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All about the 17th National Book Fair, Lucknow

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About the Fair:  The National Book Fair is organised every year in Lucknow, UP for a period of ten days during the month of September. This is the 17 th year in a row when this fair has been organised. It started on 20 th September and will end on 29 th September of this month. This year, the Book Fair is based on the theme of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150 th birth anniversary. Special book stalls have been set up which offer books on the life of Mahatma Gandhi. This year the fair has been organised by Mr. Manoj Chandel along with The Federation of Publishers And Booksellers Association in India. The Book Fair consists of a number of book stalls which offer first hand as well as second hand books at minimal prices. You get a good amount of discount on books and can buy a book for less than a hundred bucks. Apart from book stalls, quite a number of stalls are set up which offer stationery, bags, food, etc. at very low prices. Many shows and competitions are also taking place daily a
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Book Review- Vanara: The Legend of Baali, Sugreeva and Tara by Anand Neelakantan

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About the Author:  Anand Neelakantan is an Indian author who has published five mythological fiction books in English and one in Malyalam. His first book was Asura: the Tale of the Vanquished which was a bestseller. You can check out its review by clicking the link here . He has also signed with the producers of Bahubali to write a three-book series based on the prequel of Bahubali. The first book of the series, The Rise of Shivagami was released in 2017. Anand Neelkantan is famous for his way of writing and for retelling the famous mythological stories from the side of the defeated. He is an amazing writer and is one of my favourites. You can check out his website by clicking the link here . About the Book:  Vanara by Anand Neelakantan was published on 9th November, 2018 and has been critically acclaimed ever since. It is the story of Baali, the Vanara king of Kishkinda who was killed by Lord Rama during his years in exile. It tells the story of the two brothers- Ba
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Book Review: Wild Card 2 by Asfiya Rahman (All about the Wild Card Series)

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About the Author:  Asfiya Rahman is an English language teacher who has published several short stories and has been associated with many writing workshops and literature festivals. She was also highly appreciated for the first part of the series- Wild Card . To know more about her, you can follow her on instagram ( @asfiyarahman.doonwriter https://www.instagram.com/asfiyarahman.doonwriter/?hl=en ). About the Book:  The Wild Card series published by Half BakedBeans is a series which focuses on the passion for playing tennis. The first part of the series was the story of Karan Mehrotra who returns to professionally playing tennis after a gap of eight years and paves his journey towards success by winning the Wimbledon Championship. You can check out the review of the first part of the series on my instagram by clicking the link here . The second book of the series, Wild Card 2 takes up from the place where the first book ended. Karan Mehrotra won at Wimbledon and made
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Book Review: Desert Royal by Jean Sasson- All about the Princess Trilogy

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About the author:  Jean Sasson is an American writer who is famous for her books written on the lives of women in the Middle East. She travelled to Saudi Arabia in 1978 where she met many women whose lives inspired her to write books about them. As I’ve mentioned a lot of times in my blog posts and in the book reviews on my Instagram feed, Jean Sasson is one of my favourite authors and this is the sixth book I read written by the author. She writes such amazing and inspiring books and her books should definitely be read by everyone. You can check out her website by clicking the link  here . About the book:  Desert Royal  is the third book written by Jean Sasson in the series of  The Princess Trilogy  which describes the life of Princess Sultana who was one of the many princesses of the royal Al Saud family of Saudi Arabia. You can check out the review of the first part of the series,  Princess  on my Instagram feed by clicking here and the review of the second part of
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Book Review: Eleventh Hour by S. Hussain Zaidi

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About the Author:  S. Hussain Zaidi is an Indian author and a former investigative journalist. He has authored several bestsellers like Black Friday, Dongri to Dubai, Mafia Queens of Mumbai, etc. some of which have also been adopted into Bollywood movies like Black Friday, Shootout at Wadala, Phantom, etc. About the Book:  Eleventh Hour by S. Hussain Zaidi is a crime thriller novel which revolves around the events post 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai. It’s a story about another bomb blast being planned in Mumbai by five terrorists who break out from the Bhopal Central Jail along with another group of terrorists headed by a terrorist named ‘Munafiq’. It is the story of the Superintendent of Police, Vikrant Singh who is still waiting for his wounds to heal after the 26/11 attacks and therefore makes it a point to stop the terrorists and to save Mumbai from another horrible attack. The story takes an interesting turn when a ship is high jacked in the Arabian Sea by a group
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Book Review: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

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About the Author:  Haruki Murakami is a bestselling Japanese writer who his famous for his writings not only in his native country but also worldwide with his books being translated into over fifty languages. He has also won a number of awards including the World Fantasy Award and is an author who is loved by all bibliophiles. You can check out his website by clicking the link here . About the Book:  Kafka on the Shore is a Japanese book which was released in 2002 and was translated in English in the year 2005 and also made it to the list of “The 10 Best Books of 2005”. It is a fantasy set in Japan which focuses majorly on two main characters. Kafka Tamura, who is a fifteen year old boy who has run away from his house to escape his father’s weird curse and Satoru Nakata who is an old man over sixty years of age who met with an accident when he was nine and as a result is not at all bright, he can’t read and write but has a special ability to talk to cats. The story
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Book Review: Bestseller by Ahmed Faiyaz

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  About the Author:  Ahmed Faiyaz grew up in Bangalore and now lives in Dubai. He’s a book and film addict, and also a passionate writer. He is the bestselling author of Love, life & all that jazz… , Another Chance and Scammed , and the editor of Urban Shots – Crossroads and Down the Road. He has written and directed 6 short films and 2 feature films including Graveyard Shift. You can check out his website by clicking the link here . About the Book:  Bestseller by Ahmed Faiyaz, published by RupaPublications is the story of a publication house named Kalim Publications and how it is brought back to limelight by the new editor Akshay Mathur who returns from London in order to work at Kalim Publications. The story is all about various kinds of books and how they are edited and published at Kalim by Akshay and Zorah who is the daughter of the late owner of the publication house. It consists of a business fight which Akshay and Zorah work towards winning in order to ke
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