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Hey everyone! It's been a long time since we've been here writing a post for you, but what better way to make a come back than hosting a Summer Reading Challenge for all of you! First of all, we want to make it very clear that this Summer Reading Challenge is mainly curated by Goodreads for you and we're just hosting it on our blog so that we can enjoy it along with you all. All in all, we're really excited to be doing this and hope your excitement level is as high as ours! Second of all, we want you all to enjoy doing this challenge with us. Doing this challenge may help you out of your reading slumps (if you are in one), or get you back on track to your reading habits, or even help you in re-visiting your long-lost or almost-forgotten books. This challenge will surely make you go digging through your shelves looking for that perfect book for the week's topic! It's a perfect opportunity to reconnect with those books you haven't seen in a whi...

Click here to purchase a copy from Amazon Book : KAASH KASHMIR: A Play on Love and Loss in the Valley of Fear Author: Rajesh Talwar Edition : Kindle Pages: 130 pages Rating: 3.5/5 stars Recommend: Yes Snapshot : Kaash Kashmir is written in a form of a play. The story put its emphasis on the neglected issue about the Kashmiri Pandits leaving their land in 1990. The play is about two best friends; Kashmiri Pandit boy named 'Rohan' and a Muslim girl named 'Ayesha'. They both lived in the beautiful valley of Kashmir with their family and they both were neighbours for many years. The story drastically shifted and moved towards a scene where a bunch of Pakistanis and some Kashmiri Muslims were planning to remove all the Kashmiri Pandits from the valley. In the year 1990, there was an uproar and all the pandits were threatened to leave the Kashmir or else they would be killed. Seeing that, the Rohan's family (The Pandits) left the valley and ...

Click here to purchase a copy from Amazon Book: The Killings in November: A Play Author: Rajesh Talwar Edition: Kindle Pages: 131 pages Rating: 3.75/5 stars Recommend: Yes Snapshot:  This is a short novel and it is narrated in the form of play. The story starts with a scene at Delhi Police Headquarter where Police Commissioner is holding a high-level meeting with the two famous detectives- Col. Ranjeet and Herlock Homes (sounds familiar, Right?). The meeting discussed the fact that how Delhi witnesses an enormous amount of murders in the month of November. The killer behind all the murders has a unique style and is no ordinary killer. The killer also has a different sense of dressing style. He is tall, puts on a red lipstick and always wearing a grey suit with a red tie. He has grey Mercedes and before killing a person he puts out his guitar and started singing a song. His targets are generally women, children and elderly people. Fac...

Click here to purchase a copy from Amazon Book: Irina's Eye Author: H.W. Freedman Published by: H.W. Freedman Pages: 190 Genre:  Historical Fiction Rating:  3.75/5 Stars Recommend:   Yes  " We consist of two parts: essence and personality. Your essence is what you received through heredity before the formation of personality, your character, your nature, it doesn't change, it is what is your own but it can develop with the help of your mind. Your personality is an accumulation of what of what you have learned from others. " Snapshot:  The story sets in the time 1948, the Bohemian border with Bavaria, West Germany. "It was Germany after all and all he remembered when the Nazis had come to his town. He was 9-years old." Vaclav and Irina decided to flee together to start a peaceful life somewhere far. They were both 15 when they decided to execute their plan. When they flee from behind the Iron Curtain, Irina was shot in th...

Click here to purchase a copy from Amazon Book: Copy Cat Author: Alex Lake Publisher: HarperCollins  Pages: 404 Genre: Mystery and Thriller  Rating: 3.25/5 Stars Recommend: Yes  “He who searches for evil must first look at his own reflection.” Snapshot:    Sarah Havenant- a successful doctor, a wife and an incredible mother of three children. She is living her peaceful life until she met her old friend (Rachel Little) on Facebook and Rachel points out that there are two profiles in her name. Of course, one was hers, and another one was the fake one, but everything in it was so accurate. Photos of her, her and her husband, pictures of her children, pictures were taken inside her house, photos of her friends, and all the recent updates.  She is perplexed, worried and angry. She started questioning: why would anyone do this? Who can get into her house? And most importantly why? And this is just the beginning because...

Click here to purchase a copy from Amazon . Book: Not If I See You First Author: Eric Lindstrom  Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 405 Genre: Young Adult and Contemporary  Rating: ⭐⭐⭐/ 5 Recommend: Yes   "Don’t treat me like I’m stupid or a child. Blind doesn’t mean brain damaged." Snapshot:  Parker Grant is an average high school student, and she doesn't need her vision to see what the other person is up to. This story is not about blindness. It is about a girl who is blind. To survive in this world, Parker has some rules like  Rule #1: Don't deceive her, especially using her blindness, especially in public Rule #2: Don't touch her without asking or warning her, she can't see it coming, and she will always be surprised and will probably hurt you.  . . Rule #INFINITY: There is no second chance. Betrayal is unforgivable. When Scott Kilpatrick (the guy who broke her trust) returns to her life, she tried her ...

Click here to get a copy from Amazon .  Book: Unlawful Justice Author: Vish Dhamija  Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 294 Genre: Fiction and legal thriller My Rating: 3.5/5 stars   Recommend: Yes The story starts with a 16-year-old girl (baby), who was brutally raped by a spoilt son (Maheep) of a powerful man (Maninder Singh), who worked for corrupt politician and criminals. Baby was a daughter of a maidservant who worked at the house of Diwan's family.  Vansh Diwan, a top-shot criminal lawyer, is now in a dilemma to either save Baby and bring her justice or help his biggest client Maninder Singh to effortlessly get away with it.  His wife, Priti Diwan is a woman with principles and could do anything to bring the accused behind bars. Priti is disappointed and devasted by her husband's act. So, she decided to involve their college friend into the picture- Akash Hingorani. Akash Hingorani is an eminent criminal lawyer, the only h...