noorthebookworm

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Genre: fiction.

Choose your #q o t d
 #qotd
⚾ Do you like/ love cricket?
⚾ Have you played “gully cricket”…?
⚾ Have you watched Aamir Khan’s Movie “Lagaan”…?
祿 Do you still have or remember your childhood friendships?
 Share a childhood/school memory..

 # aotd
⚾ Yes as a 90’s kid i loved cricket, watching all matches glued to the television.
⚾ Yes I have played gully cricket a lot, the unofficial national game of my country.
⚾ Lagaan, oh yes.
祿 I adore my childhood memories.
 Playing & enjoying without any gadgets.

 #RomiAndGang  is written by @TusharRaheja Published by @pirates in the year 2013.

 I came to read this book through the #piratesgiveawayprogram & thank them for BRINGING BACK MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES.

 The paperback is available @amazondotin for INR 130/- & @amazonkindle for INR 49/-.

 The book has 237 pages & 18 chapters.

 From what I could gauge, the book is highly influenced by the author’s own life( childhood).

 It’s a POCKET SIZE book, very convenient & handy to read.

 It is full of beautiful ILLUSTRATIONS by  @BiswajitDas which help to give a base to the reader’s imagination.

 What To Look For in the book:

 Flying PAPER PLANES
 FRIENDSHIPS
 Watching MATCHES
 Fixing ANTENNAS
 SACHIN The God of CRICKET
 GULLY CRICKET
 Looking for the last precious ball lost in the vacant plot, in the shrubs
 Use of VERNACULAR Lang. at instances
 Writing Style is very easy, simple & very very DESCRIPTIVE

 The Book is about the unalloyed dreams of the young in the Indian hinterland & revolves around cricket.

 Tushar Raheja is an Indian Storyteller. This is his 2nd book, the first being ” Anything for you, Ma’am”.. published in 2006. It was a comedy, a bestseller, written by the author when he was still an undergraduate student.

 Romi and Gang was previously titled ” Run Romi Run”.

 The story is about a boy named Romi, who loooved cricket..his friends..his gang..who stand together in thick & thin..the mischievous doings at school..simple joys of happiness, at home..a simple family..having a loving grandmother..a loving father..who had also wanted to be a cricketer when he was young..a younger sis, who’s always messing around..& a sweet mother.
A time, when teachers used to be connected to their students..

 The PLOT is very RELATEABLE.

 A good read..to reminisce old memories.. especially for the people born &/or brought up in the 90’s

.⚾ It is a piquant take of chasing your dreams & a reminder that there is some innocence left in everyone.

Fiction Thriller.

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Genre: fiction, thriller.

#qotd
Are you aware of Maharaja #HariSingh ??
The history behind the tussle between #India & #Pakistan over #Kashmir ??
 The Indo-Pak Wars..??

#aotd
I was aware of the wars & the tussle is in #news every now & then but recently, I had the opportunity to visit & stay in #MaharajaHariSingh  Palace in #Jammu
There I got intrigued with its history & delved further into it..

 And now this book…furthered my information bank.

️ It’s the 1st Fiction Novel by @AmitBagaria after writing 9 non-fiction books.

 Blurb: The Indian PM plane took off from Islamabad Airport & was scheduled to land at IGIA in New Delhi…but.. Has the PM’s plane been hijacked or there’s something more to it..??

️ 188 pages have been divided into 22 chapters.

 The story begins in May 2019..

 There’s HISTORICAL CONTENT in the Intro;

 Each chapter is in GREAT DETAIL but without the slightest hint of being boring;

 Each page of the book has information about the author’s social handles & website- BRANDING;

 There are PORTIONS IN ITALICS which arouse the curiosity of the reader to continue reading & move on further to the next chapter;

 Each page has a TIMELINE mentioned;

 Key Words:

 POLITICS

️ ELECTION PROCESS

 The CALIBRE of some of the ELECTED

️ Strong PATRIOTIC Emotions

 CROSS BORDER POLITICS

️ LOC

 SPIES

️ TERROR ATTACKS

 URI, BALAKOT, PULWAMA

️ ISI, RAW

🗺️ It is dark, has adult portions/ content.

 The author clearly mentions PORTIONS of the BOOK content which are REAL & which are fictional.

️ It is a COMPLETE PACKAGE like a typical Blockbuster Bollywood Masala Movie Script.

Please go through the images.
#bookstagramindia

Meeting to part and parting to meet.. 11 short stories.

#qotd
Do you remember horror/ ghost stories narrated by the elders/ grandparents/ older siblings.. especially during a power cut.. in those days, when only candle light used to be the source of brightness & added to the spookiness..??
Or
In hostels, when kids used to sneak together..
Or
Watching “Sanaata” or “Band Darwaza” on VCR??

#aotd
I remember getting work done from my sibling by scaring them with “zee horror show” tune!!

Please check the images..

#holdthatbreath
 3rd book by the author @abhirupdhar & 1st leap in the horror genre.

Published by @redgrabbooks in 2019

 Available @amazondotin for Rs 90/-
@amazonkindle for Rs 49/-

 This is a medium sized, slim, handy book, priced economically.

 It has 132 pages divided into 6 short stories, each story having its own unique set of chapters.

 The author is now delving into horror with HTB.

 According to him, he’s focussed on telling different kind of stories.

 Short stories which will send a chill down your spine.

 A quick read, capable of being read in one sitting.

 Wonderfully creepy stories which made me reminisce bollywood horror movies & horror shows & Ramsay Bros. of the 90’s era.

 Thankyou for bringing back memories.

 A nice debut attempt at this genre.

 Shhhhh…..HOLD THAT BREATH. WE EXIST!!!