Fantasy Fiction for Grown Ups – Game of Thrones (the book, not the TV series!)
Review / February 6, 2014

Author: George R. R. Martin
Publisher: Bantam Books
Year: 1996
ISBN: 9780553588484
Rating: ★★★★½
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What do you say about a book that someone hasn’t already said in the 29, 359 reviews and 588,106 ratings it has already received on just one website? There was a time when I was tired of looking at the tweets and Facebook updates about this book/series. Finally, after finishing this book (after two failed attempts), I was cursing my inept, impatient self for having overlooked this gem of a book for so long.

Review: The Almond Tree by Michelle Cohen Corasanti
Review / January 31, 2014

Author: Michelle Cohen Corasanti
Publisher: Finger Prints Publishing
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9788172344870
Rating: ★★★★☆
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He looked me directly in the eye. ‘So you live in America?’
‘We do.’ I smiled.
He stopped, opened his backpack, pulled out an empty tear gas grenade and handed it to me.
‘I believe it was a present from your country.’ Majid smiled. ‘Tell your friends thanks. We got their grenade.
― Michelle Cohen Corasanti, The Almond Tree

Review: Terror on the Titanic by Samit Basu
Review / January 17, 2014

Author: Samit Basu
Publisher: Red Turtle Publications
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9788129129673
Rating: ★★½☆☆
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The world’s largest ruby, the Eye of the Empire, is in the hands of evil; and the Morningstar Agency’s spy, the young Mr. Nathaniel Brown is in charge of procuring and destroying it before it leads to dire consequences. The problem is that Mr. Brown has to defeat certain aliens who are onboard the legendary, unsinkable (or so it seemed) ship called Titanic to procure the jewel. How he manages to complete his mission is what the story is all about.

Review: Revenge Wears Prada – The Devil Returns by Lauren Weisberger
Review / December 22, 2013

Author: Lauren Weisberger
Publisher: Harper Collins
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9780007498062
Rating: ★★☆☆☆
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Eight years after quitting her job at The Runway, Andrea Sachs is back as a successful magazine editor with a solid marriage and a little baby girl when Andy’s formidable former boss Miranda Priestly resurfaces in her life, driving her to the edge. Will she be able to handle her this time?

Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Review / December 18, 2013

Author: Gillian Flynn
Publisher: Weidenfield & Nicolson
Year: 2012
ISBN: 9780297859383
Rating: ★★★★½
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An estranged couple is trying hard to make their marriage work and just then, the wife goes missing leaving behind incriminating evidences against the husband. Will they be able to save her?