Celebrating India ( published by Nivasini Publishers)

When a book makes you cry with the first thing you read, you do not just read the book, you live every feeling in it. And that's exactly what happened with me.  Always in the habit of reading a story collection in random order , I randonly opened some page and starting reading. As the article ended, I was choked. thats how I began my journey with "Celebrating India"The book is divided into different sections - Memories , Poetry , Short Stories...

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If You Love Someone - Harimohan Paruvu

Image Source: buybooksindia.comIf You Love Someone: FictionAuthor(s): Harimohan Paruvu, a Civil Engineer with an MBA, worked as a marketing professional and a banker for 12 years before deciding to write fiction full time. A first class cricketer, he represented Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy and is the author of the first novel in cricket in Indian English writing – The Men Within – A Cricketing Tale (Now being made into...

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Banquet On The Dead by Sharath Komarraju

Kauveramma loved life. She was terrified of water. So why was her body found floating gruesomely, hair fanned out, limbs outspread, in the well of the family compound?  Her sons, daughter, grandchildren—some of them resident, others far-flung—assemble at her death with expressions ranging from composed or confused to those of outright maniacal grief.Things don’t quite fit, and one of them demands an investigation into the mysterious drowning....

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The Racketeer - John Grisham

THE RACKETEERISBN - 978-1-444-75720-0FIRST PUBLISHED - 2012PAGES - 386PUBLISHER - HachetteGENRE - Legal ThrillerBINDING - PaperbackSOURCE - PublishersAUTHOR - John GrishamBEST-SELLERS - The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The ConfessionSYNOPSIS - [From the back cover]Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of the USA only four...

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Rapture - Lauren Kate

RAPTUREBook 4 of FallenISBN - 978-0-385-61812-0FIRST PUBLISHED - 2012PAGES - 448PUBLISHERS - Random HouseGENRE - Young AdultBINDING - PaperbackSOURCE - PublishersAUTHOR - Lauren KateBEST-SELLERS - Fallen, TormentSYNOPSIS - [From the back cover]THE SKY IS DARK WITH WINGS....And time is running out for Luce and Daniel.In order to stop Lucifer from erasing the past, they must find the place where the Fall began. Only Luce can break the curse, and it...

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Shades of Love ( Anthology of stories edited by Ankit Mittal)

Reviewed by Nimue, Yatin and UCVUCV Says - The last time I read an anthology was during my BA days, when hours would be spent trying to thrash a Keating or a Chekov into submitting all interpretations of their work in the Lit. class. I think it was the nostalgia that prompted me to accept a review copy of 'Shades of Love', despite my professed fatigue of reading Indian English writing. Also, the endless intrigue of love pushed me further. Thankfully,...

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Hello everyone,The site is under maintenance as of now. If you find any difficulty opening www.alotofpages.com, we request you to type http://www.alotofpages.blogspot.comWhen we started ALOP, we had a vision. After 15 months of doing what we do best, we've decided to take this to a whole new level with a whole lot of new possibilities.The admins at ALOP are doing their best to minimise any inconvenience you might face.Hopefully, by December 10th, we will be back with a fresh look, a fresh concept and a fresh perspective.Keep reading, keep reviewing,...

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When The Snow Melts by Vinod Joseph

My library has seen a flood of thrillers/crime novels finding their way in and stuffing themselves on every last inch of space available on any shelf. The latest entry, sigh, belongs to the same genre. However, a saving grace of all these books have been, that they have taken me through different terrains, different sub genres of thriller-writing. While the last thriller I reviewed was a medical mystery, and the book I am reviewing for this post...

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Zombiestan by Manik dhar

 Zombiestan was a fresh change from all the romance / drama I have r ead in the last month. Not entirely the kind of fantasy fiction or thriller I am used to but still a page turner. It has all the ingredients you love in a fictional story on war and survival - action sequences , chases , escapes , brave decisions , tactics of war and combat , a young hero , a hope , a seasoned soldier , a heroine and a caring (grand)mother figure.And oh, the sacrifices...

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