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My Sister the Serial Killer book review on Ameya

My Sister, the Serial Killer | Book Review | 2018 | Oyinkan Braithwaite

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Oyinkan Braithwaite is a British-Nigerian author. Born in 1988 in Lagos, Nigeria, Braithwaite spent her childhood in both Lagos and the United Kingdom. She studied law and creative marketing. She has also worked as an assistant manager and production manager. My Sister, the Serial Killer was her debut novel. Braithwaite has also Read more…

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption book review on Ameya

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption | Book Review | 1982 | Stephen King

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Stephen Edwin King was born in 1947 in Portland, Maine. He is an American author and is popularly known as the King of Horror. His genres include horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, drama, dark fantasy, and crime fiction. King has authored several novels, novellas, short stories, and non-fiction books. Many of his works Read more…

Broken Silence | Suvika

Synopsis: Broken Silence by Suvika is the story of Adheer Nanda, the heir apparent of a textile empire. Engaged to the love of his life, Nanda’s life is turned upside down by the accusations of a murder. Kirti Malhotra, a 17-year-old, saves him from imminent incarceration, but smashes his reputation to smithereens. Devastated, Nanda disappears.

Book review of The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

The Last Thing He Told Me | Book Review | 2021 | Laura Dave

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Laura Dave was born and raised in New York City. She studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where she received her B.A. in English in 1999. She took her MFA in creative writing at the University of Virginia and received the Tennessee Williams Scholarship and the Henry Hoyns Fellowship thereafter. Dave has Read more…

Book review of The Secret History, by Donna Tartt

The Secret History | Donna Tartt | 1992 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Donna Tartt is an award-winning author from the United States of America. Her 2013 novel, The Goldfinch, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and has been adapted into a Hollywood film. The Secret History was her first novel. It is an inverted detective story set in New England. It explores the lives Read more…

Book review of a In a Dark, Dark Wood, by Ruth Ware

In a Dark, Dark Wood | Ruth Ware | 2015 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ruth Ware grew up in Sussex, on the south coast of England. After graduating from Manchester University she moved to Paris, before settling in North London. Ware has worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a teacher of English as a foreign language, and a press officer. She is married and has two Read more…

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson

[Book Review] ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ by Stieg Larsson

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Stieg Larsson was born in Vasterbotten in northern Sweden in 1954. At the time of his birth, his parents were too young and too poor to keep him. As a result, Larsson was raised by his grandparents in a small village in the north of Sweden. He is best known for writing Read more…

And Then There Were None Agatha Christie Book Review

[Book Review] ‘And Then There Were None’ by Agatha Christie

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Born in Torquay in 1890, Agatha Christie became, and still remains, the best-selling mystery writer of all time. She is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections. Christie is also credited with the world’s longest-running play – The Mousetrap. Her books have sold over a billion copies Read more…

Shilpa became fascinated by the gift she received from her aunt on her fifth birthday

Shilpa and her most cherished birthday gift ever!

Books have been my best friends since the time I could read. My very first book was my aunt’s gift to me on my fifth birthday. It was a fairy tale book. Of all the gifts I had received in my childhood, that book was – and still remains – my favorite. The very evening Read more…