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The Sanatorium
Author: Sarah Pearse Pages: 427 Words: 118000 approximately Words can’t describe how bored I felt while trying to finish this book. I...

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May 31, 20242 min read
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The unmarriageable man
Author: Ashok Ferrey The saying that never judge a book by its cover has its own importance. I don’t abide by it always. Every now and...

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Apr 28, 20241 min read
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Full Dark No Stars
Author: Stephen King Total Pages: 453 Total Words: 140000 (approx) This book has 4 different stories, all under the broad genre of...

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Jan 11, 20242 min read
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The Moroccan Daughter
Author: Deborah Rodriguez Pages: 293 Words: 87000 approx The Moroccan Daughter is Rodriguez’s second book that I have had the pleasure to...

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Jan 11, 20241 min read
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Last Man Standing
Author: Aravind Adiga The unescapable back story behind me reading this phenomenal piece of fiction… I read Adiga’s ‘White Tiger’ four...

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May 25, 20232 min read
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MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
Author: Nicholas Sparks The last time I read one of Nicholas Sparks’s books, I was barely 19. A disillusioned teenager, who believed in...

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Mar 27, 20232 min read
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THE LITTLE COFFEE SHOP OF KABUL
Author: Deborah Rodriguez Total pages: 375 Total approximate words: 93700 SYNOPSIS The story is set in Kabul, the capital city of...

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Nov 23, 20223 min read
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ELEVEN MINUTES
Author: Paulo Coelho Total pages: 291 Total approximate words: 81400 Paulo Coelho is a story teller, probably one of the bests that the...

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Nov 23, 20223 min read
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THE ALCHEMIST
Author: Paulo Coelho Total pages: 170 Total approximate words: 43000 The first time I read this book, I was younger. Perhaps in my mid...

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Nov 18, 20222 min read
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DAUGHTERS OF LIVERPOOL
Author: Annie Groves Total Pages: 468 Total approximate words: 1,59,588 SYNOPSIS The story is set during the World War 2 in England. The...

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Aug 6, 20222 min read
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THE SINGLES GAME
Author: Lauren Weisberger Total number of pages: 337 Total approximate words: 1,18,000 SYNOPSIS The protagonist is an underrated tennis...

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Jun 22, 20222 min read
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WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Author: Emily Bronte Pages: 322 Total approximate words: 115900 To try and write the synopsis of a story that has survived two centuries...

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Jun 6, 20222 min read
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NOT A PENNY MORE, NOT A PENNY LESS
Author: Jeffrey Archer Total pages: 336 Total approximate words: 1,00,800 SYNOPSIS Harvey Metcalf, one of the protagonists of the story...

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Mar 29, 20222 min read
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THE HOPE FACTORY
Author: Lavanya Sankaran Total pages: 350 Total approximate words: 1,19,000 SYNOPSIS The plot has two protagonists, Anand, a family man...

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Mar 8, 20222 min read
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TEMPTATION
Author. Nora Roberts Total approximate words. 55000 Pages. 216 Temptation is the second book of 2022, that I have laid my hands upon. I...

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Feb 12, 20221 min read
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Author: Harper Lee Total Pages: 309 Total Approximate words: 1,08,150 The new year hasn’t been the happy one so far that I was hoping...

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Jan 29, 20222 min read
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INHERITANCE
Author: Christopher Paolini Total Pages: 850 Total approximate words: 300,000 Last couple of weeks have been pretty interesting. I was...

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Dec 27, 20213 min read
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ONE PART WOMAN
Author: Perumal Murugan Total Pages: 240 Total approximate words: 71000 The novel was originally written in Tamil, and then translated in...

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Dec 11, 20212 min read
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THE DA VINCI CODE
Author: Dan Brown Pages: 590 Total approximate words: 1,94,000 Wow what a read! My absolute good fortune to be able to get my hands on...

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Nov 30, 20212 min read
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THE MARTIAN
Author: Andy Weir Pages: 369 Total approximate words: 1,39,000 Wow! Been a while I actually read something so prolific, so brilliant, so...

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Nov 10, 20213 min read
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