSM stories are not my cup of tea – somehow the entire concept doesn’t appeal to me (quite traditional in that matter). However I really enjoyed E.L. James’, “Fifty Shades of Grey”. I came across the book through the people at Random House India and somehow it turned out to be a racy and an entertaining read.
The book is much talked about and…

Title: Out of Oz: The Final Volume in the Wicked Years
Author: Gregory Maguire
Publisher: William Morrow, Harper Collins
ISBN: 978-0-06-054894-0
Genre: Literary Fiction
Pages: 568
Source: Publisher
Rating: 5/5
When Gregory Maguire started writing the Oz series, I am sure he must have known how big this would be and it turned out to be just that – one big success, rippling through with excitement and sardonic humour and tragedy in almost every volume. The last volume in the series, “Out of Oz” is as addictive as the rest.…

‘The Secrets of the Nagas’, by Amish proceeds from the trail left in the ‘The Immortals of Meluha’. At the conclusion in Meluha, Sati was abducted by the surreptitious Naga warrior and the central crux of this subsequent book is Shiva’s mission to catch the chasing evil, while lifting the shadowy shroud of the Naga. He also has to avenge the slaying of his beloved associate Brahaspati, who considered him as his brother.
Shiva chooses to visit the Ram temple at Ayodhya while struggling to understand if the Chandravanshis are…

Title: The Night CircusAuthor: Erin MorgensternPublisher: Harvill Secker, Random House UKISBN: 978-1846555244Genre: Fantasy, FictionPages: 400Source: PublisherRating: 5/5
I am not the one who would willingly read novels from the fantasy genre. Somehow fantasy and I don’t go together. However, when I received a copy of The Night Circus, I knew this book was unlike any other fantasy book. In fact, I would say it charmed the pants off me. The Night Circus is a breath-taking book and I cannot help but gush and rant about it. It is that brilliant.…

Genre: YA Fantasy
Fantasy fiction novels introduce you to a new world bringing with it the story of an ordinary person like us. It is an absolute thrill for some readers like me and I cannot get enough of it. Yet there are only few such books that really stay with you for a long time. Remember Harry Potter? Twilight? Eragon? Therefore, I am delighted that I can add one more to my list – The Iron Few Series.
The Iron King is the first of the series and this…

Before starting I should make it clear that I love Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni for writing “The Palace of Illusions”. That was one of the books which initiated me into Indian Mythology apart from Manusmirithi and Arthasasthra, of course. The reason I picked this book in-spite of a dodgy reading blurb was that i expected some sort of same experience.

The back cover blurb reads:In a dingy shack in the less-than-desirable Indian neighbourhood he calls home, twelve-year-old Anand is entrusted with a conch shell that possesses mystical powers. His task is to return the…

Book : One of our Thursdays is missingAuthor : Jasper FfordeGenre : Sci-fi, FantasyPublisher : VikingRating : 3.5/5
“One of our Thursdays is missing” is the sixth book of the Thursday Next series. I read the first and adored it; it seemed like the perfect mix of literary sci-fi, fantasy (or suspension of belief if you prefer that), and a nice twist on the good vs. bad plotline. If this is your first introduction to the Next series, I’ll tell you now that you should be reading this stuff in…

Author: Manjula Padmanabhan
Publisher: Picador India

In a country where women have been exterminated, one little girl remains alive. Her name is Meiji. Her uncles, Eldest, Middle and Youngest, have raised her against all odds. As her body buds into puberty, her aging guardians realize they cannot protect her from the vicious Generals who now nominate their world, assisted by artificially created slaves called Drones and marauding bands of witless Boy Soldiers who rove a brutalized landscape through which Youngest and Meiji must travel to escape. Youngest will have to…

Paperback: 206 pages
Genre : Fantasy Fiction
Publisher: Kindle 22nd December 2010
Source: Sent to me by the author in eBook format in return for an honest and unbiased review.

I do not normally read much paranormal or fantasy fiction and was seriously wondering if I should be reviewing this book at all. Was it going to be fair to the author when I was prejudiced against the genre without even reading a word. I like my fiction based in reality and this novel is about as far removed from…