Blog Tour: This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke Book Review
Historical fiction with a hint of magical realism. This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke is the story of human resilience. Of the youth stepping up to take back what is rightfully theirs.
Book Reviews
Aanandi by Jyoti Jha Audiobook Review
An illustrative symbol of women empowerment. That is what perfectly defines Aanandi by Jyoti Jha. The story of a remarkable young girl. An inspiring story of a determined woman to be self-reliant.
Blog Tour: One For All by Lillie Lainoff Book Review
A gender-bent retelling of The Three Musketeers featuring a girl with chronic illness. A finishing school that is actually a training ground for lady spies. An assassination plot. A found sisterhood. One For All by Lillie Lainoff is a must-read.
The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill Book Review
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted”. That is the underlying theme of The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill. A charming middle grade fairy tale.
Crushing by Sophie Burrows Book Review
A story told in silence. A story without words. Crushing by Sophie Burrows is a stunning debut graphic novel about two lonely souls yearning for human connection.
Lahore: The Partition Trilogy #1 by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar Book Review
Merging fiction with non-fiction, Lahore (Book 1 of The Partition Trilogy) by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar is a well-researched story of the most tumultuous time in Indian history – the partition.
African Icons: Ten People Who Built a Continent by Tracey Baptiste Book Review
Inspiring and enriching, African Icons: Ten People Who Built a Continent by Tracey Baptiste provides ten illuminating portraits of Black excellence from ancient times through the sixteenth century.
Rewriting My Happily Ever After by Ranjani Rao Book Review
The strength and the resilience. And the quiet resolve to walk out of a 16 year marriage. Rewriting My Happily Ever After – A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery by Ranjani Rao is as much about the divorce as it is about reclaiming oneself.
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc Book Review
Beauty is good. Ugly is evil. Fairy tales shape our perception of the world in our childhood. Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc examines the disability representation from the fairy tales of yore to modern-day tales of superheroes.
The Last Queen by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Book Review
A classic example of history always being written by victors. The Last Queen by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is the tale of Rani Jindan Kaur, Mother of the Khalsa. The fierce queen history forgot.