Category: Books
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I Wish
I wish.. The age-old phrase “I wish” – a whimsical utterance that often leads us down paths of fantasy and folly. “I wish I could eat unlimited pizza without consequences!” Who hasn’t had this fleeting dream after devouring one too many slices? Alas, reality rudely reminds us of the consequences of such indulgence. Perhaps we’ll…
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Haruki Murakami
Born in Kyoto, Japan, in 1949, Haruki Murakami is one of the most celebrated authors around the world. In his novels he creates a poignant and surreal world which resonates with the readers. Murakami’s literary universe is a dreamscape where reality seamlessly blends with fantasy, and the mundane intertwines with the mysterious. His novels are…
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Gone With The Wind
Published in 1936, Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell is one of the most significant and well-known novels in American literature. It is the only nove published by Margaret Mitchell. The novel tells the story of Scarlett O’Hara, a young woman living in the American South during the Civil War and Reconstruction era. As readers…
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus is a gothic novel written by Mary Shelley and published in 1818. The first edition of the novel was published anonymously and it was only the second edition, published in 1821 in Paris that Mary Shelley’s name appeared. In 1816, Mary, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Polidori, and Lord Byron had…
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Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is a novel by Gail Honeyman published in 2017. The novel is about a 29 year old woman named Eleanor Oliphant who lives alone in Glasgow, Scotland . She is academically intelligent and a loner. She is awkward in social settings and has no friends. She feels that she is…
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Darius The Great is Not Okay
Darius the Great Is Not Okay is a young adult novel written by Adib Khorram. It tells the story of Darius Kellner, a half-Persian, half-American teenager who faces challenges in his personal life, family life, and his cultural identity. The book explores Darius’s journey of self-discovery and growth as he navigates complex relationships and learns…
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Cecilia Ahern
Cecilia Ahern is an Irish author who is now published in over fifty countries. Her first novel, P.S. I Love You has garnered worldwide acclaim and has also been adapted into a movie. Her books are mostly a poignant mix of romance and magic. Her storytelling is captivating and fairly easy to read and fall…
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Beloved by Toni Morrison
Beloved, novel by Toni Morrison was published in 1987 and is winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The book showcases the destructive legacy of slavery as it chronicles the life of a Black woman named Sethe, from her pre-Civil War days as a slave in Kentucky to her time in Cincinnati, Ohio, in…
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Book Review: The Descendants
Blurb: Directed by the strings of fate, Jay is heading towards the truth concealed in family legend and a prophecy that can be traced back to the times of the Mahabharata war.When Jay realizes the supernatural possibilities that the black element is capable of, he is determined to use it for the greater good. But,…
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Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand, born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 2, 1905, is renowned for her philosophy of Objectivism and her influential novels. Rand’s early life was marked by the tumultuous events of the Russian Revolution. She witnessed firsthand the upheaval of the Bolshevik takeover and the subsequent hardships inflicted upon her family…