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Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami [BOOK REVIEW]

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TITLE: Norwegian Wood AUTHOR: Haruki Murakami PUBLISHER: VINTAGE YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1987 CE SUMMARY: When he hears her favorite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in the world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire - to a time when an impetuous young woman called Midori marched into his life and he had to choose between the future and the past. FAVORITE QUOTE: "What happens when people open their hearts?" "They get better." REVIEW: How does it feel to be struck in dilemma of choosing between moving on to a happy present or holding on to the hurting past? How does it feel to love a girl with all your heart who doesn't love you back?  Toru Watanabe was in a flight when the sweet music of her favorite song, Norwegian Wood by The Beatles reaches ...

Mahabharatee - Shruti H. Gupte (Review)

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[BOOK REVIEW] “Where the Facts meets Fiction. Shruti Gupte the new star of Indian Mythological fiction.” Mahabharatee: Five women who held court before the war Book Title:  Mahabharatee: Five women who held Court before the war Author: Shruti Hajirnis Gupte   Publisher: Pirates India Website: Mahabharatee: Official Website Summary: The night before the great war of Mahabharata, Draupadi is in her camp at the war field of Kurukshetra reminiscing her days as the queen of Indraprastha when she received an odd invitation by the “ Mahamaata ” to join a discussion to prevent the war and formulate peace between the Kuru Brothers. Will she be able to forget her revenge and forgive the Kauravs for their evil? Or will the death ride free in Kurukshetra? Review: Mahabharatee: Five women who held court before the war as the name suggests in based on the significant female figures who shaped the early hindu history (as depicted in the great Hindu epic ‘Mahabharata’)...