tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66445805697786186852024-03-05T13:42:00.641-08:00Ishi ReviewsBook reviews and spotlights on books and ebooks to throw light on new releases as well as old classics and also books that create interest in the reader. Mainly english novels and short stories are covered here.Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-40232282773233051412016-05-25T23:46:00.000-07:002016-05-26T23:49:28.039-07:00Hell To Pay by Pamela Fagan Hutchins - Review
Hell To Pay
by
Pamela Fagan Hutchins
Blurb
USA Best Book Award-Winning Series, Cross Genre Fiction.
Third book in the Emily series, a spin-off from Katie & Annalise.
Big-haired paralegal and former rodeo queen Emily thinks she’s got her life back on track. Her adoption of Betsy seems like a done deal, her parents have reunited, and she’s engaged to her sexy Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-85208885929133772172016-05-22T22:58:00.000-07:002016-05-26T22:58:48.851-07:00False Ceiling by Amit Sharma
FALSE CEILINGS
by
AMIT SHARMA
Blurb
Born in the lush mountains of Dalhousie in 1930, Shakuntala is a pampered child of a wealthy builder. On her wedding night she is gifted a secret to use wisely when the time comes.
From the green valleys of Dalhousie to a village in Punjab reeling under the communal violence of 1947; from the Delhi of 1950s with its Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-19863013229006829952016-05-16T10:25:00.000-07:002016-05-16T10:25:27.087-07:00My Last Love Story - Spotlight
My Last Love Story
by
Falguni Kothari
Blurb
Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes’s, Me Before You, My Last Love Story is a heartbreaking and poignant tale about the complexities of trauma and whether love can right a wrong.
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I, Simeen Desai, am tired of making lemonade with the lemons life has handed me.
Love is meant to heal wounds.
Love was meant to Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-79361736665727681402016-05-08T19:13:00.000-07:002016-05-09T19:14:10.680-07:00Encounters Someone's Always Waiting by Sumana Khan - Book Review
Encounters
Someone's Always Waiting
by
Sumana Khan
Blurb
ENCOUNTERS is a potpourri of five sumptuous stories involving a motley crew of protagonists. Skating along the borders of fantasy and paranormal themes, the stories track incredible and poignant journeys of self-discovery, tracing the cathartic aftermath of fleeting encounters.
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Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-87934236492314219872016-05-08T18:44:00.000-07:002016-05-26T22:54:06.897-07:00Wrong Means Right End by Varsha Dixit - Reviewed!
Wrong Means Right End
by
Varsha Dixit
Blurb
Readers fell in love with Sneha and Nandini, two best friends who stuck to each other through heartbreak and joy in the bestselling novel, Right Fit Wrong Shoe. Now they are back in a delightful sequel that follows the two women as they begin the next phase of their lives in Mumbai.
After a failed marriageBhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-37156665388170875902016-05-06T12:28:00.000-07:002016-05-06T12:28:30.766-07:00Encounters by Sumana Khan | Spotlight
Encounters
Someone's Always Waiting
by
Sumana Khan
Blurb
ENCOUNTERS is a potpourri of five sumptuous stories involving a motley crew of protagonists. Skating along the borders of fantasy and paranormal themes, the stories track incredible and poignant journeys of self-discovery, tracing the cathartic aftermath of fleeting encounters.
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Wrong Means Right End
by
Varsha Dixit
Blurb
Readers fell in love with Sneha and Nandini, two best friends who stuck to each other through heartbreak and joy in the bestselling novel, Right Fit Wrong Shoe. Now they are back in a delightful sequel that follows the two women as they begin the next phase of their lives in Mumbai.
After a failed marriageBhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-88686900810490085692016-05-01T09:25:00.000-07:002016-05-01T09:25:07.190-07:00Aasha The Inspiration || Book Review
I was intrigued by the title of the book and looked forward to reading it. Aasha is all about the story of a village belle who swam against the tide and tried to make a mark for herself. It is the story of a girl Jyoti born in a non-descript village in Maharashtra into a joint family who could not stress less over the fact that girls are one day to be sent away to their husbands' homes. Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-40086078888312207302016-04-27T18:50:00.000-07:002016-04-30T01:35:20.407-07:00An Autograph For Anjali by Sundari Venkatraman - Review
AN AUTOGRAPH FOR ANJALI
by
Sundari Venkatraman
Published by Flaming Sun
Blurb
Jayant Mathur is found murdered in his bed, shot at point-blank range with his own revolver. Though she’s extremely disturbed by his death, Jayant’s wife Anjali is way more upset about something else. Who stands to gain by killing the multi-millionaire businessman?
Parth Bhardwaj is a friend Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-84132465108925886562016-04-13T09:16:00.000-07:002016-04-26T09:18:03.537-07:00Color Me Rich || Mohan Deep
Color Me Rich
by
Mohan Deep
Blurb
A sensitive love story of a handsome and talented struggling painter Akash Saigal. What happens when he marries an extremely rich and beautiful artist and art investor Zenobia Taraporevala?
Prologue
J J School of Art, Mumbai.
Taking a charcoal pencil, Akash Saigal started drawing the wood-and-stone structureBhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-64131063886738247002016-04-11T18:48:00.000-07:002016-04-30T01:27:17.505-07:00The Reengineers by Indu Muralidharan - Review
The Reengineers
by
Indu Muralidharan
A HarperCollins Publication (Harper Element)
Blurb
Chinmay Narayan is plotting to kill himself. He is a misfit at school, his parents are about to divorce and the love of his life doesn’t know he exists. It seems pointless to go on with such a dysfunctional life. But before he gets anywhere with that plan, Chinmay and his Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-5792106155001311482016-04-10T09:28:00.000-07:002016-04-30T01:26:05.694-07:00The Reengineers by Indu Muralidharan
The Reengineers
by
Indu Muralidharan
A HarperCollins Publication (Harper Element)
Blurb
Chinmay Narayan is plotting to kill himself. He is a misfit at school, his parents are about to divorce and the love of his life doesn’t know he exists. It seems pointless to go on with such a dysfunctional life. But before he gets anywhere with that plan, Chinmay and his friendsBhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-88317351256559837782016-04-09T23:47:00.002-07:002016-04-09T23:49:27.002-07:00A Thousand Unspoken Words Spotlight
A Thousand Unspoken Words
by
Paulami Duttagupta
A Readomania Publications
Blurb
A hero, a person who displays great courage for the greater good, can also fall. But what happens to a fallen hero? A Thousand Unspoken Words is the unique journey of a hero who falls.
The champion of the underdogs, the writer who uses the nom de plume Musafir is famous in Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-8109890440383738632016-03-25T01:24:00.000-07:002016-03-25T01:24:05.686-07:00Right Fit Wrong Shoe by Varsha Dixit
Right Fit Wrong Shoe
by
Varsha Dixit
Blurb
Right Fit Wrong Shoe, begins at a point where all love stories end. The tale weaves around Nandini and all that is important to her, with two contenders gunning for the top spot; Aditya Sarin and Sneha Verma.
Aditya Sarin, the man Nandini is madly in love with, yet compelled, for some unsolved reason to shun. Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-58333613678600022752016-03-21T20:02:00.000-07:002016-03-21T20:02:34.917-07:00His Christmas Delight
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His Christmas Delight
by
Summerita Rhayne
Blurb
Caught by Santa!
For Myra, Christmas means supporting her friends. They rallied round getting her back on her feet after she lost Pete, her husband, so she's always ready to help any of them. No matter to what lengths the challenge makes her go. Only she didn't expect to find Santa almost catching her in her Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-82462263027104711412016-03-21T02:05:00.000-07:002016-03-21T02:06:58.154-07:00Color Me Rich - Mohan Deep : Spotlight
Color Me Rich
by
Mohan Deep
Blurb
A sensitive love story of a handsome and talented struggling painter Akash Saigal. What happens when he marries an extremely rich and beautiful artist and art investor Zenobia Taraporevala?
Prologue
J J School of Art, Mumbai.
Taking a charcoal pencil, Akash Saigal started drawing the wood-and-stone structure, Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-61810649031795781112016-03-02T03:17:00.000-08:002016-03-07T03:19:43.062-08:00Hope We Never Meet Again
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Hope We Never Meet Again
by
Srinath Krishnamoorthy
Blurb
A girl gets divorced just before her wedding!
A widow seeks answers for the deaths of her husband and son.
A mysterious man follows a convicted rape victim.
A stranger scribbles a number in a train.
Two hearts part ways with a final wish: Hope we never meet again.
Then, there is a phoneBhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-9015000801391706352016-01-31T02:41:00.000-08:002016-03-21T02:42:31.137-07:00Magic In The Mountains ~ Review
Paperback
Publisher: Leadstart Publishing;
Leadstart Publishing Magic In The Mountain edition (December 16,
2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9381836922
ISBN-13: 978-9381836927
" Faced with the sudden death of
their parents, Pradeep and Priya find themselves not only battling
grief and loss but also adjusting to a whole new world.
Taken to live with their Aunt Sheila in
Coonoor,Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-78613500259185484912016-01-14T17:49:00.002-08:002016-01-14T17:49:18.725-08:00She : Ekla Cholo Re ~ Review
The society fears what it cannot comprehend, it shuns those who do not conform to its archaic norms. She is the story of a person, for whom identity crisis has been a reality from childhood. Since Kusum did not fall into the categories of male or female, the society includng her own family has always been a bane on her.
She is the story of a woman's spirit held captive by a man's body and the Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-32425270279753449732016-01-07T00:00:00.000-08:002016-01-07T21:11:38.181-08:00The Other End Of The Corridor : Sujata Rajpal
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The Other End of the Corridor
by
Sujata Rajpal
Blurb
When your dreams are tainted with lies and deceit, you have no other choice but to walk to the other end of the corridor.
Leela has nothing extraordinary about her except the dream to become famous. Her desires take wings when she gets married to a handsome boy Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-7957693635788053152015-12-15T10:04:00.000-08:002015-12-15T10:04:02.328-08:00More Than Just Desire by Summerita Rhayne
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More Than Just Desire
by Summerita Rhayne
Blurb
The Bollywood diva who regrets nothing...
Piya walked out of an explosive situation three years ago. Now she's back in Bollywood and wants to regain the crown that she left behind when she ran away from Arfaaz. It seems everyone Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-43174481800516118202015-12-10T16:33:00.000-08:002015-12-10T16:33:00.552-08:00Book Blitz : Roomies/Foodies : Lakshmi and Meghana
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Roomies / Foodies
by
Lakshmi Ashwin and Meghana Chaudhary Joshi
Publisher
Blurb
The year is 2001. Two young Indian girls arrive in the U.S. for the first time, to attend graduate school and Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-83072295380010931842015-12-01T06:26:00.000-08:002015-12-01T06:26:03.997-08:00Help Fight Illiteracy!Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-23633470115736255062015-12-01T06:12:00.000-08:002015-12-01T06:12:03.756-08:00The Ruby Iyer Diaries by Laxmi Hariharan
The Ruby Iyer Diaries
by
Laxmi Hariharan
The Blurb
The prequel to The Many Lives of Ruby Iyer: This is a peek into the soul of an angry, young girl, who will come of age in a city on the verge of total annihilation.
The Series
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Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644580569778618685.post-52013258173656145352015-11-30T01:23:00.000-08:002015-12-14T01:25:57.343-08:00Kanhu and Other Stories
“This book contains eleven short stories in Odiya translated into English. The original authors are all well-known writers, some of them winners of the Kendriya Sahitya Akademi awards and others honoured with several state-level awards.
The stories in this anthology reflect the rich and divergent cultural heritage of Odisha and the current thinking in Odiya society – varying from focus on Bhavya Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15817933527924904910noreply@blogger.com0