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  Very recently, I have posted about an impending book release by an author whose last book I read earlier this year. Well, as luck would have it, here is another author I read earlier this year and now his next book is ready for release. I read the ' Shadow Throne ' by Aroon Raman about a year ago ( Read my review here ) and now the author comes out with his next. I had liked Shadow Throne and the blurb for this next book also sounds interesting. The Treasure of Kafur by Aroon Raman is planned for release next month around December 15th ... and I just hope I get it in time to review it before the end of the year :)   The book cover has been released and here it is for you ... You can of course visit the author's website or his FB page  

So here we go … the interview with 'Asura' author Anand Neelkantan  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Anand, Before we begin the interview, let me tell you something. I am not (yet) a fan of your writing. I read Asura in February this year and frankly, I did not like it one bit. I had expected the story be from the perspective of Ravana where Ravana would be glorified and his good as well as bad side be given from his perspective. What came out was Ravana being portrayed as a Stupid Guy with Big Dreams and able men around him who helped him become an Emperor. I mean literally, he has been portrayed as stupid. The book was overall a painfully slow and torturous read ... I kept reading till the end hoping it would get better in the end. The storyline made no sense at times. Ravana was not shown as a strong character ... a promiscuous man with children from his wife, another lady and even a servant ... crazy! At some po...

Last Monday, I wrote a blog post about the Author of Ravana's story, Anand Neelkantan, now coming out with Duryodhana's story. I had also posted the cover page image of the new book titled "AJAYA – Epic of the Kaurava Clan". Today, I am also sharing ' preview chapter ' of the book … Take it from me … they are indeed interesting (even though we know the Mahabharata). What next, you ask me ? Let's not to forget about the author interview The interview of Anand Neelkantan will be up on this blog in a couple of days.

Last month, I completed a collection of Philip K Dick stories and rather than picking up another one of his, I picked up Asimov this month. Started a collection of 17 short stories by Asimov titled "Earth is Room Enough" and ended up reading half. I had to struggle with myself to not complete the other half within the month itself. This is the first time I am reading Asimov short stories (consciously. I might have read an Asimov short story randomly or as part of some collection or magazine). The stories have a certain element of intellectual debate or paradox in them. This month was a busy month on work front and for almost a week, I practically did not read anything much (which is like 25% of the time of a month). This took a toll on my reading but I still managed to read 3 novels   I got a short story collection to review and along with the Asimov stories that I read and the ones from Alfred Hitchcock series together put together a nice total of 28 for the mont...

    Book: The Disappearance of Tejas Sharma…and Other Hauntings Author: Manish Mahajan No. of Pages: 85 Genre: Horror, Fiction Publisher: Cinnamon Teal Publishing   I received this book as part of a book review program at The Tales Pensieve. When the opportunity came up, I was already waiting for another collection of horror stories up for review in Dec. I have read very little of horror genre – although a lot of mystery. I am not sure if I will want to read a horror novel but I am definitely game for short stories!!! Although I knew that the book was only 85 pages, but when the book arrived, I realized how thin an 85-page book is. I had almost forgotten that. Having read novel ranging from 200 to 600 pages and occasionally even longer, holding a 85 page book in hand to read stories is different.     Another pleasant surprise was the 'foreword' of the book … it was written by someone I personally know. Rohit Gore (author of 4 book – Circle of Tre...

A week ago, I wrote the review for 'Arjuna: Saga of the Pandava Warrior-Prince by Anuja Chandramouli'; and the review ended with the following para … The author of Asura is coming out with another book, the focus this time around is the Kauravas. I want to give that book a shot since the potential to weave a great story around Kauravas is immense. I hope he does not bungle up the opportunity like he did in Asura. It might be interesting to reach out to him and ask directly :) Well … I have sent my questions to the author through the publisher and now wait for his response. Based on the response, I might send in some more questions. And yes, I have asked the questions I wanted to ask. Also, here is the cover of his forthcoming book, " AJAYA – Epic of the Kaurava Clan " which is actually Duryodhana's story – so Anand once again writes the story from the villain's perspective … and I am definitely interested if it is Mahabharata from the eyes of...

Book: Baramulla Bomber Author: Clark Prasad No. of Pages: 316 Genre: Science Fiction Espionage Thriller Publisher: Niyogi Books I have actually waited for a very long time for this book. Much before it was being talked about in media. A very good friend of mine, Shraddha was giving the author review inputs in the early stages of the book writing process so I was looking forward to the book release. But a long time had passed When the book came up for review on BlogAdda.com, I snatched up the opportunity and the moment it got delivered, I rushed straight to the 'Acknowledgement' section which I hardly read in books. It was nice to see my friends name in there. I clicked a pic of the page and immediately sent it to her. Then began the reading of the book - It was fine at first and then slowly gradually things started to happen and mysteries and suspense began to build … The build-up was good. I began speculating about the climax and the plot and the type o...