Astounding Debut by Anupama Mohan – Where Mayflies Live Forever

Synopsis on Goodreads: Residents of a small town in Tamil Nadu are stunned by the beheading of a prominent man, whose head is missing from the scene of the crime. Everyone suspects Veni, a geography teacher at the local school, but she appears to have vanished from the face of the earth. As the police…

Goodreads Nominated in Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction Category – The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas Book Review

Synopsis on Goodreads: “Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. I’m just a Jade. I’m not a real hero.”As each new decade begins, the Sun’s power must be replenished so that Sol can keep traveling along the sky and keep the evil Obsidian gods at bay. Ten semidioses between the ages of thirteen…

Middle-Grade Featured – The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

Synopsis on Goodreads: A fantasy about the power of generosity and love, and how a community suffers when they disappear. Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times. Fires, floods, and other calamities have caused the people to lose their library, their school, their park, and even their neighborliness. The people put their…

Non-fiction time | The Life of Plants in a Changing Environment by Rishikesh Upadhyay

Synopsis on Goodreads: Plants experience stress due to environmental changes, either in biotic or abiotic form, during their life cycle. Non-heritable modifications in morphological, physiological or biochemical characteristics tend to reduce or decrease growth and productivity, and sometimes lead to death. This book presents an exhaustive overview of the specific effects and modifications that could…

A fun queer coming of the age story | I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

Synopsis on Goodreads: From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a debut YA romantic comedy about chasing down what you want, only to find what you need... Chloe Green is so close to winning. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she’s spent the past…

Dating Dr.Dil by Nisha Sharma | Book Review

Synopsis on Goodreads: Dating Dr. Dil features a love-phobic TV doctor who must convince a love-obsessed homebody they are destined to be together.  Kareena Mann dreams of having a love story like her parents, but she prefers restoring her classic car to swiping right on dating apps. When her father announces he’s selling her mother’s…

My Strength is Her Strength: The Beautiful Art of Positive Practical Parenting for Girls with ADHD by Leslie K. Brown | Book Review

Synopsis: Your daughter's ADHD should never hold her back: discover how you can use your own parenting power to feed her inner strength. Did you know that Emma Watson was diagnosed with inattentive ADHD while she was filming for Harry Potter? Idolized as Hermione by children and respected by teens for her activism and advocacy,…

A new mystery thriller in town – Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide and why you should read it!

Synopsis on Goodreads: An incendiary and utterly compelling thriller with a shocking twist that delves deep into the heart of institutionalized racism, from an exceptional new YA voice. Welcome to Niveus Private Academy, where money paves the hallways, and the students are never less than perfect. Until now. Because anonymous texter, Aces, is bringing two…

A combination of emotions and laughter, read LUCKY GIRL by Jamie Pacton

Synopsis on Goodreads: 58,642,129. That’s how many dollars seventeen-year-old Fortuna Jane Belleweather just won in the lotto jackpot. It’s also about how many reasons she has for not coming forward to claim her prize. Problem #1: Jane is still a minor, and if anyone discovers she bought the ticket underage, she’ll either have to forfeit…

ARC review – The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott

Synopsis on Goodreads: Emily and her mum were always lucky. But Emily’s mum’s luck ran out three years ago when she succumbed to cancer, and nothing has felt right since. Now, the summer before her senior year, things are worse than ever – Emily has wrecked things with her boyfriend, Matt, and her dad is…

Horror recommendation coming your way – House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

Book Name: House of Hollow Author: Krystal Sutherland Publisher: HarperCollins India Page Count: 304 Blurb on Goodreads: Seventeen-year-old Iris Hollow has always been strange. Something happened to her and her two older sisters when they were children, something they can’t quite remember but that left each of them with an identical half-moon scar at the…

ARC review : Ashwatthama’s Redemption – The Bow of Rama (Book 2) by Gunjan Porwal

Gunjan Porwal has created a mythological world that will leave you wanting more and will keep you riveted throughout the end. Book Name: Ashwatthama's Redemption - The Bow of Rama Author: Gunjan Porwal Publisher: Om Books International Page Count: 336 Book Link: Amazon | Goodreads Synopsis on Goodreads: Ashwatthama's Redemption: The Bow of Rama is…