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Book Review: The Cousins by Karen M McManus

on December 04, 2020

blog tour suspense YA

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Book Review: First Date by Sue Watson

on October 16, 2020

2020 ARC mystery thriller

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Book Review: The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

on September 27, 2020

2020 ARC NetGalley YA

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Book Review: The Beast and The Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips

on September 14, 2020

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Book Review: After All I've Done by Mina Hardy

on August 11, 2020

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Book Review: Hold Your Breath by BP Walter

on August 04, 2020

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Book Review: The Ship of Shadows by Maria Kuzniar (Blog Tour by The Write Reads)

on July 23, 2020

2020 Fantasy NetGalley

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Book Review: Knightmare Arcanist by Shami Stovall (Blog Tour by The Write Reads)

on July 22, 2020

2019 blog tour Fantasy

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Book Review: Rage Against The Minivan by Kristen Howerton

on July 21, 2020

2020 NetGalley non fiction

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Book Review: The Honjin Murder by Seishi Yokomizo

on July 14, 2020

#1 2020 murder mystery NetGalley Pushkin Press

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amu: Kolkata, West Bengal, India; Full time mother and housekeeper. story-teller. freelance writer for hire. a lot of a learner. walking, talking, smiling, hurting. looking for a refuge. musically inclined.

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To, The Enablers

तबस्सुम कैसी हो? हम सब यहाँ बिकुल ठीक हैं।आशा है की तुम भी सही सलामत होंगी। आज मैं ये चिट्ठी इसलिए लिख रहि हूँ की तुम्हे बता सकूं की मैं अक्सर तुम्हारे बारे मैं सोचती हूँ। सोचती हूँ अब तुम क्या करती होगी, काम पे जाती हो अब भी? कोई मना तो नहीं करता? सास बच्चे संभाल लेती है तुम्हारे पीछे से? वो तो अब बड़े भी हो गए होंगे न? स्कूल जाते होंगे? मुझे अब कोलकाता मैं रहते हुए ६-७ साल हो गए हैं। जब चंडीगढ़ से निकले थे तो उम्मीद न थी की इतना समय इस परायी नगरी में निकल जाएगा। नेत्रा को याद करती हो कभी? वो इस साल १२ की हो गयी है। उसे तो तुम्हारी याद नहीं लेकिन आज भी जब वो ज़िद्द करती है की मैं उसे खाना खिला दूँ और मैं बहुत थक गयी होती हूँ, तो झट से तुम्हारी याद आ जाती है। तुम होती तो मुझे चाय का कप पकड़ा कर उसे प्यार से फुसला के ले जाती और खुद ही खिला देती। कहती, "मेरे पास आओ नेत्रा, माँ को रहने दो। आओ मैंने तुम्हारे लिए कुछ स्पेशल रखा है।" कितने सारे अंग्रेजी के नए नए शब्द सीख गयीं थी न तुम. कुछ तो तुम्हारे ख़ास बन गए थे। जैसे बॉय, गर्ल, रेफ्रीजिरेटर, टेलीविज़न और स्पेशल जिसे त

A Decade of Motherhood: Give in

Generally age is counted according to the number of years that you have been on this planet. But then how do you know what your age is when the role that you are accounting for is a not as old as you? The simple answer would be to say that it would be equal to the number of years you have been in the role. So, this is one of the most important lessons that I have learnt as a decade old mum. My daughter Netra, more commonly referred to as BhindiSood on social media, was born in 2007. Ah! your eyebrows go up. She bluffs, you think, to keep up with the theme. Dear reader but that is not the case. I might be being generous with myself when I m saying that I am a decade old mummy but I am not really bluffing. I did not (and maybe even now) know how to be a mother to a child who I was desperate to get but knew nothing about raising her for all the unaccounted years in between. But then fear not, this isn't either a self pitying sort of a post nor I intend for it to be a te

Book Review: The Beast and The Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips

It happens very rarely, if ever, that you just hear one praise after the other from the members of your book reviewing community. It happened with me for the very book that I am going to be reviewing here: (though not given to the use of adjectives much, I break the rules and.....) the hilarious, the fabulous, the must-read, the heart warming, the amazing.....DRUM ROLL.... THE BEAST AND THE BETHANY. The book targeted for middle grade readers has been written by Jack Meggitt-Phillip and illustrated by Isabelle Follath. What a team have they made to bring us this delightful book! I read it with both my kids-the12 year-old and the 5 year-old and we had some hilarious times. Let me start by giving you the blurb from Goodreads. 511 years. How, you may wonder? Ebenezer simply has to feed the beast in the attic of his mansion. In return for meals of performing monkeys, statues of Winston Churchill, and the occasional cactus, Ebenezer gets potions that keep him young and beautiful, as w

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