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AGAINST ALL ODDS

Posted 19 March 2019 by goodbooks

When Kartik and Kavya move from Kolkata to Rourkela, neither is enthusiastic about living in a small town and leaving their old friends behind...

THE YEAR OF THE WEEDS

Posted 6 March 2019 by goodbooks

Korok lives in a small Gond village in Odisha. His life is in the garden he tends every day. Anchita, an artist, lives in the house which has the...

PASHMINA

Posted 27 February 2019 by goodbooks

Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most...

A FIREFLY IN THE DARK

Posted 22 February 2019 by goodbooks

Sharmeen’s life is disrupted when, after an unexpected tragedy, she moves into her Nani’s rambling ancestral bungalow with her family. She hates...

HALOS AND HORNS

Posted 17 May 2018 by goodbooks

Ghosts don’t exist, or that’s what Arundathi believed — till she became one. And that was just the beginning. When a terrible accident sends...

WHAT MAYA SAW: A TALE OF SHADOWS, SECRETS, CLUES

Posted 15 May 2018 by goodbooks

Almost from the moment Maya steps into St Paul’s College, she is afraid. Everywhere she goes, she encounters questions and secrets. Not to mention...

UNBROKEN

Posted 29 January 2018 by goodbooks

So okay, I’m a monster. But look what I have to deal with–my brother is a frightened little freak, my father is selfish and ill-tempered, my...

EIGHTEEN TIDES AND A TIGER

Posted 3 January 2018 by goodbooks

The Sunderbans, a tangle of forests where, according to legend, ghost tigers roar at the dead of night making the mangroves shiver. However, the...

HOT CHOCOLATE IS THICKER THAN BLOOD

Posted 7 October 2016 by Sandhya Rao

It’s an intriguing title, even if it seems a bit lost on the cover, and sets up an expectation of pacey, perky writing, very with it and fun, and...

FOXY FOURSOME

Posted 1 September 2016 by Goodbooks

This is my first time with the Foxy 4 and I have to admit I’m charmed. Even if we know some major and minor tweaking has been in play to render...

ASMARA’S SUMMER

Posted 1 August 2016 by Goodbooks

Bangalore, or Bengaluru as it is today, has a few parts that have remained untouched over the years. The cantonment areas from a colonial past...

RED TURBAN, WHITE HORSE: MY SISTER’S HURRICANE WEDDING

Posted 1 August 2016 by Goodbooks

If there was ever a Bollywood film written as a YA novel, Red Turban, White Horse would be it. There’s an attractive (and socially-approved thin)...

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