Review-The Night Ferry by Lotte & Søren Hammer

The Night Ferry by Lotte & Søren Hammer

• Language: English
• Genre: Crime/Mystery Thriller
• Pages: 342 Pages
• Format: Paperback
• Author: Lotte & Søren Hammer
• Publishing Date: July, 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury India
• ISBN-10: 1526602040
• ISBN-13: 978-1526602046

 Review:

The Night Ferry by Lotte & Søren Hammer is my first Nordic/Scandinavian mystery novel. It’s the fifth book in Konrad Simonsen police procedural tales. Sixteen children and four adults are killed in a devastating boat crash in Copenhagen. Detective Chief Superintendent Simonsen is called in, only to discover that this was no accident and one of the passengers has a very personal connection to the homicide team. But the more he digs, the further the truth slips from his grasp.

Review- This Is How It Ends by Eva Dolan

This Is How It Ends

• Language: English
• Genre: Psychological Thriller
• Pages: 307 Pages
• Format: Paperback
• Author: Eva Dolan
• Publishing Date: January, 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury India
• ISBN-10: 1408886650
• ISBN-13: 978-1408886656

Review:

Ella is a community activist who squats in an almost abandoned building. All the tenants are slowly evicted by the owners because they want to convert the building into swanky condos. Ella is determined to stay and defend the few remaining tenants, despite the death threats. Molly is a seasoned activist, who devoted her whole life to political activism. Over the years she has sacrificed a lot to become a campaigner. As they both share a common interest, eventually their friendship turns into a sort of mother-daughter bond.

Review- That Thing We Call A Heart by Sheba Karim

That Thing We Call A Heart by Sheba Karim

• Language: English
• Genre: YA Contemporary
• Pages: 222 pages
• Format: Paperback
• Author: Sheba Karim
• Publishing Date: April,2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• ISBN-10: 1526603330
• ISBN-13: 978-1526603333

Review:

You know it’s a good book when you click with the teenage characters right away, even though you are not a teenager yourself. Shabnam is a first generation Pakistani-American girl who is about to finish her senior year and start college. Over the summer she hooks up with a popular (and racist) guy then tells a huge lie about a tragedy that happened to her family during India-Pakistan partition and then falls in love with another guy. Things get more complicated, when her best friend Farah starts wearing hijab.

Review- Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe by Madeline Miller

• Language: English
• Genre: Mythological Retelling
• Pages: 333 pages
• Format: Paperback
• Author: Madeline Miller
• Publishing Date: April,2018
• Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing
• ISBN-10: 1526603330
• ISBN-13: 978-1526603333

Blurb:

When I was born, the name for what I was did not exist.

God, Mortal, Daughter, Monster, Savior, Outcast, Sister, Lover, Destroyer, Creator, Witch, Mother, CIRCE

Review

When I started reading this book, I didn’t know I’ll love it so much.

Magnificent, Unbelievable, Extraordinary, Incredible, Overwhelming, Remarkable, Glorious, Enthralling, Irresistible, Breathtaking, Soul-Stirring, CIRCE.

Author Interview- Shouvik Bhattacharya

Shouvik Bhattacharya is author of India’s current best selling murder mystery novel Murder In A Minute. His debut novel explores the theme of unrequited love, jealousy and pain. He is a management graduate from S.P Jain, Mumbai and is currently working for General Electric in its leadership program. During the day, he designs analytical software which makes aircrafts fly and during the night he plots devious murder mysteries. He is a die-hard fan of Manchester United and you might easily find him reading, in a café or a bookstore in Bangalore. I had the opportunity to ask Shouvik a few questions. Here they are:

Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart- Review

Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart

• Language: English
• Genre: Psychological Thriller
• Pages: 262 pages
• Format: Paperback
• Author: E. Lockhart
• Publishing Date: September,2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury India
• ISBN-10: 1471407497
• ISBN-13: 978-1471407499

Review:

OK, here comes my confession. I have not read anything from E. Lockhart before. When this book was sent to me for review, I had absolutely no idea what to expect from it. Some of my fellow book bloggers praised it thoroughly while some said it’s just meh. So naturally I decided to go into this book with an open mind.

Murder In A Minute by Shouvik Bhattacharya- Review

Murder In A Minute by Shouvik Bhattacharya

• Language: English
• Genre: Murder Mystery
• Pages: 228 Pages
• Format: Paperback
• Author: Shouvik Bhattacharya
• Publishing Date: December, 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury India
• ISBN-10: 9386643723
• ISBN-13: 978-9386643728

Review:

Rich and young Esha Arora, director of Arora Cements is brutally murdered in her family home which she shares with her step-brothers and sister. All the family members and servants were inside the home at the time of her murder. Her ex-boyfriend, CEO of a rival company and few of her employees were also present there to attend a board meeting. After the initial investigation, police suspects that it’s an inside job which means one of them is the killer. But all of them have alibis. Driven by rage & sorrow, two of her step-brothers decide to find out the real murderer who killed their beloved sister.

Sing,Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward- Review

Sing,Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

• Language: English
• Genre: Literary Fiction
• Pages: 304 pages
• Format: Paperback
• Author: Jesmyn Ward
• Publishing Date: 5th September,2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury India
• ISBN-10: 1408891034
• ISBN-13: 978-1408891032

Review:

Usually I write a review right after finishing the story. But with this book it was different. I finished it a week ago and since then I have been trying to collect my thoughts. Believe me, I have a lot to say but I don’t think that I am accomplished enough to review this book. I would have been surprised if it hadn’t won National Book Award. Yes, it is really that good.