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Author: Ashley Poston  Language: English    Genre: Romantic Comedy    Traits: Magical realism, time slip, forced proximity      Click here to be redirected to BUY        The book is just unputdownable. It's an endearing tale of Clementine west who navigates through grief, and is still coming to terms with the loss of her aunt, who passed six months back. She has moved to her aunt's apartment, which her aunt claimed to be magical.         Clementine, is tired, lost and has given up on her dating life and is waiting for the apartment to work it's magic on her! And then something happens and she ends up meeting Iwan, who seems to be just perfect, the one she was looking for. The only problem being, that he exists in past, seven years to be exact. I know for sure  I am definitely gonna re read this one soon. My heart melted like butter on sweet pancakes, and lemon pies that Iwan baked, and every time h...

  Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni    Language: English    Genre: Historical Fiction    Traits: Mythical, Feminist, Epic      Click here to be redireted to BUY        "The Palace of Illusions" by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a mesmerizing reimagining of the Indian epic Mahabharata from the perspective of Draupadi, a central yet often overlooked character in traditional retellings. This novel stands out for its lyrical prose and its powerful, empathetic portrayal of a woman navigating the intricacies of power, love, and fate in a patriarchal society.        While Draupadi has always been portrayed as a victim by all the accounts of Mahabharata I’ve heard and read, in this book Draupadi is anything but victim. She is shown as fiercely independent woman who is not afraid to stand for herself or to ask questions. She is shown as a rebellious woman who wants to take her destiny in her own hands....

  Author: Alfred Lansing Genre: Non-fiction Traits: Adventure, Tragedy Language: English Click here to be redirected to BUY      In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, after battling its way through a thousand miles of pack ice, the Endurance became locked in an island of ice, it was finally crushed between two ice floes. With no options left, Shackleton and a crew attempted a near-impossible journey to the closest outpost of civilization.      The book starts with a brief introduction of all the characters, and how the Endurance set sail despite all the political dramas during World War I. The onward journey till the ship was beset has been covered in a relatively small section, where the author has touched upon the life onboard, the previous attempts to Antarctica, and covered in a dramatic way of how the shipw...