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LIE, LIE AGAIN. Genre: Adult fiction, women fiction.

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Releasing 01.01.2021
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“Remember, if at first you don’t succeed, lie, lie again.”–

LIE, LIE AGAIN- a novel.
by @stacywise
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Genre: General FICTION(ADULT) ; WOMEN FICTION.

Nooo it’s not a thriller, atleast that’s what I feel..!
Yess, there’s a DEAD BODY & we keep on GUESSING THE VICTIM & the murderer, till the very end..but it was MORE OF AN ENTERTAINING READ for me, something like experiencing DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, first hand!!
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 366 pages & 42 chapters.

It was be a FUN RIDE, with DETAILED CHARACTER SKETCH, spicy mix of happenings & some adult stuff.

And it doesn’t feel, any bit lengthy, you just go with the flow & want more!
A perfect PAGETURNER!
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✨STACY WISE is the author of Beyond the Stars, winner of the 2017 YARWA Athena Award, and Maybe Someone Like You, winner of the 2019 YARWA Athena Award.
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 The story begins on March 20th, with three women, Sylvia Webb, Riki McFarlan & Embry Taylor. They are neighbours & how their lives intersect, is a fun to watch & experience.

There’s a dead body lying in the viscinty, of whom & why, is a mystery we keep on solving till the very end.

The trio, each one of them, is a totally different person, with a different personality & completely different life.

✨While SYLVIA is a go- getter, cunning like a fox, RIKI is a simple school teacher having secret fantasies for Embry’s husband and EMBRY is a simple housewife with deep, embedded dreams, with two kids & third on the way!

FOR THESE THREE WOMEN WITH SO MUCH TO HIDE, THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A LITTLE WHITE LIE…

✨Lies, secrets, and revenge. For three neighbors with stakes so high, someone is headed for a downfall.

The story begins March 20th & then does a full circle with dates mentioned along with & detailed happenings in the lives of the trio, till we reach the end of the book.

✨This book is not as much about the destination/ the end, as it is about the journey..the ride, the experience..atleast for me.

✨I had a great time reading it & enjoyed the spicy mix!
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Synopsis:
All three women who live at 1054 Mockingbird Lane have secrets…and with a body at the bottom of their apartment building’s staircase, those secrets need to stay buried.

Sylvia Webb has a plan. And a potential Mr. Right. He’s sweet, simple, and dependably clueless about what she’s up to. The only thing unpredictable about him is his needy ex-girlfriend, who is this close to shattering Sylvia’s dreams. But Sylvia’s not going to let that happen.

Riki McFarlan has a good career and an amazing boyfriend who wants to settle down. If only she didn’t have feelings for her neighbor—who happens to be her close friend’s husband. With everything going so right, why is Riki flirting with something so wrong, so…dangerous?

Embry Taylor is as devoted to her children as she is to her husband, who’s a bartender by night, an aspiring actor by day. She is his biggest fan. But with his career not taking off and tensions high, even sweet Embry has something she’s desperate to keep hidden.

Lies, secrets, and revenge. For three neighbors with stakes so high, someone is headed for a downfall.
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“On Mockingbird Lane everyone has a compelling reason to lie. For three young women, all neighbors in a cozy apartment complex, secret yearnings and dark desires become the ties that bind them tightly together. Mistrust and misunderstandings thicken the plot–with fatal consequences. Readers who enjoy claustrophobic tension with a sexy sizzle will find themselves racing to finish Lie, Lie Again. —-

The Anatomy of Choice

To everyone who chooses sanity instead of the chaos that their hearts crave.
I feel you. — @harshalisingh
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Book 2 of THE HAVELI SERIES.
Genre: Adult Fiction

THE ANATOMY OF CHOICE.
It asks the basic, quintessential question..

IS CHOICE REALLY A POSSIBILITY FOR WOMEN?
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This series, is told from a 3rd person perspective, the narrator is “the haveli”, which in itself is a unique idea for story telling.

Book 1 had major focus on ARUNA’s life. Book 2 brings BHAVYA’S life into focus, the ” Jhansi ki rani”- according to her father.

Her story tells us about the unpredictable nature of life, the challenges it throws towards our way, the life of a girl who wants to char out her own path with her fury, grit & determination.
It tells us, how indecisive people can be, when at the crossroads in life..
how insecure can people be, to own up the consequences of their choices although everyone is ready to take credit for the good ones..
how our family, irrespective of our choices, stands by us, in thick & thin although they themselves may be crumbling inside.

It talks about how Bhavya, chose to stay in a live- in relationship & how both of them chose a fantasy to add some spice into their love life..& but they were not prepared for the impact of such a choice…

The story also brings forth the story of a bygone era, of memories inscribed in the haveli & how it helped Bhavya clear out her mind & decide her course of action.
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In a nutshell, it reiterates the fact of, unconditional support of one’s family & that we cannot blame anyone for the choices we make.

✨A medium-paced read, apt for the age group of 20+.

✨I am really enjoying this HAVELI SERIES, can’t wait for the next one.

✨The highlight of the book is but obvious, the storyline but the narration from the haveli’s perspective, also shares equal limelight.
The writing style is fabulous, adding to the reader’s vocabulary.

All in all, a perfect recipe for a story that touches the heart & also teaches a few life lessons.
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Synopsis:

Is choice really a possibility for women?

Bhavya, the second daughter of the Sharma family, has made her life in Paris with Tenzin, her live-in partner. As the flame of their love starts to dwindle, they act on a fantasy only to realise that they are ill-equipped to handle the consequences of their choices.

Bhavya returns to her Haveli in Delhi unwilling to bend to Tenzin’s demand of letting the past remain where it belongs…in the past. As she navigates the intimate, familial and societal realms trying to find herself, her family supports her silently despite having their own misgivings on her return.

In the course of finding a solution to her turmoil, she discovers the journal of a 16th century courtesan Noorie, who struggled with her own destiny. As Bhavya delves deeper into Noorie’s world, she finds her own indecision juxtaposing with the angst of a woman born much before her time. She is forced to examine and finds parallels in the unconventional love and relationships that stretches across centuries and own up to the decisions that affect her life.

Will Bhavya be able to work out the snarls in her relationship or will the consequence of the taboo liaison mark her forever?

#justreleased #womenfiction #family JUDGE’S GIRLS by SHARINA HARRIS.

THREE very DIFFERENT women.
Only one thing in common.
But when their FAMILY PATRIARCH DIES and they must share his estate, the truths they discover will test them—and everything they think they know about each other.
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#qotd Have you ever OBSERVED, we are all BONDED with our inner circle/ first primary family & even relatives, THROUGH OUR PARENTS?

#qotd Do the FAMILY DYNAMICS & relationships CHANGE with the loss of a parent or parents? when that mortal link/ bond/ the parent goes away..

欄Have you realised, the relationships needs more of an effort now, from both sides, to continue to prosper & flourish, like they did earlier, effortlessly, when the parents were around?

#aotd I have observed all of this & more, not only personally but sadly, for others too..
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✨Welcome to the #booktour of JUDGE’S GIRLS by @sharinaharris

FAMILY IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT…
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Other book by the author;
(IM) PERFECTLY HAPPY.

Definitely going to read it next!
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✨The author also writes women fiction & contemporary romance series under the #penname RINA GRAY.
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About this book;

✨It released on 27th Oct.
19 chapters with worth pondering discuss ques.s at the end.

✨The entire book is weaved around the death of the head of the family, the father..with each chapter mentioning the date & no. of days after the death of daddy .

✨My most FAVORITE PART was the ending, where the JUDGE’S GIRLS mature as JUDGE’S WOMEN, stronger & closer together.
How did that happen, that’s the most exciting part!
FACING YOUR OWN DEMONS & INSECURITIES, ACCEPTING YOURSELF & OTHER FULLY IS A BIG DEAL.
FORGIVENESS is truly a virtue, very difficult to attain.
&
LOVE is a very strong emotion, a delicate one at the same time.

READ this book to experience a rally of emotions, a constant tussle with self & others.. It’s INSPIRING & will surely leave you smiling with a teary eye.
Also you sure will get a misnuscle does of adult stuff!

✨All in all, it’s my kind-of read, a perfect  heartwarming read, giving you a few lessons on the way.
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“Written with powerful emotional honesty, warmth and humor, JUDGE’S GIRLS is a must-read.”–
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#blurb

Beloved Georgia judge Joseph Donaldson was known for his unshakable fairness, his hard-won fortune—and a scandalous second marriage to his much-younger white secretary. Now he’s left a will with a stunning provision. In order to collect their inheritance, his lawyer daughter Maya, her stepmother Jeanie, and Jeanie’s teen daughter, Ryder, must live together at the family lake house. Maya and Jeanie don’t exactly get along, but they reluctantly agree to try an uneasy peace for as long as it takes . . .

But fragile ex-beauty queen Jeanie doesn’t know who she is beyond being a judge’s wife—and drinking away her insecurities has her in a dangerous downward spiral. Fed up with her mother’s humiliating behavior, Ryder tries to become popular at school in all the wrong ways. And when Maya attempts to help, she puts her successful career and her shaky love life at risk. Now with trouble they didn’t see coming—and secrets they can no longer hide—these women must somehow find the courage to admit their mistakes, see each other for who they really are—and slowly, perhaps even joyfully, discover everything they could be.
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Pandemic

“Shrewdly articulated . . . thought-provoking and well-documented”–
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#qotd People have stopped wearing masks & are crossing all borders of social distancing.
Is the pandemic over?
How can we come back to normal, so soon?
When will we learn our lessons??
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PANDEMIC- tracking contagions, from cholera to corona viruses & beyond
by
SONIA SHAH.

pandemic: from the Greek pan “all” + dēmos “people”.

A disease outbreak that spreads throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world.

272 pages, 10 chapters
with
introduction, glossary, notes, index etc.

There are coloured, glossy paper pictures too.
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This book couldn’t be more relatable, than in the present times.

The book was first published in 2016 in the United States
&
is now, first published in 2020, in India by HarperCollins, with a new preface.
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SONIA SHAH is an investigative journalist and author of critically acclaimed and prize-winning books on science, human rights, and international politics.
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✨Basic premise of the book:

The book explores history, with deep, rigorous research to find the causes & effects of pathogens, why we take so long to acknowledge & accept them as a pandemic and have we ever learnt our lessons?

This highly, informed read, aims to pull off the mask of various pandemics in history & tries to establish a relation between them & even with the future pandemics.

It says, the future lies in our hands..
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Read the book if;

✨you want a detailed character- sketch of past pathogens & pandemics, the present & the probable future ones.
✨you want to understand each and every aspect, with a scientific point of view, in a simple, lay- man language.
✨It helps us understand our role as an individual, as a society, as a human species in this entire conundrum.
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What did I learn?

✨Life keeps on repeating it’s trials & tribulations until and unless we understand our lessons from it & improve & move on.
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✨A good, descriptive read for starters on the said topic.
The personal experiences of the author, adds to the reading experience.

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