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    • 4 June 2022 | Saturday · 2:19 PM

    The Magicians Of Mazda: Bharat Series Continues To Intrigue

    The Magicians Of Mazda | Ashwin Sanghi

    In his widely acknowledged book How To Stop Worrying And Start Living, Dale Carnegie urges you to read something that requires effort, thought and concentration, everyday – making you learn something useful. As with all Ashwin Sanghi books, The Magicians Of Mazda fits the bill perfectly yet again. While asking for your concentration, the book leaves you wholly enriched with something to gain in the form of the abundance of knowledge the book exudes. This latest offering in the Bharat Series has all that you can expect from an Ashwin Sanghi book. It has history, science, mythology, theology, some ancient relics open to various interpretations and puzzles to be solved.

    The Magicians Of Mazda is heavily focused on the Zoroastrian history and has a Parsi community backdrop. The book starts with a fascinating setting with a theft in the British Museum where the Cyrus Cylinder gets stolen. …

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    24 May 2022 | Tuesday · 4:27 PM

    A Tidy Ending (Joanna Cannon)🥈🔰

    A Tidy Ending | Book Review

    Winner:
    2nd Ranked Book 2022;
    Best Negative Character 2022 (Linda Hammett)

    As the cliché goes, Never judge a book by it’s cover. The cover was precisely what drew me into A Tidy Ending to start with. A bright yellow, perfectly upholding the summer feel and ushering in a brightness, positivity and warmth. A little birdie perching on the daffodil frame, inviting you to come and read this one. If there ever was an award for the best designed cover, this book makes a vehement claim.

    At times, some long accepted adages stand to be challenged. For, A Tidy Ending with it’s beautiful cover is even more beautiful with what lies inside it. Joanna Cannon has a winner at hand without question, one of the best books of 2022.

    The story is centered around Linda, who works at a charity shop and has just moved in to a new …

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    17 May 2022 | Tuesday · 2:34 PM

    Book Lovers | A Feel Good Summer Read

    Book Lovers | Book Review

    I had been looking forward to Book Lovers even before the start of the year. With a back drop of books and publishing, it’s setting seemed just perfect. As the author says in the book, Is there anything better than iced coffee and a book store on a sunny day? I mean, aside from hot coffee and a book store on a rainy day! This truly echoes my sentiment and hence the eagerness for this book.

    Book Lovers is largely circling the tried & tested trope of small town romance that involves saving a local business and falling for a local guy in the process. At first, I was wondering if the book is trying to dispel this, or is it itself one of the same?

    The book takes a magnificent start with Dusty’s novel Once In A Lifetime – that follows the same trope – becoming a runaway success. …

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    9 May 2022 | Monday · 5:13 PM

    The Book Of Cold Cases: My Covid Read!

    The Book Of Cold Cases | My Covid Read

    After two years of dodging and escaping, the corona virus finally caught me this week! And, while it was a time for some forced rest, I did manage to sneak in some bit of reading here n there! I was about a third into The Book Of Cold Cases when I contracted the virus. So, the majority of this book was read recovering!

    As anyone would tell you, this probably is not the best book to read in a situation like mine. You probably would do good to have a feel good, heart warming and funny book as a companion. But to be honest, I quite enjoyed this!

    A true crime blogger, Shea, finds herself personally and deeply involved in an unsolved Lady Killer case as she tries to investigate and uncover some lost facts. It turns out, she herself has been subject to trauma in her childhood. And that …

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    30 April 2022 | Saturday · 10:30 AM

    Lessons In Chemistry | Book Review

    Lessons In Chemistry | Book Review

    And yes, I finally got my hands on Lessons In Chemistry this week! Being one of the most anticipated books of 2022, it marks yet another rollicking debut of 2022, in the most flamboyant fashion.

    This is the story of Elizabeth Zott, a self educated, able and competent chemist. Pursuing her research on abiogenesis, she is constantly on the receiving end of discrimination and injustice, being a woman. Upon loosing her formal job, she finds herself don the role of a cooking show – reluctantly albeit. And bang! The show is a runaway success. And, Zott becomes an inspiration for the women across the nation.

    A few pages into the book and you know you have a winner at hand. This was a perfect setting for a scintillating, humorous read with a sharp message.

    The first thing that I loved about this book was the two unforgettable characters of …

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    20 April 2022 | Wednesday · 4:41 PM

    The Night Shift | Book Review

    The Night Shift | Book Review

    Y2K. Rings a bell? I am sure, the 90s kids would have a lot to say about it. How the world seemed to be perplexed by this monstrous computer bug that threatened to bring planes crashing down and the world to a screeching halt.

    Mention of this in the book’s excerpt and it’s setting in the 90s era made me have a peep into it. I had actually been reading samples of a few fresh releases, trying to pick my next read. And with The Night Shift, in no time I whizzed through it’s sample and made a quick purchase to continue with this page turner.

    Set in a video parlor with customers borrowing & returning video tapes ushers in that 90s nostalgia that we so fondly reminisce. But, that’s where it ends. For thereon, Alex Finlay’s book swiftly assumes an out-and-out thriller appeal. A hard core crime & mystery …

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