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The Bride Test Book Review – It’s Complicated!

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The Bride Test is the companion book to The Kiss Quotient, Helen Hoang’s super popular, super adorable debut (though both books work as stand alone reads too). It revolves around Khai, who is Michael’s cousin from The Kiss Quotient, and who is also autistic like Stella, the female lead of TKQ. Though there ends the…

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Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev | Book Review

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Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors – A Gender Swapped, Modern Day, Desi Retelling of Pride & Prejudice. That first line, that’s all I knew about this book before I decided to pick it up. Oh and the fact that I had read one other book by the author that I had absolutely loved. And that…

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The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang – A New 5 Star Romance

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It’s not every day that I find a new favorite romance, so when I do, I have to shout it out from the rooftops, no? Okay maybe not, but this time I want to. Because I felt like this book – The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang voted as The Goodreads Choice Best Romance Book…

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Half Girlfriend Review / Therapeutic Rant on Love & Consent

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I usually refrain from outright criticism, which is why you will hardly ever see 1 or 2 star reviews on here, as I do realize how much effort goes into a book, and believe me, I can appreciate that, but after going through a book like this and frying some of my precious brain cells,…

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Jugnu – Book Review

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Before I get into this review, I want to mention something about the star rating right away – this book holds the distinction of being the first indie romance to get 5 stars from me. Now don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that I haven’t ever read anything better than this. I have…

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Fifty Shades Of Grey Trilogy – My Conflicting Thoughts

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This is a post I have procrastinated for the longest time, as it’s been quite a while that I read this series; I guess a couple of years at-least. But now with all the hype surrounding the movie adaptation of the 2nd book, Fifty Shades Darker (which released today), I thought it is about time, I…

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The Right-Wrong Companion Series by Varsha Dixit

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Rupa Publications approached me for reviewing Varsha Dixit’s latest Rightfully Wrong, Wrongfully Right, and I was considering doing it, as I had read and enjoyed Only Wheat, Not White (OWNW) by the same author. But when I got to know that this book was the final one of a series, I asked them if they can…

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Without You by Preethi Venugopala | Book Review

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Without You follows the life of a young girl – Ananya, as she finds love, then loses it, and then tries to find herself, while picking up the broken pieces of her heart. The story starts with 20 year-old Ananya visiting her grandmother in Sreepuram. There, she falls head-over-heels in love with the very handsome…

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The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks | Book and Movie Review

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This book was my very first exposure to Nicholas Sparks’s writing, although I had seen a couple of movies that were based on his books, and had loved them both (Safe Haven & The Best of Me). Which is what made me very curious about his books. I felt like if the movies were this good,…

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The Madras Affair by Sundari Venkatraman | Book Review

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This is the very first book by Sundari that I have read, but I have followed her blog for quite some time now, so I am familiar with her writing style. Which is why, going in I knew I could expect a well-crafted story and pretty clean, error free language, and I wasn’t disappointed at all….

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