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Rating: 3.5/5 Buy From Amazon.in Title:  The Second Coming: A Love Story Author: Scott Pinsker Genre: Fiction, History, Religious Pages: 238 Publisher: Scott Pinsker Publishing ASIN: B00KT6B3G0 Let me begin by saying that this is my very first 'requested' review.I received a free copy of this book from Scott Pinsker, the author, and was asked for my honest opinion. So here goes. The story is about two people, Joe and Israel, both claiming to be Jesus Christ. They are here to save mankind from the apocalypse and are forming their own group of followers for the same. But in reality, one of them is Satan. Both Joe and Israel, convince people to believe in them by presenting their own divine perspectives which, by the way, are totally opposite. The book is about how each of them represent their school of thought, one very modern and liberal, while the other with conventional theories of Christianity. When...

Rating: 3.5/5 Title:  Half Girlfriend Author: Chetan Bhagat Genre: Fiction, Romance Pages: 268 Publisher: Rupa Publication India ISBN-13:  9788129135728 I missed out on reading Revolution 2020 , Chetan Bhagat's previous book. So, I decided to preorder this one and as predicted, it was at my doorstep on the 1st of October, delivered by the ever efficient, Flipkart. Moving on from my ramblings, on to the summary. The story begins with Chetan Bhagat narrating about a visit he makes to Patna where he meets, Madhav, a forlorn lover who urges the author to read what looks like journals of his dead girlfriend (or half girlfriend, as he describes her). Our author is intrigued and asks Madhav to narrate his love story. Riya, the girl in question, is from a rich and flamboyant background who joins college, where she meets Madhav, whose English in nowhere near perfect due to his educational background. Their common love for basketball brings them closer but since Riya...

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Rating: 3/5 Title:  The Treasure Of Kafur Author: Aroon Raman Genre: Fiction, Literary, Indian History Pages: 400 Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN-13:  9789382616122 After reading the Shadow Princess ,  I felt the need to divulge in more of Indian history and therefore, called for this book. This is the first time I was reading Aroon Raman and was waiting to find out if we had another Amish Tripathi in our midst. Here goes the summary of this book. The story is about a boy named Dattatreya, who sets out on a perilous journey to save his grandmother, Ambu, whom the cruel  king  of Khandesh, Asaf Baig has kidnapped. The people of his kingdom are suffering due to his selfishness as he continues to demand more taxes to fill his treasury. He is also looking for the "Treasure of Kafur" which would enable him to take over the current emperor Akbar.  The treasure  was hidden years ago by  Lieutenant  Malik Kafur after  raidi...

This is a post from my personal blog I,Me,Myself . Since it was about Agatha Christie, thought I should share it here too. Tu Mera Hero, Poirot! David Suchet as Hercule Poirot Image courtesy: http://www.agathachristie.com/christies-work/detectives/poirot/1 All my life I have been reading and re-reading Agatha Christie's books. I absolutely love them. She has this ingenious capability to create some of the most flawless and complex plots and characters. But Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective with his distinguishing egg shaped head and stiff mustache, is Christie's masterpiece. Just yesterday I was watching a Poirot movie. The Mystery of the Blue Train. Although I always maintain that nothing can beat the experience of reading, I was curious. Seeing David Suchet portraying him just made me smile. Oh, what an excitement to watch the clever, hot chocolate loving neat freak on screen! He looked exactly the picture I had always imagined. And so immaculately repres...

Rating: 3.5/5 Title:  Shadow Princess Author: Indu Sundaresan Genre: Fiction, Literary, Indian History Pages: 380 Publisher: Harper Collins India ISBN-13:  9788172239978 'Shadow Princess' is the third book in the Taj Mahal trilogy. I haven't read the previous two books and I'm glad that this book does not have a continuing story line. So if, like me, you have no idea what happens in the prequels, it is absolutely  fine  because this book starts anew and is a story in  itself . The story opens with the delivery of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan's  fourteenth child. When she passes away due to  compilations  in childbirth, the powerful emperor is reduced to a forlorn figure as he struggles to come to terms with the tragedy. So great is the void that he considers giving up the mighty throne. It is then that he decides to demonstrate his love for his most belov...

Ruskin Bond's new collection of stories The Writer on the Hill is up for pre order on Flipkart. Pre Order   here .