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Click Here to purchase a copy from Amazon. Book : Ella Enchanted  Author: Gail Carson Levine Publisher: Harper Collins  Pages: 239 Genre: Fantasy and Fiction  My Rating: 3.75/5 stars  Recommend: Definitely yes! When Ella was born, she was bestowed with a gift of obedience and the unwary fairy Lucinda didn't realize that she lay a curse on her. Now Ella will always be obedient to others and listens to every order directed to her; finish the cake, hop on one foot, kill the prince, betray her kingdom. She is waiting to be free from the curse so, she can be herself and has the power to say no.  "My gift is obedience. Ella will always be obedient. Now stop crying, child." I stopped. Review: As a child, I loved reading fairy tales, but with time it occurred to me that fairy tales usually dispirit women and expect them to behave like a typical princess and someday a prince will save her from misery. Ella Enchanted is a re-telling...

Click here to purchase a copy from Amazon. Book: Hack Into Your Creativity Story Prompts for Every Type of Writers. Author: Michael Burns Publisher: Penguin Books Pages: 241 Genre: Non-fiction  My Rating: ★★★★/5 "Everyone at least has one good story. What's yours?" My Review If you are a writing prompt or planning to write a book then this book is definitely a pick for you. I really liked the concept where it provides some situation based on the categories and just let your imagination to do the job. There are eight categories in this book to enhance your writing skills:  1. What happens next? 2. Character-building 3. Incredible India 4. Genres  5. Everyday Magic 6. Two-Parters  7. Integration 8. Every hair on its head Writing requires a lot of work- Hard Work. To me, writing is a unique passion and requires dedication and thought that is inside of each of us. This book helps you to discover your strengths and wea...

Blurb:  Television correspondent Alix Phillips dodges bullets and breaks rules to bring the most important news to the world from riots in America to protests on the streets of Tehran. With her daughter in college, and working alongside cameraman Ben Chapman, a deeply private ex-Navy SEAL, Alix revels in the risks and whirlwind pace of her work. But her latest assignment puts her at the center of an explosive story that will reshape many lives, including her own: investigating damning allegations involving the vice president of the United States, Tony Clark. Alix starts with a nationally revered woman who may be the key to exposing frightening secrets. Olympia Foster is the fragile, reclusive widow of America's most admired senator, who had been destined for the presidency before an assassin's bullet felled him. Since then, Olympia has found emotional support from Clark, who once wanted her as his wife and now stands as her protector and confidant. When Alix begins...

I'm finally out of my reading slump. I've been on a reading spree after I completed the Trials of Apollo- The Hidden Oracle. (Thank you Rick Riordan!) I'm focusing on just reading and reviewing this summer, and nothing else, as it is I have a lot of catching up to do. My Partner (who owns the other half of this blog) and I, we have plenty of books which we received from publishing houses and independent authors and which are yet to be reviewed. Hopefully we'll strike them off of our list SOON. Irregardless of my reading slump, I went ahead and bought some books (the books you already have are never enough, there's always a new book which NEEDS to be read). So this is my JUNE TBR: The Potion Diaries by Amy Alward - Actually I'm currently reading this one and loving it. It's intense as well as a light- hearted read (if that's even possible?). This book circles around saving Princess Evelyn who mistakenly drinks the Love Potion she had intended...

I’ve been on a reading slump for so long as I had so many obligations and commitments that I had to take care of. April was a happy month for me, as my BEST FRIEND tied the knot with the man of her dreams (there aren’t enough emoticons to describe how I feel!). It was a big affair and as one might call- A BIG FAT INDIAN WEDDING. I had the time of my life and literally it got so hard for me to get out of that *wedding zone*. But then I got a reality check as our Finals approached. I had been scared as I wasn’t in the zone to get back to studies just yet. So yes that happened and our Finals took the whole month of May, and it was dreadful, pulling all-nighters, living and breathing on caffeine. But eventually it ended (fortunately) and then I was free! All through my exams I had this urge to drop whatever I was doing, or whichever subject I was preparing for and just pick up a book and start reading it. I had kept so many books on hold that I couldn’t wait to dive back into them. As so...

“You want to hear a riddle, you say? I know a very good one. It begins, why is a raven like a writing desk?’ Recommend:  Yes, but read Alice in Wonderland before reading this, and then you'll definitely gonna enjoy it. Rating:  ★★★/5 stars Blurb:  This book is like a prequel of Alice in Wonderland and talks about the story of Queen of Hearts (Cath) and How she became the most iconic evil queen. But before this, she was just a sweet girl, who only dreams of opening a bakery with her friend Mary Ann. The story further moves with how she fell in love with a guy named Jest and surviving in a land full of mystery, magic, and monsters. If we talk about Jest, he is indeed an interesting character carrying piles of secrets with him. Review: I  personally find the book okayish, for me, the story needs to have something sparkling which should keep me hooked till the very end. But it did not happen here. Also, I have a 100-page rule in which I don't ju...

February Wrap Up February was a good month for reading, and we read six books in total, among which two were e-arcs. I honestly don't enjoy reading e-books, it also takes me ages reading these but I am getting better at it. So, without a further due let's set things moving!! The first book I read this month was  1. The Man Who Won the World by O.E Boroni Rating: 3.5/5 stars. I received an e-arc of this book from the author and I really liked this book. I have already put my review on our blog, Here's the link:  http://thewordaholics.blogspot.in/2017/02/the-man-who-won-world-by-oe-boroni.html   If you want to read a historical fiction then you should grab this book and enter into the world created by O.E. Boronoi.  2. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan  Rating:  4/5 stars. I really enjoyed reading this book!! I read the first book last year and fell in love with Percy Jackson. However, if I compare the first...