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WHO WILL INHERIT THIS NEW EARTH?

The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age—a world terraformed and prepared for human life.

But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare.

Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?]]> 608 Adrian Tchaikovsky 1447273281 Siddharth 4 4.29 2015
author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.

Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!]]> 193 Douglas Adams Siddharth 0 dnf 4.28 1979
author: Douglas Adams
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1979
rating: 0
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As a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the S. Morgenstern classic, The Princess Bride. But as a grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of good old Dad's recitation, and only the "good parts" reached his ears.

Now Goldman does Dad one better. He's reconstructed the "Good Parts Version" to delight wise kids and wide-eyed grownups everywhere.

What's it about? Fencing. Fighting. True Love. Strong Hate. Harsh Revenge. A Few Giants. Lots of Bad Men. Lots of Good Men. Five or Six Beautiful Women. Beasties Monstrous and Gentle. Some Swell Escapes and Captures. Death, Lies, Truth, Miracles, and a Little Sex.

In short, it's about everything.]]> 429 William Goldman 0345418263 Siddharth 4 4.27 1973
author: William Goldman
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1973
rating: 4
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]]> 18423 The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants spend most of their time without a gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters.

Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.]]> 304 Ursula K. Le Guin Siddharth 0 to-read 4.11 1969
author: Ursula K. Le Guin
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1969
rating: 0
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]]> 207567968 New York Times bestselling author and the gaming industry's preeminent investigative journalist Jason Schreier examines three decades of ups and downs at Blizzard Entertainment leading up to a hostile corporate takeover and a sexual misconduct scandal that put the legendary developer in a world of (Warcraft) trouble.

For video game fans, the name Blizzard Entertainment was once synonymous with perfection. The renowned company celebrated the joy of gaming over all else, and every product it released was an instant classic: StarCraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and World of Warcraft, which forever changed the video game landscape. What was once two UCLA students' simple mission �� to make games they wanted to play �� launched an empire with thousands of employees, millions of fans, and billions of dollars.

But when Blizzard cancelled a buzzy project in 2013, it gave Bobby Kotick, the infamous CEO of corporate parent Activision, the excuse he needed to start cracking down on Blizzard's proud autonomy. Led by executives from McKinsey and Procter & Gamble, Activision began invading Blizzard from the inside, driving away throngs of key employees in a push for predictability over creativity. Glitchy products, PR disasters, and mass layoffs followed, marring the company’s once pristine image. In 2021, the state of California filed a staggering lawsuit against the company for sexual misconduct and discrimination, leading to a widespread reckoning and a $69 billion acquisition that sent shockwaves through the industry.

Based on firsthand interviews with more than 300 current and former employees, PLAY NICE chronicles the creativity, frustration, beauty, and betrayal across the epic 33-year saga of Blizzard Entertainment �� and explores the delight and despair of what it really means to "bleed Blizzard blue." Full of colorful personalities and dramatic twists, PLAY NICE is The Social Network for the video game industry.]]> 384 Jason Schreier 1538725428 Siddharth 5 I mainly read fiction but this one kept me turning the pages. A must read for every blizzard fan, and even for non-fans
This tells so much about what happens behind the scenes, how not everything is what it seems to be.

I hope more and more people read this gem of a book]]> 4.14 2024
author: Jason Schreier
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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A phenomenal book with lucid language and top notch story telling.
I mainly read fiction but this one kept me turning the pages. A must read for every blizzard fan, and even for non-fans
This tells so much about what happens behind the scenes, how not everything is what it seems to be.

I hope more and more people read this gem of a book
]]> 181344829 A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance.

Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast—again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange—again...

Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It’s clear from the way he tracks Misery’s every movement that he doesn’t trust her. If only he knew how right he was��.

Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what’s hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory…alone with the wolf.]]> 410 Ali Hazelwood Siddharth 1
I could have better entertained myself by watching a Scooby-Doo episode, which would have saved me a day of reading and the sheer agony of pushing through this novel. I am not one to skip chapters or even a single line of text, but believe me when I say that if you read the first two chapters and the last two, you would have missed nothing.

Story and the worldbuilding
The target audience seems to be 14��17-year-olds, and the book is so formulaic that you can spot every social media trope a mile away. But beware—this is no fairytale, because duh, genetics. Fangs, fast healing, super strength, "thralling," long pointy ears, werewolf transformation, all because of a few genes here and there. —it's all chalked up to genetics. Paranormal romance, my ass.

Our fearless FL is a hacker, her society is technologically advanced with state-of-the-art surveillance, and they've been at war with the wolves for as long as they can remember. Yet, somehow, they have zero information on each other. They even have areas where both species coexist, but still, they know absolutely nothing about their so-called enemy.

There is no world-building—none. You get no sense of the world these characters inhabit. No details about their houses, their environment, their city—nothing. Even the rooms barely get a description, if any at all.
Character Development? Nonexistent.

The book doesn't even bother to describe what the characters look like. All we get is that the vampire has pointy ears and is tall, while the werewolf dude is muscular. That’s it. That’s all the author wants you to know.

The dialogue? Repetitive. "Alpha, Alpha, Alpha." The book starts reading like an Andrew Tate manifesto, and you get tired of it so quickly.

Enemies to lovers? When were they ever enemies? Misery (yes, that’s the FL’s name) barely spares a thought for the wolves before instantly falling for the ML at first sight—and he does the same. There’s no real conflict between them throughout the story.

Final thoughts
There is no nuance, no depth, no character growth. The story is linear, painfully long, and senselessly drawn out. It would have worked better as a short Wattpad story than a 400-page novel.

I’m honestly baffled by the glowing 4- and 5-star reviews. They fooled me, man. I don’t usually check reviews because they can be deceiving—but boy, were they deceiving.]]> 3.98 2024
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2024
rating: 1
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Ali Hazelwood is a masterful writer—of fillers, that is. This book could have ended in four chapters, yet here we are, slogging through an unnecessarily stretched-out story.

I could have better entertained myself by watching a Scooby-Doo episode, which would have saved me a day of reading and the sheer agony of pushing through this novel. I am not one to skip chapters or even a single line of text, but believe me when I say that if you read the first two chapters and the last two, you would have missed nothing.

Story and the worldbuilding
The target audience seems to be 14��17-year-olds, and the book is so formulaic that you can spot every social media trope a mile away. But beware—this is no fairytale, because duh, genetics. Fangs, fast healing, super strength, "thralling," long pointy ears, werewolf transformation, all because of a few genes here and there. —it's all chalked up to genetics. Paranormal romance, my ass.

Our fearless FL is a hacker, her society is technologically advanced with state-of-the-art surveillance, and they've been at war with the wolves for as long as they can remember. Yet, somehow, they have zero information on each other. They even have areas where both species coexist, but still, they know absolutely nothing about their so-called enemy.

There is no world-building—none. You get no sense of the world these characters inhabit. No details about their houses, their environment, their city—nothing. Even the rooms barely get a description, if any at all.
Character Development? Nonexistent.

The book doesn't even bother to describe what the characters look like. All we get is that the vampire has pointy ears and is tall, while the werewolf dude is muscular. That’s it. That’s all the author wants you to know.

The dialogue? Repetitive. "Alpha, Alpha, Alpha." The book starts reading like an Andrew Tate manifesto, and you get tired of it so quickly.

Enemies to lovers? When were they ever enemies? Misery (yes, that’s the FL’s name) barely spares a thought for the wolves before instantly falling for the ML at first sight—and he does the same. There’s no real conflict between them throughout the story.

Final thoughts
There is no nuance, no depth, no character growth. The story is linear, painfully long, and senselessly drawn out. It would have worked better as a short Wattpad story than a 400-page novel.

I’m honestly baffled by the glowing 4- and 5-star reviews. They fooled me, man. I don’t usually check reviews because they can be deceiving—but boy, were they deceiving.
]]> 105818665 0 Dharamvir Bharati 9390575966 Siddharth 4 4.43 1949
author: Dharamvir Bharati
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.43
book published: 1949
rating: 4
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Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, their noble captain.

Life aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet is definitely lucrative and will keep them comfortable for years. But risking her life wasn’t part of the plan. In the far reaches of deep space, the tiny Wayfarer crew will confront a host of unexpected mishaps and thrilling adventures that force them to depend on each other. To survive, Rosemary’s got to learn how to rely on this assortment of oddballs—an experience that teaches her about love and trust, and that having a family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe.]]> 518 Becky Chambers 1500453307 Siddharth 3 4.15 2014
author: Becky Chambers
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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]]> 54493401
Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.

All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone.

Or does he?]]> 476 Andy Weir 0593135202 Siddharth 4 4.49 2021
author: Andy Weir
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.49
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> 193544852
Spirits are drawn to salt, be it blood or tears.

Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see. Ruth—strange, corpse-like, and dead for centuries—is the light of Roos' life. That is, until the wealthy young widow Agnes Knoop visits one of Roos' backroom seances, and the two strike up a connection.

Soon, Roos is whisked away to the crumbling estate Agnes inherited upon the death of her husband, where an ill woman haunts the halls, strange smells drift through the air, and mysterious stone statues reside in the family chapel. Something dreadful festers in the manor, but still, the attraction between Roos and Agnes is undeniable.

Then, someone is murdered.

Poor, alone, and with a history of 'hysterics', Roos is the obvious culprit. With her sanity and innocence in question, she'll have to prove who—or what—is at fault or lose everything she holds dear.

"A Sapphic seance of preternatural proportions, My Darling Dreadful Thing summons a stunning new literary voice to be reckoned with. Johanna van Veen reaches beyond the veil to conjure up a gothic shocker like no other."—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters

©2024 Johanna van Veen (P)2024 Tantor]]> 375 Johanna van Veen 1728281547 Siddharth 2 3.84 2024
author: Johanna van Veen
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/02
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Soon people are sneezing and dying all overManchester. Telekinetic cop Sybil Jones knows that, like Coyote, they died happy �� but even a happy death can be a murder. As exotic blooms begin to flower all over the city, the pollen count is racing towards 2000 and Sybil is running out of time.]]> 354 Jeff Noon Siddharth 3 fantasy
Starting out, things are happening. Nobody knows what or why—they just are. The start is great.

Somewhere along the way, you start imagining Manchester, but this Manchester feels much more constrained and smaller than the world of the first book. The characters are interesting, to say the least. Coyote-lover Dogboy, with loyalty and passion. Sybil, with her twisted love for her children. Kracker, a steadfast criminal with a moral hinge. Zero, conflicted in his personal and private relations. JB, Gumbo, and Boda. You’ll remember all of them—everybody has a role in the story, none to be dismissed.

The writing is kind of mind-think, like how we imagine things in our heads. Jeff Noon pours it onto paper without filtering it for the masses. One second you’re in the headspace of Boda, another you’re with Sybil. One moment you’re in Manchester, and in the next line, you’re in the Vurt. It’s disorienting—but maybe that’s the charm of Jeff Noon’s work.

The sexualization of childlike bodies (aged well over centuries) stuck out as a bit eerie to me. Another oddity was the weird sexual descriptions—the acts are described like someone’s on a mushroom trip. Hell, I couldn’t figure out what was happening, just picked up bits and pieces.

Nearing the later half of the story, it gets a bit tiring. You have to put yourself in the author’s shoes and think about what he could have been imagining while writing, in order to understand what’s in front of you. It’s not very lucid. Descriptions of the Vurt still feel like mushroom trips—either you get them, or you don’t. It’s like being a dodo while the Vurt is unfolding in front of you.

A good story, but as a successor to Vurt, it fails to uphold the expectations of the series.]]> 3.99 1995
author: Jeff Noon
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1995
rating: 3
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date added: 2025/03/21
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Pollen counts are rising, and Manchester is suffering from the worst hayfever in history. Sneezing is everywhere—and even the Vurt is sneezing. Dreams are invading reality, and it’s up to Sybil Jones, the shadow cop, to stop this pollen menace.

Starting out, things are happening. Nobody knows what or why—they just are. The start is great.

Somewhere along the way, you start imagining Manchester, but this Manchester feels much more constrained and smaller than the world of the first book. The characters are interesting, to say the least. Coyote-lover Dogboy, with loyalty and passion. Sybil, with her twisted love for her children. Kracker, a steadfast criminal with a moral hinge. Zero, conflicted in his personal and private relations. JB, Gumbo, and Boda. You’ll remember all of them—everybody has a role in the story, none to be dismissed.

The writing is kind of mind-think, like how we imagine things in our heads. Jeff Noon pours it onto paper without filtering it for the masses. One second you’re in the headspace of Boda, another you’re with Sybil. One moment you’re in Manchester, and in the next line, you’re in the Vurt. It’s disorienting—but maybe that’s the charm of Jeff Noon’s work.

The sexualization of childlike bodies (aged well over centuries) stuck out as a bit eerie to me. Another oddity was the weird sexual descriptions—the acts are described like someone’s on a mushroom trip. Hell, I couldn’t figure out what was happening, just picked up bits and pieces.

Nearing the later half of the story, it gets a bit tiring. You have to put yourself in the author’s shoes and think about what he could have been imagining while writing, in order to understand what’s in front of you. It’s not very lucid. Descriptions of the Vurt still feel like mushroom trips—either you get them, or you don’t. It’s like being a dodo while the Vurt is unfolding in front of you.

A good story, but as a successor to Vurt, it fails to uphold the expectations of the series.
]]> 41886271 A son struggling to grasp his violent future,
A father blind to the danger that threatens them all.

When the winds of war reach their peninsula, will the Matsuda family have the strength to defend their empire? Or will they tear each other apart before the true enemies even reach their shores?

High on a mountainside at the edge of the Kaigenese Empire live the most powerful warriors in the world, superhumans capable of raising the sea and wielding blades of ice. For hundreds of years, the fighters of the Kusanagi Peninsula have held the Empire’s enemies at bay, earning their frozen spit of land the name ‘The Sword of Kaigen.��

Born into Kusanagi’s legendary Matsuda family, fourteen-year-old Mamoru has always known his purpose: to master his family’s fighting techniques and defend his homeland. But when an outsider arrives and pulls back the curtain on Kaigen’s alleged age of peace, Mamoru realizes that he might not have much time to become the fighter he was bred to be. Worse, the empire he was bred to defend may stand on a foundation of lies.

Misaki told herself that she left the passions of her youth behind when she married into the Matsuda house. Determined to be a good housewife and mother, she hid away her sword, along with everything from her days as a fighter in a faraway country. But with her growing son asking questions about the outside world, the threat of an impending invasion looming across the sea, and her frigid husband grating on her nerves, Misaki finds the fighter in her clawing its way back to the surface.]]> 651 M.L. Wang Siddharth 0 to-read 4.46 2019
author: M.L. Wang
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> 127282939 From the acclaimed author of Parakeet, Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland is a wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn't feel at home on Earth.

At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, but she reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognizes that she is different: She possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. The arrival of a fax machine enables her to contact her extraterrestrial relatives, beings who have sent her to report on the oddities of Earthlings.

For years, as she moves through the world and makes a life for herself among humans, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and surprising joys of their existence. Then, at a precarious moment, a beloved friend urges Adina to share her messages with the world. Is there a chance she is not alone?

Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland is a novel of startling originality about the fragility and resilience of life on our Earth and in our universe. It is a remarkable evocation of the feeling of being in exile at home, and it introduces a gentle, unforgettable alien for our times.]]> 327 Marie-Helene Bertino 0374109281 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.08 2024
author: Marie-Helene Bertino
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.08
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But hey, there’s nothing wrong with a little escapism, right? After all, Zack tells himself, he knows the difference between fantasy and reality. He knows that here in the real world, aimless teenage gamers with anger issues don’t get chosen to save the universe.

And then he sees the flying saucer.

Even stranger, the alien ship he’s staring at is straight out of the videogame he plays every night, a hugely popular online flight simulator called Armada—in which gamers just happen to be protecting the earth from alien invaders.

No, Zack hasn’t lost his mind. As impossible as it seems, what he’s seeing is all too real. And his skills—as well as those of millions of gamers across the world—are going to be needed to save the earth from what’s about to befall it.

It’s Zack’s chance, at last, to play the hero. But even through the terror and exhilaration, he can’t help thinking back to all those science-fiction stories he grew up with, and wondering: Doesn’t something about this scenario seem a little…familiar?

At once gleefully embracing and brilliantly subverting science-fiction conventions as only Ernest Cline could, Armada is a rollicking, surprising thriller, a classic coming of age adventure, and an alien invasion tale like nothing you’ve ever read before—one whose every page is infused with the pop-culture savvy that has helped make Ready Player One a phenomenon.]]> 355 Ernest Cline 0804137250 Siddharth 0 to-read 3.54 2015
author: Ernest Cline
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 6088007 Neuromancer is a cyberpunk, science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks with 1984 and Brave New World as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future.

The Matrix is a world within the world, a global consensus-hallucination, the representation of every byte of data in cyberspace...

Henry Dorsett Case was the sharpest data-thief in the business, until vengeful former employees crippled his nervous system. But now a new and very mysterious employer recruits him for a last-chance run. The target: an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence orbiting Earth in service of the sinister Tessier-Ashpool business clan. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case embarks on an adventure that ups the ante on an entire genre of fiction.

The winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer was the first fully-realized glimpse of humankind’s digital future—a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about our technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and think, and forever altered the landscape of our imaginations.]]> 288 William Gibson Siddharth 0 to-read 3.93 1984
author: William Gibson
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1984
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]]> 57693457 After several deaths punctuating a series of all-too-brief life spans, a clone reassesses his purpose—and his humanity—in Edward Ashton's Mickey7, "a unique blend of thought-provoking sci-fi concepts, farcical relationship drama, and exotic body horror" (New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin).

EXPENDABLE \ik'spen-d'-b'l\ n. A human clone utilized for dangerous work on space exploration missions. An Expendable's personality and memories may be transferred intact to a new body if and when the current host dies.

Mickey Barnes is an Expendable, now on his seventh iteration, living—and dying—among his fellow colonists on the near-uninhabitable ice world of Niflheim. Some consider him immortal. Others believe he's a soulless monstrosity. For the past nine years, he has been deployed for hazardous assignments and subjected to experiments that test the limits of human endurance, his humanity sacrificed for the greater good.

While on reconnaissance, Mickey7 is injured and left for dead, only to be saved by Niflheim's native species, thought to be insentient by the colonists. Returning to base, Mickey7 meets his next generation, Mickey8. Neither clone is willing to recycle himself, but if anyone discovers multiple Mickeys exist, they'll both be executed—and there won't ever be a Mickey9.

But Mickey7's premature twin isn't his only secret. He hasn't uploaded his memories in a month, leaving his clone in the dark about his near death and close encounter with the planet's inhabitants. Mickey7 also doesn't know how all of his previous selves died, and those he remembers have left him traumatized and mistrustful of the colony's mission. A mission that has Mickey Barnes questioning his moral and mortal existence... again... and again....]]> 296 Edward Ashton 1250275032 Siddharth 0 to-read 3.74 2022
author: Edward Ashton
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> 109307 246 Amitav Ghosh 061832996X Siddharth 0 to-read 3.87 1988
author: Amitav Ghosh
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1988
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]]> 8520362
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? Why are the laws of nature so finely tuned as to allow for the existence of beings like ourselves? And, finally, is the apparent “grand design�� of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion—or does science offer another explanation?

The most fundamental questions about the origins of the universe and of life itself, once the province of philosophy, now occupy the territory where scientists, philosophers, and theologians meet—if only to disagree. In their new book, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow present the most recent scientific thinking about the mysteries of the universe, in nontechnical language marked by both brilliance and simplicity.

In The Grand Design they explain that according to quantum theory, the cosmos does not have just a single existence or history, but rather that every possible history of the universe exists simultaneously. When applied to the universe as a whole, this idea calls into question the very notion of cause and effect. But the “top-down�� approach to cosmology that Hawking and

Mlodinow describe would say that the fact that the past takes no definite form means that we create history by observing it, rather than that history creates us. The authors further explain that we ourselves are the product of quantum fluctuations in the very early universe, and show how quantum theory predicts the “multiverse”—the idea that ours is just one of many universes that appeared spontaneously out of nothing, each with different laws of nature.

Along the way Hawking and Mlodinow question the conventional concept of reality, posing a “model-dependent�� theory of reality as the best we can hope to find. And they conclude with a riveting assessment of M-theory, an explanation of the laws governing us and our universe that is currently the only viable candidate for a complete “theory of everything.�� If confirmed, they write, it will be the unified theory that Einstein was looking for, and the ultimate triumph of human reason.

A succinct, startling, and lavishly illustrated guide to discoveries that are altering our understanding and threatening some of our most cherished belief systems, The Grand Design is a book that will inform—and provoke—like no other.']]> 199 Stephen Hawking 0553805371 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.07 2010
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]]> 3869
Told in language we all can understand, A Brief History of Time plunges into the exotic realms of black holes and quarks, of antimatter and “arrows of time,�� of the big bang and a bigger God—where the possibilities are wondrous and unexpected. With exciting images and profound imagination, Stephen Hawking brings us closer to the ultimate secrets at the very heart of creation.]]> 226 Stephen Hawking 0553380168 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.22 1988
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]]> 40277241
Within these pages, he provides his personal views on our biggest challenges as a human race, and where we, as a planet, are heading next. Each section will be introduced by a leading thinker offering his or her own insight into Professor Hawking's contribution to our understanding.]]> 256 Stephen Hawking 1984819194 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.27 2018
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]]> 449573 176 Stephen Hawking 0641587716 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.18 2002
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name: Siddharth
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]]> 52382796
Powerful and engrossing, capturing both the rich pageantry and stark realities of life in feudal Japan, Shōgun is a critically acclaimed powerhouse of a book. Heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat action melds seamlessly with intricate historical detail and raw human emotion. Endlessly compelling, this sweeping saga captivated the world to become not only one of the best-selling novels of all time but also one of the highest-rated television miniseries, as well as inspiring a nationwide surge of interest in the culture of Japan. Shakespearean in both scope and depth, Shōgun is, as the New York Times put it, "...not only something you read--you live it." Provocative, absorbing, and endlessly fascinating, there is only one: Shōgun.]]> 1152 James Clavell 1982603844 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.42 1975
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name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.42
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]]> 117833 The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece.

An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novel's vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its author's lifetime and appeared only in a censored edition in the 1960s. Its truths are so enduring that its language has become part of the common Russian speech.

One hot spring, the devil arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and an immense talking black cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. The visitors quickly wreak havoc in a city that refuses to believe in either God or Satan. But they also bring peace to two unhappy Muscovites: one is the Master, a writer pilloried for daring to write a novel about Christ and Pontius Pilate; the other is Margarita, who loves the Master so deeply that she is willing literally to go to hell for him. What ensues is a novel of inexhaustible energy, humor, and philosophical depth, a work whose nuances emerge for the first time in Diana Burgin's and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor's splendid English version.]]> 372 Mikhail Bulgakov 0679760806 Siddharth 5 4.31 1967
author: Mikhail Bulgakov
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.31
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rating: 5
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]]> 4406
Adam Trask came to California from the East to farm and raise his family on the new rich land. But the birth of his twins, Cal and Aaron, brings his wife to the brink of madness, and Adam is left alone to raise his boys to manhood. One boy thrives nurtured by the love of all those around him; the other grows up in loneliness enveloped by a mysterious darkness.

First published in 1952, East of Eden is the work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence. A masterpiece of Steinbeck's later years, East of Eden is a powerful and vastly ambitious novel that is at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the Book of Genesis.]]> 601 John Steinbeck 0142000655 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.41 1952
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]]> 33280428 A caring hostel.
Three careless mates.
The decisive years.
Three ignorant souls.
A bomb blast and A close shave.
Welcome to life through the gate of BHU.]]> 192 Satya Vyas Siddharth 2 I liked the writing style and how natural it was, the ending events felt forced, but I suppose it was necessary for the book to find an ending, as it needed something to hinge the end upon and some plot device to tie the strings]]> 4.06 2014
author: Satya Vyas
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average rating: 4.06
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rating: 2
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It was a good book, refreshing at least, away from the romance and fiction I read and the algorithmic stories that have plagued Indian writing, just another book down the memory lane, all in all a happy-go-lucky book
I liked the writing style and how natural it was, the ending events felt forced, but I suppose it was necessary for the book to find an ending, as it needed something to hinge the end upon and some plot device to tie the strings
]]> 22822858
Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride.��Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he’ll not only be unable to overcome—but that will define his life forever.]]> 720 Hanya Yanagihara 0385539258 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.27 2015
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]]> 5695 0679734511. (ISBN13: 9780679734512)

Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horrified Russians in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a "novel-pamphlet" in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia.]]> 733 Fyodor Dostoevsky Siddharth 0 to-read 4.31 1872
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]]> 7144 671 Fyodor Dostoevsky Siddharth 0 to-read 4.26 1866
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]]> 12505 667 Fyodor Dostoevsky 0679642420 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.22 1869
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]]> 7126 The epic tale of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge, in its definitive translation

Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to use the treasure to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Dumas�� epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment, was a huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s.

Translated with an Introduction by Robin Buss

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here]]> 1276 Alexandre Dumas 0140449264 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.29 1846
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]]> 4934
This award-winning translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky remains true to the verbal inventiveness of Dostoevsky’s prose, preserving the multiple voices, the humor, and the surprising modernity of the original. It is an achievement worthy of Dostoevsky’s last and greatest novel.]]> 796 Fyodor Dostoevsky 0374528373 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.36 1880
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]]> 15823480 Anna Karenina provides a vast panorama of contemporary life in Russia and of humanity in general. In it Tolstoy uses his intense imaginative insight to create some of the most memorable characters in all of literature. Anna is a sophisticated woman who abandons her empty existence as the wife of Karenin and turns to Count Vronsky to fulfil her passionate nature - with tragic consequences. Levin is a reflection of Tolstoy himself, often expressing the author's own views and convictions.

Throughout, Tolstoy points no moral, merely inviting us not to judge but to watch. As Rosemary Edmonds comments, 'He leaves the shifting patterns of the kaleidoscope to bring home the meaning of the brooding words following the title, 'Vengeance is mine, and I will repay.]]> 964 Leo Tolstoy 0345803922 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.11 1878
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]]> 23198201 466 Yuval Noah Harari Siddharth 0 to-read 4.53 2011
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]]> 63219094 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile�� humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.]]> 665 Rebecca Yarros Siddharth 0 to-read 4.74 2023
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]]> 55933845 A Suitable Boy takes us into the richly imagined world of four large extended families and spins a compulsively readable tale of their lives and loves. A sweeping panoramic portrait of a complex, multiethnic society in flux, A Suitable Boy remains the story of ordinary people caught up in a web of love and ambition, humor and sadness, prejudice and reconciliation, the most delicate social etiquette and the most appalling violence.

An international now a major TV series]]> 1553 Vikram Seth 1800770014 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.08 1993
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]]> 6481157
Jack Delvin′s determination to possess Amanda became greater when she discovered his true identity. But gently-bred Amanda craved respectability more than she admitted, while Jack, the cast-off son of a nobleman and London′s most notorious businessman, refused to live by society′s rules. Yet when fate conspired for them to marry, their worlds collided with a passionate force neither had expected...but both soon craved.]]> 384 Lisa Kleypas 0061793094 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.09 2000
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name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.09
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]]> 19406835 272 Khushwant Singh 9350292939 Siddharth 0 to-read 3.95 2006
author: Khushwant Singh
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.95
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]]> 52729298 ASIN B086GM3R68 moved to the more recent edition

Sutton Spencer’s ideas for her life were fairly simple: finish graduate school and fall in love. It would be a lot simpler if she could pinpoint exactly what she should do when she graduates in less than a year. Oh, and if she could figure out how to talk to a woman without feeling completely hopeless, that would be great too.

Charlotte Thompson is very much the opposite. She's always had clear steps outlining her path to success with no time or inclination for romance. Her burgeoning career in politics means everything to her and she’s not willing to compromise it for something as insignificant as love. Fleeting, casual, and discreet worked perfectly fine.

When they meet through a dating app, it's immediately clear that they aren't suited for anything more than friendship. Right?]]> 629 Haley Cass Siddharth 0 to-read 4.53 2020
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]]> 25563522 Winner of the 30th anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel.

Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed, stand-alone novel Children of Time, is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.

Who will inherit this new Earth? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age �� a world terraformed and prepared for human life.

But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare.

Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?

"Children of Time is a joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human." - Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls.]]> 609 Adrian Tchaikovsky Siddharth 0 to-read 4.37 2015
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]]> 36616277
Australian crime reporter Maddie Grey is working the night shift, out of her depth in New York, miserable, and secretly crushing on her twice-married, media-mogul employer.

Elena Bartell is a brilliant, fierce, ice queen boss who eats failing newspapers for breakfast and believes to her core that everything would be much simpler if people told each other the whole, unvarnished truth.

As work takes them to Australia, Maddie is goaded into a brief, seemingly harmless bet with her enigmatic boss—where they can’t lie to each other. The bet backfires spectacularly as Elena realizes that the brutal truth might not be what she wanted after all.

A beautiful lesbian workplace romance about the lies we tell ourselves.]]> 362 Lee Winter 3955338991 Siddharth 3 4.54 2017
author: Lee Winter
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2017
rating: 3
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]]> 58709846 The Three-Body Problem is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience the Hugo Award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author, Liu Cixin.

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision.]]> 400 Liu Cixin Siddharth 4 4.15 2006
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name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 74891190 A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and the dead.

Gracetown, Florida

June 1950

Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie’s journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school they call The Reformatory.

Robbie has a talent for seeing ghosts, or haints. But what was once a comfort to him after the loss of his mother has become a window to the truth of what happens at the reformatory. Boys forced to work to remediate their so-called crimes have gone missing, but the haints Robbie sees hint at worse things. Through his friends Redbone and Blue, Robbie is learning not just the rules but how to survive. Meanwhile, Gloria is rallying every family member and connection in Florida to find a way to get Robbie out before it’s too late.

The Reformatory is a haunting work of historical fiction written as only American Book Award–winning author Tananarive Due could, by piecing together the life of the relative her family never spoke of and bringing his tragedy and those of so many others at the infamous Dozier School for Boys to the light in this riveting novel.]]> 573 Tananarive Due Siddharth 3 4.50 2023
author: Tananarive Due
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> 66562105
Earth has. Now the predators are coming.

Crossing light years, the Trisolarians will reach Earth in four centuries' time. But the sophons, their extra-dimensional agents and saboteurs, are already here. Only the individual human mind remains immune to their influence.

This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a last-ditch defence that grants four individuals almost absolute power to design secret strategies, hidden through deceit and misdirection from human and alien alike. Three of the Wallfacers are influential statesmen and scientists, but the fourth is a total unknown.]]> 513 Liu Cixin 1784971588 Siddharth 4 4.50 2008
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name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> 57281746 Neverwhere, heralded the arrival of a major talent and became a touchstone of urban fantasy.

It is the story of Richard Mayhew, a young London businessman with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he discovers a girl bleeding on the sidewalk. He stops to help her—an act of kindness that plunges him into a world he never dreamed existed. Slipping through the cracks of reality, Richard lands in Neverwhere—a London of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels that exists entirely in a subterranean labyrinth. Neverwhere is home to Door, the mysterious girl Richard helped in the London Above. Here in Neverwhere, Door is a powerful noblewoman who has vowed to find the evil agent of her family’s slaughter and thwart the destruction of this strange underworld kingdom. If Richard is ever to return to his former life and home, he must join Lady Door’s quest to save her world—and may well die trying.]]> 400 Neil Gaiman Siddharth 3 4.25 1996
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name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> 56557080 310 George Orwell 1542025796 Siddharth 2 4.25 1949
author: George Orwell
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1949
rating: 2
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]]> 55751155 0 Akshat Gupta Siddharth 0 to-read 3.82 2020
author: Akshat Gupta
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average rating: 3.82
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]]> 75434380
CEO Michelle Hastings has foolishly promoted a kind, clueless activist to her full-time staff. Now, on top of fighting her inconvenient feelings, Michelle must hide the evil they do.

Eden Lawless relishes her new job, the hot boss who gives her butterflies, and her eccentric workmates who tell weird jokes about their day. Blackmail? Hacking? Doxing? Hilarious! But what if it’s not a joke? Would that mean Eden has to fight the boss she’s falling for?

Chaos Agent, the last book in The Villains Series, is a lesbian romance filled with intrigue, humor, hurt, and heart. It’s set in The Red Files universe but can be read as a standalone series.]]> 352 Lee Winter 3963247509 Siddharth 0 currently-reading 4.46 2023
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]]> 56179372 Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it.

A spirited young Englishwoman, Abitha, arrives at a Puritan colony betrothed to a stranger �� only to become quickly widowed when her husband dies under mysterious circumstances. All alone in this pious and patriarchal society, Abitha fights for what little freedom she can grasp onto, while trying to stay true to herself and her past.

Enter Slewfoot, a powerful spirit of antiquity newly woken ... and trying to find his own role in the world. Healer or destroyer? Protector or predator? But as the shadows walk and villagers start dying, a new rumor is whispered: Witch.

Both Abitha and Slewfoot must swiftly decide who they are, and what they must do to survive in a world intent on hanging any who meddle in the dark arts.

Complete with 8 pages of Brom’s mesmerizing full-color artwork and chapter illustrations throughout, his latest book is sure to delight.]]> 305 Brom 125062200X Siddharth 0 to-read 4.23 2021
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]]> 62888191 A literary horror debut about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man, and the people who love him in every form he takes

Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago’s lung. Acting on fierce maternal instinct and the dubious logic of an old folktale, she nurtures the lung until it gains sentience, growing into the carnivorous little Monstrilio she keeps hidden within the walls of her family’s decaying Mexico City estate. Eventually, Monstrilio begins to resemble the Santiago he once was, but his innate impulses—though curbed by his biological and chosen family’s communal care—threaten to destroy this fragile second chance at life.

A thought-provoking meditation on grief, acceptance, and the monstrous sides of love and loyalty, Gerardo Sámano Córdova blends bold imagination and evocative prose with deep emotional rigor. Told in four acts that span the globe from Brooklyn to Berlin, Monstrilio offers, with uncanny clarity, a cathartic and precise portrait of being human.]]> 336 Gerardo Sámano Córdova 1638930368 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.11 2023
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]]> 65645376 Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay.

Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge and, with human science advancing and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations can co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But peace has made humanity complacent.

Cheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the 21st century, awakens from hibernation in this new age. She brings knowledge of a long-forgotten program dating from the start of the Trisolar Crisis, and her presence may upset the delicate balance between two worlds. Will humanity reach for the stars or die in its cradle?
Praise for The Three-Body Problem :
'Your next favourite sci-fi novel' Wired
'Immense' Barack Obama
'Unique' George R.R. Martin
'SF in the grand style' Guardian
'Mind-altering and immersive' Daily Mail
Winner of the Hugo and Galaxy Awards for Best Novel]]> 605 Cixin Liu Siddharth 3
To me, it was as if cheng xin was forced to make one worst choice after the other, perhaps she just reflected humanity as a whole, never changing, arrogant and self righteous.

The book went from hopeful to depressing really fast, one blow after the other, even in the end hope couldn't be salvaged. It felt like as if a sadist was orchestrating the play and took enjoyment in suffering

I found myself a little shaken at the end of the book, how could ending a world be such an insignificant work to other, such devastation and for what? A world that is already at war and going to disappear from the dimension still cares about destroying a little civilization that is just taking baby steps?

Just not for me, this one]]> 4.46 2010
author: Cixin Liu
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2010
rating: 3
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This one was a mixed bag for me, definitely the least loved out of the three.

To me, it was as if cheng xin was forced to make one worst choice after the other, perhaps she just reflected humanity as a whole, never changing, arrogant and self righteous.

The book went from hopeful to depressing really fast, one blow after the other, even in the end hope couldn't be salvaged. It felt like as if a sadist was orchestrating the play and took enjoyment in suffering

I found myself a little shaken at the end of the book, how could ending a world be such an insignificant work to other, such devastation and for what? A world that is already at war and going to disappear from the dimension still cares about destroying a little civilization that is just taking baby steps?

Just not for me, this one
]]> 6334 288 Kazuo Ishiguro 1400078776 Siddharth 0 to-read 3.85 2005
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average rating: 3.85
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]]> 18386
How, Tolstoy asks, does an unreflective man confront his one and only moment of truth?

This short novel was an artistic culmination of a profound spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life, a nine-year period following the publication of Anna Karenina during which he wrote not a word of fiction.
A thoroughly absorbing, and, at times, terrifying glimpse into the abyss of death, it is also a strong testament to the possibility of finding spiritual salvation.]]> 86 Leo Tolstoy Siddharth 0 to-read 4.12 1886
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name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1886
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]]> 49455 Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction, and between the visions of self each century embodied. One of the most remarkable characters in literature, the unnamed narrator is a former official who has defiantly withdrawn into an underground existence. In complete retreat from society, he scrawls a passionate, obsessive, self-contradictory narrative that serves as a devastating attack on social utopianism and an assertion of man’s essentially irrational nature.

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, whose Dostoevsky translations have become the standard, give us a brilliantly faithful edition of this classic novel, conveying all the tragedy and tormented comedy of the original.]]> 136 Fyodor Dostoevsky 067973452X Siddharth 0 to-read 4.21 1864
author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1864
rating: 0
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]]> 32758901 "As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."

In a corporate-dominated space-faring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. For their own safety, exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern.

On a distant planet, a team of scientists is conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid--a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.�� Scornful of humans, Murderbot wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is, but when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and Murderbot to get to the truth.]]> 144 Martha Wells Siddharth 0 to-read 4.10 2017
author: Martha Wells
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 77566 500 Dan Simmons 0553283685 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.26 1989
author: Dan Simmons
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1989
rating: 0
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]]> 30267604
Elegantly written and punctuated by moments of unexpected warmth and humor, Ghachar Ghochar is a quietly enthralling, deeply unsettling novel about the shifting meanings—and consequences—of financial gain in contemporary India.]]> 118 Vivek Shanbhag 014311168X Siddharth 2 Sure they go through economic changes and there is a shift in the personality

But what after that?

Does chikkappa have a iron grip orver the family? How does he react when he is defied, does he stop the narraotr's salary? Does he commit murder? How exactly is his character like?

The narrator, does he grow a backbone eventually?

What happens with appa? Does he donate his wealth?

Does maalti redeem herself as she cries after leaving her husband and having him beaten up, she becomes a spendthrift, how does it end

]]> 3.88 2013
author: Vivek Shanbhag
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2013
rating: 2
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I don't know what the book was about,
Sure they go through economic changes and there is a shift in the personality

But what after that?

Does chikkappa have a iron grip orver the family? How does he react when he is defied, does he stop the narraotr's salary? Does he commit murder? How exactly is his character like?

The narrator, does he grow a backbone eventually?

What happens with appa? Does he donate his wealth?

Does maalti redeem herself as she cries after leaving her husband and having him beaten up, she becomes a spendthrift, how does it end


]]> 74166828 Dans une prose précise, maîtrisée et condensée, Ghachar Ghochar explore les mécanismes complexes d’une famille, celle du narrateur, clan modeste qu’un commerce peu regardant a soudainement propulse dans un monde de riches. Cette opulence inattendue fragilise les rôles et l’identité de chacun, mettant à mal l’équilibre de la maisonnée. Les traditions vacillent, les luttes de pouvoir font rage, et tout devient ghachar ghochar, plonge dans un indescriptible chaos, un chaos que Shanbhag nous décrit avec délectation, subtilité et une douceur époustouflante.
Un roman en forme de parabole sur les affres de la richesse trop vite venue et la dégradation morale qui l’accompagne, campé dans une Inde tiraillée entre traditions et modernité.]]> 108 Vivek Shanbhag 2283032016 Siddharth 3 3.00 2013
author: Vivek Shanbhag
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.00
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2024/07/14
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]]> 58916147 A newer cover edition can be found here.

In this exhilarating novel by the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry two friends--often in love, but never lovers--come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.

On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts.

Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.]]> 418 Gabrielle Zevin Siddharth 5 [spoilers removed]]]> 4.26 2022
author: Gabrielle Zevin
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2024/05/26
date added: 2024/06/19
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It was a good book, I don't have the depth of a reviewer, I just liked reading it, experiencing it, I liked that it focused on the story and everything happened in between, the focus was the story and how went and not how the characters wanted to be or whatever, no monologues, no forced plot
[spoilers removed]
]]> 43450005 एक तर�� सुदी�� है जिसन�� क्ला�� 12th के बा�� पढ़ा�� और घर दोनो�� छोड़ दिया था और मिलियनेय�� बन गया। वही�� दूसरी तर�� चित्रा है, जो अपनी लिखी किताबो�� की पॉपुलैरिटी की बदौल�� आजकल हर लिटरेच�� फेस्टिवल की शा�� है�� बड़े-से-बड़े कॉले�� और बड़ी-से-बड़ी पार्टी मे�� उसके आन�� से ही रौनक होती है�� हर रविवार उसका ले�� अखबा�� मे�� छपता है�� उसके आर्टिक�� पर सोशल मीडिया मे�� तब तक बह�� होती रहती है जब तक कि उसका अगला आर्टिक�� नही�� छप जाता��
हमारी दो जिंदगिया�� होती हैं। एक जो हम हर दि�� जीते हैं। दूसरी जो हम हर दि�� जीना चाहत�� है��, अक्टूब�� जंक्शन उस दूसरी ज़िंदगी की कहानी है�� ‘अक्टूबर जंक्शन�� चित्रा और सुदी�� की उसी दूसरी ज़िंदगी की कहानी है।]]> 150 Divya Prakash Dubey Siddharth 3 4.19
author: Divya Prakash Dubey
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.19
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rating: 3
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]]> 57992579 The Breadwinner is the award-winning first book in The Breadwinner Trilogy. It is a novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances. A map, glossary and author's note provide young readers with background and context.]]> 177 Deborah Ellis 1554980070 Siddharth 3 4.35 2000
author: Deborah Ellis
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2000
rating: 3
read at: 2024/03/19
date added: 2024/06/16
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]]> 59007823
By the neon night glow of the Sunset Strip, Maeve haunts the dive bars with a drink in one hand and a book in the other, imitating her misanthropic literary heroes.

But when Gideon Green - her best friend’s brother - moves to town, he awakens something dangerous within her, and the world she knows suddenly shifts beneath her feet.

Untethered, Maeve ditches her discontented act and tries on a new persona. A bolder, bloodier one, inspired by the pages of American Psycho . Step aside Patrick Bateman, it’s Maeve’s turn with the knife.]]> 288 C.J. Leede Siddharth 2
[spoilers removed]

[spoilers removed]

liked the world-building, character buildup of Maeve and kate was good.
Okay okay book I would say,

Would review this if or when I have read more of the same genre. 3 starts for now]]> 3.85 2023
author: C.J. Leede
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2023
rating: 2
read at: 2024/03/22
date added: 2024/06/16
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This one was my first of the Horror/Thriller(?) genre, and to say, I read it whole, it was an okay read, Not boring but not interesting either, the horror past is very short lived, First half is spent in analogies,

[spoilers removed]

[spoilers removed]

liked the world-building, character buildup of Maeve and kate was good.
Okay okay book I would say,

Would review this if or when I have read more of the same genre. 3 starts for now
]]> 30255943
Growing up ignored by the nobility, Ari never wanted to be a proper princess. And when Thad suddenly starts training Ari to take his place, she realizes that her brother’s ascension to the throne wasn’t fate. It was the work of a Wish Granter named Alistair Teague who tricked Thad into wishing away both the safety of his people and his soul in exchange for the crown.

So Ari recruits the help of Thad’s enigmatic new weapons master, Sebastian Vaughn, to teach her how to fight Teague. With secret ties to Teague’s criminal empire, Sebastian might just hold the key to discovering Alistair’s weaknesses, saving Ari’s brother—and herself.

But Teague is ruthless and more than ready to destroy anyone who dares stand in his way—and now he has his sights set on the princess. And if Ari can’t outwit him, she’ll lose Sebastian, her brother…and her soul.]]> 432 C.J. Redwine 0062360302 Siddharth 0 to-read 3.91 2017
author: C.J. Redwine
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 24473763 The Prince of no value
Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential spare heir to a throne secured many times over. A trade and political alliance between the human kingdom of Gaur and the Kai kingdom of Bast-Haradis requires that he marry a Gauri woman to seal the treaty. Always a dutiful son, Brishen agrees to the marriage and discovers his bride is as ugly as he expected and more beautiful than he could have imagined.

The noblewoman of no importance
Ildiko, niece of the Gauri king, has always known her only worth to the royal family lay in a strategic marriage. Resigned to her fate, she is horrified to learn that her intended groom isn’t just a foreign aristocrat but the younger prince of a people neither familiar nor human. Bound to her new husband, Ildiko will leave behind all she’s known to embrace a man shrouded in darkness but with a soul forged by light.

Two people brought together by the trappings of duty and politics will discover they are destined for each other, even as the powers of a hostile kingdom scheme to tear them apart.]]> 297 Grace Draven Siddharth 0 to-read 3.98 2015
author: Grace Draven
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 15177
The quest led them to a host of truly memorable characters, multiple wonders, incredible adventures—and strange coincidences, which were really not coincidences at all. And it involved them in an ancient crime that still perturbed the serenity of Heaven. Simply and charmingly told, this is a wry tale, a sly tale, and a story of wisdom delightfully askew. Once read, its marvels and beauty will not easily fade from the mind.

The author claims that this is a novel of an ancient China that never was. But, oh…it should have been!]]> 278 Barry Hughart 0345321383 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.28 1984
author: Barry Hughart
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1984
rating: 0
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]]> 36752952
Marie Claire's best self-help books for 2018

The Courage to be Disliked shows you how to unlock the power within yourself to become your best and truest self, change your future and find lasting happiness. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 19th century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, the authors explain how we are all free to determine our own future free of the shackles of past experiences, doubts and the expectations of others. It's a philosophy that's profoundly liberating, allowing us to develop the courage to change, and to ignore the limitations that we and those around us can place on ourselves.
The result is a book that is both highly accessible and profound in its importance. Millions have already read and benefited from its wisdom. Now that The Courage to be Disliked has been published for the first time in English, so can you.
Three million copies sold worldwide .]]> 277 Ichiro Kishimi 1760638269 Siddharth 0 currently-reading 4.09 2013
author: Ichiro Kishimi
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> 19306508 229 Viktor E. Frankl Siddharth 0 currently-reading 4.37 1946
author: Viktor E. Frankl
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1946
rating: 0
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]]> 27152021 Compact INTRODUCING guide to the influential philosopher, sociologist and economist. INTRODUCING MARX - A GRAPHIC GUIDE explores the life of the most famous Socialist figure, from his early years to meeting Engels in1842. It provides a readable, understandable biography of Karl Marx as well as a fundamental account of his original philosophy, its roots in 19th century European ideology, his radical economic and social criticism of capitalism that inspired vast 20th century revolutions.

]]> 326 Rius 1848319819 Siddharth 0 currently-reading 3.82 1976
author: Rius
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1976
rating: 0
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]]> 125082647
The world’s greatest bodybuilder. The world’s highest-paid movie star. The leader of the world’s sixth-largest economy. That these are the same person sounds like the setup to a joke, but this is no joke. This is Arnold Schwarzenegger. And this did not happen by accident.
��
Arnold’s stratospheric success happened as part of a process. As the result of clear vision, big thinking, hard work, direct communication, resilient problem-solving, open-minded curiosity, and a commitment to giving back. All of it guided by the one lesson Arnold’s father hammered into him above be useful. As Arnold conquered every realm he entered, he kept his father’s adage close to his heart.
��
Written with his uniquely earnest, blunt, powerful voice, Be Useful takes readers on an inspirational tour through Arnold’s tool kit for a meaningful life. He shows us how to put those tools to work, in service of whatever fulfilling future we can dream up for ourselves. He brings his insights to vivid life with compelling personal stories, life-changing successes and life-threatening failures alike—some of them famous; some told here for the first time ever.
��
Too many of us struggle to disconnect from our self-pity and connect to our purpose. At an early age, Arnold forged the mental tools to build the ladder out of the poverty and narrow-mindedness of his rural Austrian hometown, tools he used to add rung after rung from there. Now he shares that wisdom with all of us. As he puts it, no one is going to come rescue you—you only have yourself. The good news, it turns out, is that you are all you need.]]> 284 Arnold Schwarzenegger Siddharth 0 dnf 4.44 2023
author: Arnold Schwarzenegger
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> 29637203 693 Upinder Singh 9332569975 Siddharth 0 currently-reading 4.24 2006
author: Upinder Singh
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> 21488036 544 Norman Lewis 0307817490 Siddharth 0 currently-reading 4.33 1949
author: Norman Lewis
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1949
rating: 0
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]]> 59107871 Would you give up your lifelong dream for a shot at everlasting love?
Amanda Morgan is a morning show host with a fierce reputation, but a bitter divorce has left her feeling all washed up. Being mistaken for a grandmother at her own son’s wedding has her teetering on the edge—until a stranger at the reception rocks her world.
Dakota Washington is a young reporter who is flabbergasted to meet her career idol—and biggest celebrity crush—at a friend’s out-of-town wedding. Their night together goes beyond her wildest fantasies. And she’s had a lot of them.
They were never meant to see each other again, until fate steps in, landing Dakota a job at Amanda’s network in New York City. Thanks to a draconian employment contract, the network could fire them on the spot for getting romantically involved. They agree to keep their distance and never breathe a word about their past.
Easy, right?
Except every time they’re alone for more than five minutes, they end up having sex. Soon, it’s obvious this is more than a fling, leaving them with an unthinkable choice: give up the careers they’ve poured their souls into or lose the love of a lifetime. Which one will be easier to walk away from?
If you enjoy scorching celebrity age-gap romance with a touch of heart, don’t miss the latest collaboration of Miranda MacLeod and TB Markinson.]]> 347 T.B. Markinson Siddharth 0 currently-reading 4.37
author: T.B. Markinson
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.37
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]]> 36990485 241 Roslyn Sinclair 3955339432 Siddharth 3 4.47 2017
author: Roslyn Sinclair
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2023/12/26
date added: 2023/12/26
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]]> 35503945 153 �������������� 9385990829 Siddharth 0 currently-reading 4.25 400
author: ��������������
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.25
book published: 400
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/12/19
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]]> 320 417 Gabriel García Márquez Siddharth 4 4.10 1967
author: Gabriel García Márquez
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1967
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/19
date added: 2023/12/18
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Not experienced enough to comment on this, but I found it fascinating and baffling at the same time.
]]> 124943221
Brillante, ambizioso, potente, Dominic Davenport è partito da zero per diventare il re di Wall Street. Ha tutto: una casa splendida, una moglie bellissima, e più soldi di quanti riuscirà mai a spendere. Eppure non è mai soddisfatto. Nella sua smania di avere sempre di più, finisce per allontanare l'unica persona che lo abbia mai amato davvero. Solo quando lei lo lascia, Dominic capisce che nella vita c'è qualcosa che va oltre il denaro e la gloria... ma ora potrebbe davvero essere troppo tardi.

Gentile, intelligente, premurosa, Alessandra Davenport ha interpretato per anni il ruolo della moglie-trofeo. È stata accanto a Dominic mentre costruiva il suo impero, ma ora che hanno conquistato la vetta, si rende conto che lui non è più l'uomo di cui si era innamorata. Quando capisce che per il marito lei verrà sempre dopo il lavoro, decide di prendere in mano la propria vita e mettere se stessa al primo posto, anche a costo di abbandonare l'unico uomo che abbia mai amato. Ciò che non poteva prevedere è quanto lui sarebbe stato capace di lottare per salvare il loro matrimonio.]]> 352 Ana Huang Siddharth 0 currently-reading 3.92 2023
author: Ana Huang
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/12/03
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]]> 53588853

When Alyssa Moriani loses her father, she's faced with an impossible choice: fulfil her father's last wish and marry Daniel Devereaux, her best friend's older brother... or lose her father's company to the one person that'll burn everything she's worked for to the ground.

Her marriage to Daniel was never meant to be more than a business arrangement. They were never meant to be so perfect together, and they were definitely never meant to fall in love. After all, they started their marriage with an end date in sight.


Author's Note: Full length novel with a guaranteed happily ever after. This book contains steamy scenes and an alpha-hole hero.]]> 312 Catharina Maura Siddharth 1 dnf 3.91
author: Catharina Maura
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.91
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]]> 60457393 What makes an Ice Queen?

Neve Blackthorne, head of one of the most successful Studios in Hollywood, is the one to rule them all. Powerful, beautiful, and aloof, she’s ruthless, yet irresistible. Above all, she has an unquenchable survival instinct.

Surely a fleeting entanglement with one Audrey Avens, a bright, young, rising star in her company, won’t bring down the Wicked Queen of Tinseltown. Or will it?

Neve’s public persona has no chink in the untouchable armor, but when the lights go out and the cameras stop rolling, what becomes of an Ice Queen whose heart is ruled by love and fear?]]> 398 Milena McKay Siddharth 0 currently-reading 4.45 2022
author: Milena McKay
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> 38101642 310 Shashi Tharoor 9386021811 Siddharth 4 4.00 2018
author: Shashi Tharoor
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2023/11/18
date added: 2023/11/18
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]]> 75302266 Angharad—Emrys Myrddin’s epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, then destroys him—is the only thing keeping her afloat. So when Myrddin’s family announces a contest to redesign the late author’s estate, Effy feels certain it’s her destiny.

But musty, decrepit Hiraeth Manor is an impossible task, and its residents are far from welcoming. Including Preston Héloury, a stodgy young literature scholar determined to expose Myrddin as a fraud. As the two rivals piece together clues about Myrddin’s legacy, dark forces, both mortal and magical, conspire against them—and the truth may bring them both to ruin.]]> 378 Ava Reid 0063211505 Siddharth 0 to-read 3.72 2023
author: Ava Reid
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/11/04
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]]> 60872655
Their lives weren’t meant to collide �� but everything changes when Grayson realizes that Aria is the mysterious woman behind a wildly popular vigilante platform.

She’s the woman he’s been falling for online, the one whose coding skills outdo his, the one he’s been trying to track down.

It’s her. And she’s off-limits.]]> 328 Catharina Maura 9887531936 Siddharth 1
It is my third romance book, and I found the story concise, it wasn't stretched, not forced, the characters were given time to develop, The relationship and the rest, it ended not too soon and not too late, that's what makes me like it

The rating is subjective and compared to some of the books I have read previously, obviously not from the same genre of books (Quick read romance books), I felt it was good for its purpose, for what the book is meant to be and the aim of the author

It was just not deep/complex enough, You go to and forth between three scenes in your imagination i.e. The office, their home and the home of the siblings for a brief introduction, there is not much to imagine, again, the story flows good with what it is and what it has but that's it

Another thing that bugged me a little was the use of words like "baby" "darling" early in the relationship, when they weren't sure of their feelings or hadn't disclosed them, but that might just be a cultural thing
]]> 3.81 2021
author: Catharina Maura
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2021
rating: 1
read at: 2023/10/13
date added: 2023/10/26
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One line : It is a good book with good writing and plot for casual reading

It is my third romance book, and I found the story concise, it wasn't stretched, not forced, the characters were given time to develop, The relationship and the rest, it ended not too soon and not too late, that's what makes me like it

The rating is subjective and compared to some of the books I have read previously, obviously not from the same genre of books (Quick read romance books), I felt it was good for its purpose, for what the book is meant to be and the aim of the author

It was just not deep/complex enough, You go to and forth between three scenes in your imagination i.e. The office, their home and the home of the siblings for a brief introduction, there is not much to imagine, again, the story flows good with what it is and what it has but that's it

Another thing that bugged me a little was the use of words like "baby" "darling" early in the relationship, when they weren't sure of their feelings or hadn't disclosed them, but that might just be a cultural thing

]]> 60886952 What happens when the world’s fiercest fashion editor learns she’s pregnant—and her distracting assistant is the only one she can turn to? This wildly popular age-gap lesbian romance mixes humor and chaos with self-discovery.

Jules Moretti is newly single, an aspiring writer, and the hyper-competent assistant to the most powerful woman in fashion. It’s a tough job, but her ice queen boss won’t settle for less than perfection.

Vivian Carlisle helms the internationally revered fashion publication Du Jour. She might be smack in the middle of a messy divorce, but you have to make sacrifices to be the best. That’s what she tells herself, anyway.

When the unthinkable happens, Vivian’s regimented world is turned upside-down. Her life is about power, success, and dominance—not a baby!

This single, shocking moment throws boss and assistant together into an intimacy neither could have imagined. With their lives in chaos, every day brings a new challenge bigger than the last. But everything will work out…just so long as they don’t do anything totally ridiculous.

Like fall in love.

Truth and Measure is the first part of a two-book series. This slow-burn office romance is a steamy story of fashion, passion, and the power of the unexpected.]]> 464 Roslyn Sinclair 3963246456 Siddharth 3 4.56 2022
author: Roslyn Sinclair
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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]]> 125091830 Hailed as the novel that reinvented cyberpunk, The 30th Anniversary edition of Jeff Noon's award winning cult classic, Vurt.

Scribble and his gang, the Stash Riders, haunt the streets of an alternate Manchester, chasing the immersive highs that come from Vurt Feathers. Place a feather in your mouth and it takes you to the another place, a trip, a shared reality of all our dreams and mythologies.
��
Different coloured feathers provide different experiences, but Scribble is searching for his lost love and only one feather offers the hope of finding her. It’s the ultimate feather, it may not even exist at Curious Yellow.
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But as the Game Cat says, “Be careful, be very careful. This ride is not for the weak.��
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First published in 1993, Jeff Noon’s extraordinary, influential, award-winning novel transcended SF boundaries and resisted categorization. Alluding to noir and surrealism alike, it was defiantly its own thing and remains so thirty years later.��

File �� Fantasy [��Curious Yellow | Urban Wonderland | Game Cat | Living on the Dub Side ]]]> 360 Jeff Noon 1915202965 Siddharth 5 4.15 1993
author: Jeff Noon
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1993
rating: 5
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]]> 186308485 GOLDIE WINNER 2023: THE ANN BANNON POPULAR CHOICE BRONZE AWARD
WINNER OF THE LESFIC BARD AWARD 2022: ROMANCE
WINNER OF THE LESFIC BARD AWARD 2022: COVER DESIGN
WINNER OF THE QUEER INDIE AWARDS 2022: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
GOLDIE FINALIST 2023: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE LONG NOVEL

An age gap, celebrity ice queen romance that will pull at the heart strings �� even the icy ones!

Sydney MacKenzie, personal assistant to the rich and famous, is looking forward to a well-earned break to go travelling in her beloved VW camper van, Gertie �� that is, until Gertie cries off sick. When her boss calls in a favour, one that will pay Sydney handsomely and put Gertie back on the road, she can’t refuse.

Internationally renowned actress Beatrice Russell �� adored by her fans and despised by those that know her �� is splashed across the tabloids, all thanks to her broken leg. She limps back to her palatial English country estate to convalesce for the summer, where she finds herself in need of yet another new assistant.

Enter Sydney, who doesn’t take kindly to the star’s demands, attitude, or clicking fingers �� much less her body’s own attraction to the gorgeous diva. If not for that, and Gertie’s worn-out engine, she would leave tomorrow. Or so she tells herself.

As the summer heats up, the ice queen begins to thaw, and Sydney glimpses the tormented woman beneath the celebrity bravado, drawing her ever closer to the enigmatic actress �� sometimes too close.

Can Sydney reach the real Beatrice and help heal her wounds before the summer ends and she returns to filming in the States, or is the celebrity broken beyond repair?]]> 312 Emily Banting Siddharth 4 4.18 2022
author: Emily Banting
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> 62664725 ASIN moved from less recent edition

Lambda Literary 2022 Lesbian Romance Winner

Golden Crown Literary Society 2022 Winner in the following categories:
- Romantic Blend,
- Ann Bannon Popular Choice,
- Tee Corinne Cover Design (Em Schreiber, cover designer)

A chance encounter. An unforgettable night.

And back home, trouble is brewing on the remote island of Three Dragons, where nothing feels like it used to. Alone and lonely, Sam Threadneedle wishes upon a star, hoping for change. But when said change comes, it’s with a roar and not a whimper.

Torn between loyalty and lust, Sam is forced to re-evaluate everything.

Can she and the Home of Dragons withstand the storm that is Magdalene Nox, or will any and all crumble?

Not everything is as it seems, and as she slowly unravels the mysteries behind the centuries-old walls, Sam realizes that home is much more than oak and stone.



A chance encounter. An unforgettable night.
And back home, trouble is brewing on the remote island of Three Dragons, where nothing feels like it used to. Alone and lonely, Sam Threadneedle wishes upon a star, hoping for change. But when said change comes, it’s with a roar and not a whimper.
Torn between loyalty and lust, Sam is forced to re-evaluate everything.
Can she and the Home of Dragons withstand the storm that is Magdalene Nox, or will any and all crumble?
Not everything is as it seems, and as she slowly unravels the mysteries behind the centuries-old walls, Sam realizes that home is much more than oak and stone.]]> 382 Milena McKay Siddharth 4 ]]> 4.51 2021
author: Milena McKay
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/17
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One of the best in the genre, It has everything, the story, the angst, the romance, thriller, all of them and in a perfectly paced way, It never got boring, never too fast nor too slow

]]> 190228839 From WLW author Rojana Krait comes a sapphic vampire tale bleeding with desire and obsession, ecstasy and agony, a dangerous thirst for vengeance, and a forbidden, slow-burn, femme x femme love story with a shocking conclusion.

I slay the beasts that stalk this city of decay, but don't be fooled. None of them are as monstrous as me. One hundred years of blood stains my tongue and the only two things that keep me going are my vows to my sisters and my dark angel, my Aya. I'll do anything to protect her from her demons, but who is going to protect her from me?

DELIRIUM NOCTURNUM is a collection of 4 standalone volumes about a coven of contemporary lesbian vampires sworn to protect and avenge the innocent. Each volume contains 4 novellas that tell the tale of one sapphic vampire and the woman who makes her want to break her vows. These books contain adult situations and graphic violence, please see the author's website for the VERY MANY trigger warnings for each volume.]]> 385 Rojana Krait Siddharth 2 3.79
author: Rojana Krait
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.79
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]]> 59747519 Lambda Literary award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur returns with a steamy Sapphic rom-com about a quiet bookseller and a romance novel cover model who agree to a modern-day marriage-of-convenience...

Tansy Adams�� greatest love is her family’s bookstore, passed down from her late father. But when it comes to actual romance�� Tansy can’t get past the first chapter. Tired of her stepfamily’s questions about her love life, Tansy invents Gemma, a fake girlfriend inspired by the stunning cover model on a bestselling book. They’ll never actually meet, so what’s the harm in a little fib? Yet when real-life Gemma crosses Tansy’s path, her white lie nearly implodes.

Gemma van Dalen is a wild child, the outcast of her wealthy family, and now the latest heir to Van Dalen Publishing. But the title comes with one tiny condition: she must be married in order to inherit. When Gemma discovers a beautiful stranger has been pretending to date her for months, she decides to take the charade one step further—and announces their engagement.

Gemma needs a wife to meet the terms of her grandfather’s will and Tansy needs money to save her struggling bookstore. A marriage could be mutually beneficial, if they can fool everyone into thinking it’s a love match. Unexpected sparks fly as Tansy and Gemma play the role of affectionate fiancées, and suddenly the line between convenient arrangement and real feelings begins to blur. But the scheming Van Dalen family won’t give up the company without a fight, and Gemma and Tansy’s newfound happiness might get caught in the fallout…]]> 384 Alexandria Bellefleur 0063258498 Siddharth 3 3.96 2023
author: Alexandria Bellefleur
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> 61294937 Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman’s determined quest to seize a final chance at glory—and write her own legend.

Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.

But when she’s tracked down by the obscenely wealthy mother of a former crewman, she’s offered a job no bandit could refuse: retrieve her comrade’s kidnapped daughter for a kingly sum. The chance to have one last adventure with her crew, do right by an old friend, and win a fortune that will secure her family’s future forever? It seems like such an obvious choice that it must be God’s will.

Yet the deeper Amina dives, the more it becomes alarmingly clear there’s more to this job, and the girl’s disappearance, than she was led to believe. For there’s always risk in wanting to become a legend, to seize one last chance at glory, to savor just a bit more power…and the price might be your very soul.]]> 483 Shannon Chakraborty Siddharth 0 to-read 4.25 2023
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name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.25
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]]> 175774474
Isla Walsh is a prankster, and her favorite person to pull one over on has to be her principal, Andry Murphey. But Isla isn’t all fun and games, and her sixth grade students will attest to that. Behind every prank Isla plays hides a secret she hasn’t shared since she moved to Cheyenne. She’s not the happy person she seems to be. In fact, she’s pretty certain everyone will leave her.

Andry Murphey moved to Cheyenne because of a woman, and two years after her marriage ended, she hasn’t found who she is other than a principal. For two years all she could handle was the basics of life, until her favorite teacher ups the ante on the pranks. In each trick, she finds joy again, and Andry wonders what it would be like if she could fall in love again.

Follow two broken hearts in this sensual age gap romance as Isla and Andry rediscover themselves and what it means to love others through their worst.

Let the prank wars commence!]]> 347 Adrian J. Smith 1960221094 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.13
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]]> 195884604
Two years after Brooke Lewis had her heart broken and life turned upside down, she was convinced she would never find love again. Nor did she want to. After reluctantly agreeing to her best friend's pleas to start dating again, she tried and failed. Until the bartender on one of her dates threw her for a loop and made her question everything.

Taylor Thompson didn't believe in soulmates or love at first sight, but she definitely felt something the first moment she laid eyes on Brooke at the bar. Something that only intensified the more time they spent together. As Brooke deals with increasing worries over her mother's health, and tries to protect her own heart, Taylor blissfully finds herself falling even more head over heels.

This steamy, age-gap romance will leave you longing for more and rooting for two women who just can't seem to tell the other how much they truly care.]]> 296 Rachel Murphy Siddharth 0 to-read 4.33 2023
author: Rachel Murphy
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.33
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]]> 63348071 An Age Gap Ice Queen Novella
In this sizzling novella straight out of the Jazz Age, an irrepressible New York dancer named Alice catches the eye of Cora Carter-Price, a wealthy businesswoman, social doyenne, and all-around ice queen. In a world where their affair must keep out of sight, is there a way for them to find happiness together beyond a series of steamy encounters in posh hotels? Or must they stay as secret as a speakeasy?
This free book is available only via subscription to Roslyn Sinclair's newsletter. Link in author's profile. 20,000 words.]]> 102 Roslyn Sinclair Siddharth 0 to-read 4.20 2022
author: Roslyn Sinclair
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.20
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]]> 58524773 India, That Is Bharat, the first book of a comprehensive trilogy, explores the influence of European 'colonial consciousness' (or 'coloniality'), in particular its religious and racial roots, on Bharat as the successor state to the Indic civilisation and the origins of the Indian Constitution. It lays the foundation for its sequels by covering the period between the Age of Discovery, marked by Christopher Columbus' expedition in 1492, and the reshaping of Bharat through a British-made constitution-the Government of India Act of 1919. This includes international developments leading to the founding of the League of Nations by Western powers that tangibly impacted this journey.

Further, this work also traces the origins of seemingly universal constructs such as 'toleration', 'secularism' and 'humanism' to Christian political theology. Their subsequent role in subverting the indigenous Indic consciousness through a secularised and universalised Reformation, that is, constitutionalism, is examined. It also puts forth the concept of Middle Eastern coloniality, which preceded its European variant and allies with it in the context of Bharat to advance their shared antipathy towards the Indic worldview. In order to liberate Bharat's distinctive indigeneity, 'decoloniality' is presented as a civilisational imperative in the spheres of nature, religion, culture, history, education, language and, crucially, in the realm of constitutionalism.]]> 540 J. Sai Deepak 9354350046 Siddharth 0 currently-reading 4.52 2021
author: J. Sai Deepak
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2021
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]]> 42896951 Summer Hayes is devastated when her co-star shuns her for accidentally sparking rumors they’re lovers. Now the so-called British Bitch has the audacity to ask Summer to pretend to be her girlfriend to get her a role? Elizabeth doesn’t even like Summer! Oh, how she’d love to tell her no. And Summer definitely would if it wasn’t for the fact she’s maybe a tiny bit in love with the impossible woman.
A lesbian celebrity romance about gaining love, losing masks, and trying to stick to the script.

106,000 words]]> 334 Lee Winter 3963241144 Siddharth 4 4.52 2018
author: Lee Winter
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> 77266187 Possible in real life? Maybe... maybe not!

Siddharth’s perfect love story is over. Life is asking him to compromise and go along with his family’s wishes. Will he be able to do justice to someone else under the shadow of his reluctant decision? Will he be able to create a place for someone in his heart again?

A die-hard romantic, Naina is in search of a partner who will love and cherish her... only her.
An only child, her life was perfect. Till Siddharth said ‘yes��.

How can Naina agree to an arranged marriage with someone who doesn’t have a romantic bone and still carried a torch for someone else? Will she be able to out-maneuver everyone and get her perfect love story? Will she, like others, have to sacrifice her dreams for her family’s wishes and values?

Or, in a strange twist of fate, will life make Naina realize that only an open heart gets the perfect love story?]]> 136 Ruchi Singh Siddharth 1 okayish Please keep in mind that the review is subjective and from my point of view

The writing is good, but I found the plot to be exceedingly simple for my taste, [spoilers removed]

I felt that the characters were simple, you can easily decipher what is going to happen next in the story, the boyfriend (Vicky?) was too shallow and weak of a character,

[spoilers removed]

It is like the plot follows a straight line with the goal in sight, [spoilers removed]]]> 4.01
author: Ruchi Singh
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.01
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rating: 1
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date added: 2023/10/12
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This is my first review for a book as this is my first one on my kindle, you may not find my review refined, as I have never reviewed a book, I will still try to keep it as simple as it is in my mind
Please keep in mind that the review is subjective and from my point of view

The writing is good, but I found the plot to be exceedingly simple for my taste, [spoilers removed]

I felt that the characters were simple, you can easily decipher what is going to happen next in the story, the boyfriend (Vicky?) was too shallow and weak of a character,

[spoilers removed]

It is like the plot follows a straight line with the goal in sight, [spoilers removed]
]]> 11297
A magnificent blending of the music, the mood, and the ethos that was the sixties with the story of one college student's romantic coming of age, Norwegian Wood brilliantly recaptures a young man's first, hopeless, and heroic love.]]> 296 Haruki Murakami 0375704027 Siddharth 4 4.01 1987
author: Haruki Murakami
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.01
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rating: 4
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]]> 22874559 260 Chetan Bhagat 8129135728 Siddharth 2 3.01 2014
author: Chetan Bhagat
name: Siddharth
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rating: 2
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]]> 78216
Because They Hate is a political wake-up call told through a very personal memoir frame. Brigitte warns that the US is threatened by fundamentalist Islamic theology in the same way Lebanon was-- radical Islam will stop at nothing short of domination of all non-Muslim countries. Gabriel saw this mission start in Lebanon, and she refuses to stand silently by while it happens here. Gabriel sees in the West a lack of understanding and a blatant ignorance of the ways and thinking of the Middle East. She also points out mistakes the West has made in consistently underestimating the single-mindedness with which fundamentalist Islam has pursued its goals over the past thirty years. Fiercely articulate and passionately committed, Gabriel tells her own story as well as outlines the history, social movements, and religious divisions that have led to this critical historical conflict.]]> 272 Brigitte Gabriel 0312358377 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.12 2006
author: Brigitte Gabriel
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.12
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]]> 50659467
At least, he’s not a beast all the time.

As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she’s been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever.

From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.]]> 419 Sarah J. Maas 1635575567 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.15 2015
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 82542648 832 Ms. Bhatia Siddharth 1 never-again, dnf
I liked the story at first, it seems to follow the plotline of similar Korean Manhwa(s) or Chinese Manhua(s), The presentation was good, everything was going great,

[spoilers removed]

All of this feels so forced, the insecurity, the doubts

It was hard to continue reading because of the same trope playing again and again. I guess this is it from my side]]> 3.75
author: Ms. Bhatia
name: Siddharth
average rating: 3.75
book published:
rating: 1
read at: 2023/10/11
date added: 2023/10/11
shelves: never-again, dnf
review:
DNF@25% - Tl:dr, the story is stretched for too long without a good cause, the female lead is absurd and it feels that she is forced by the author to be dumb to her surroundings

I liked the story at first, it seems to follow the plotline of similar Korean Manhwa(s) or Chinese Manhua(s), The presentation was good, everything was going great,

[spoilers removed]

All of this feels so forced, the insecurity, the doubts

It was hard to continue reading because of the same trope playing again and again. I guess this is it from my side
]]> 3236307
She never expects to fall in love with beautiful Prince Po.

She never expects to learn the truth behind her Grace—or the terrible secret that lies hidden far away . . . a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with words alone.

With elegant, evocative prose and a cast of unforgettable characters, debut author Kristin Cashore creates a mesmerizing world, a death-defying adventure, and a heart-racing romance that will consume you, hold you captive, and leave you wanting more.]]> 471 Kristin Cashore 015206396X Siddharth 0 to-read 4.07 2008
author: Kristin Cashore
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> 50767759 An alleged atheist and a staunch rationalist who opposed orthodox Hindu beliefs, encouraged inter-caste marriage and dining, and dismissed cow worship as mere superstition, Savarkar was, arguably, the most vocal political voice for the Hindu community through the entire course of India's freedom struggle. From the heady days of revolution and generating international support for the cause of India's freedom as a law student in London, Savarkar found himself arrested, unfairly tried for sedition, transported and incarcerated at the Cellular Jail, in the Andamans, for over a decade, where he underwent unimaginable torture.
From being an optimistic advocate of Hindu-Muslim unity in his treatise on the 1857 War of Independence, what was it that transformed him in the Cellular Jail to a proponent of 'Hindutva', which viewed Muslims with suspicion?
Drawing from a vast range of original archival documents across India and abroad, this biography in two parts-the first focusing on the years leading up to his incarceration and eventual release from the Kalapani-puts Savarkar, his life and philosophy in a new perspective and looks at the man with all his achievements and failings.]]> 624 Vikram Sampath 0670090301 Siddharth 0 to-read 4.55 2019
author: Vikram Sampath
name: Siddharth
average rating: 4.55
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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