Saumya's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:27:46 -0700 60 Saumya's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Introducing Quantum Theory 785820 175 J.P. McEvoy 1840460571 Saumya 0 to-read 3.92 Introducing Quantum Theory
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Confess 22609310
For once, Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is hiding a huge secret. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything Auburn loves most, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it—but can she do it?]]>
306 Colleen Hoover 1476791457 Saumya 3 4.14 2015 Confess
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Computer Fundamentals 18187472 P.K. Sinha Saumya 3 3.81 2004 Computer Fundamentals
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Objective General English 35010353 724 R.S. Aggarwal 9352535359 Saumya 4 4.50 Objective General English
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<![CDATA[A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning]]> 34706936 1674 R.S. Aggarwal 9352535316 Saumya 3 3.80 A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning
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<![CDATA[10 Judgements That Changed India]]> 18459543 249 Zia Mody Saumya 0 currently-reading 4.06 2013 10 Judgements That Changed India
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Objective General English 25260709 730 S.P. Bakshi 8183480004 Saumya 4 4.08 2002 Objective General English
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<![CDATA[Essential Sociology Second Edition]]> 61087048 1 0 Seema 9355933126 Saumya 3 3.00 Essential Sociology Second Edition
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It covers the syllabus for civil services examination but there is a lot more that still needs to be added to the content.
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<![CDATA[Around the World in Eighty Days]]> 54479 252 Jules Verne 014044906X Saumya 5 3.95 1872 Around the World in Eighty Days
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<![CDATA[Summer Pleasures (Celebrity Magazine #1 & 2)]]> 490573 Second Nature

Getting an exclusive interview with notoriously reclusive horror writer Hunter Brown was all Celebrity magazine reporter Lee Radcliffe ever wanted. And when Hunter agrees to the interview on the condition that Lee conduct it on a camping trip, she can hardly refuse. But after spending some time alone with the seductively mysterious author, Lee discovers the only thing she wants exclusively is Hunter.

One Summer

A summer spent traveling across America with cynical, brooding photojournalist Shade Colby was not Celebrity photographer Bryan Mitchell's idea of a dream assignment. But Bryan will have to manage for an entire summer if she wants the fabulous cross-country photo shoot for a book, which they're both salivating over. However, Bryan and Shade disagree about everything�everything, that is, except the fierce attraction they have for each other�.

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496 Nora Roberts 0373285469 Saumya 2 3.81 2002 Summer Pleasures (Celebrity Magazine #1 & 2)
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average rating: 3.81
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rating: 2
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<![CDATA[Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?]]> 6452731
Affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, national service, the moral limits of markets―Sandel relates the big questions of political philosophy to the most vexing issues of the day, and shows how a surer grasp of philosophy can help us make sense of politics, morality, and our own convictions as well.

Justice is lively, thought-provoking, and wise―an essential new addition to the small shelf of books that speak convincingly to the hard questions of our civic life.]]>
308 Michael J. Sandel 0374180652 Saumya 5 4.30 2007 Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
author: Michael J. Sandel
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average rating: 4.30
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<![CDATA[Sociology Themes and Perspectives]]> 21074402 1098 Michael Haralambos 0007498829 Saumya 0 currently-reading 4.23 2013 Sociology Themes and Perspectives
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The Subjection of Women 677591 136 John Stuart Mill 1594625328 Saumya 0 to-read 3.92 1869 The Subjection of Women
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महाभोज 10709274 MAHABHOJ (PB) 168 Mannu Bhandari 8171198392 Saumya 5 4.26 1979 महाभोज
author: Mannu Bhandari
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average rating: 4.26
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Textbook on Indian Penal Code 26159478
A unique feature of the book is the inclusion of critical and juristic comments made to encourage healthy debate on significant legal issues which may help in formulation of future policies and laws. Such an approach is seldom found in Indian legal literature. The annexures dealing with the rights of the accused vis-a-vis rights of the victims of crime have enhanced the creative utility of the book.Soul searching questions included in the Annexure aim at initiating a healthy discussion with a view to analyse the current socio-economic and political legal problems in correct perspective. Ă‚]]>
340 K.D. Gaur 9350353970 Saumya 5 4.08 2014 Textbook on Indian Penal Code
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Contract Paper I 25981390 book 0 R.K. Bangia 8189530267 Saumya 3 4.55 1899 Contract Paper I
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The Nightingale 21853621 In love we find out who we want to be.
In war we find out who we are.

FRANCE, 1939

In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says good-bye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn’t believe that the Nazis will invade France…but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When a German captain requisitions Vianne’s home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates all around them, she is forced to make one impossible choice after another to keep her family alive.

Vianne’s sister, Isabelle, is a rebellious eighteen-year-old, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. While thousands of Parisians march into the unknown terrors of war, she meets Gaëtan, a partisan who believes the French can fight the Nazis from within France, and she falls in love as only the young can…completely. But when he betrays her, Isabelle joins the Resistance and never looks back, risking her life time and again to save others.]]>
564 Kristin Hannah 0312577222 Saumya 0 to-read 4.63 2015 The Nightingale
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I'm Glad My Mom Died 59364173
Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,� eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?� She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income.

In I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail—just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly , she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi (“Hi Gale!�), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants.

Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.]]>
320 Jennette McCurdy Saumya 3 4.45 2022 I'm Glad My Mom Died
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<![CDATA[It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2)]]> 60393672 Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching� (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller It Ends with Us.

Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date.

But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life.

Switching between the perspectives of Lily and Atlas, It Starts with Us picks up right where the epilogue for the “gripping, pulse-pounding� (Sarah Pekkanen, author of Perfect Neighbors) bestselling phenomenon It Ends with Us left off. Revealing more about Atlas’s past and following Lily as she embraces a second chance at true love while navigating a jealous ex-husband, it proves that “no one delivers an emotional read like Colleen Hoover� (Anna Todd, New York Times bestselling author).]]>
323 Colleen Hoover 1668001225 Saumya 2 3.80 2022 It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2)
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Forever... 37743
It's the beginning of an intense and exclusive relationship, with a future all planned. Until Katherine's parents insist that she and Michael put their love to the test with a summer apart...

Forever is written for an older age group than Judy Blume's other novels for children. It caused a storm of controversy when it was first published because of its explicit sexual content.]]>
178 Judy Blume Saumya 0 to-read 3.63 1975 Forever...
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Indian Constitutional Law 25859879 0 M.P. Jain 9351430642 Saumya 4 3.90 2014 Indian Constitutional Law
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average rating: 3.90
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<![CDATA[The Case that Shook India: The Verdict That Led to the Emergency]]> 35530817 414 Prashant Bhushan 9386495872 Saumya 0 to-read 4.01 1978 The Case that Shook India: The Verdict That Led to the Emergency
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<![CDATA[P.S. I Love You (P.S. I Love You, #1)]]> 366522 A novel about holding on, letting go, and learning to love again.

Now in paperback, the endearing novel that captured readers' hearts and introduced a fresh new voice in women's fiction Cecelia Ahern.

Holly couldn't live without her husband Gerry, until the day she had to. They were the kind of young couple who could finish each other's sentences. When Gerry succumbs to a terminal illness and dies, 30-year-old Holly is set adrift, unable to pick up the pieces. But with the help of a series of letters her husband left her before he died and a little nudging from an eccentric assortment of family and friends, she learns to laugh, overcome her fears, and discover a world she never knew existed.

The kind of enchanting novel with cross-generational appeal that comes along once in a great while, PS, I Love You is a captivating love letter to the world!

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501 Cecelia Ahern 0786890754 Saumya 3 4.05 2004 P.S. I Love You (P.S. I Love You, #1)
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average rating: 4.05
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<![CDATA[Law Relating to Intellectual Property Rights]]> 35663875 383 M. K. Bhandari 9382676937 Saumya 2 to-read 2.00 Law Relating to Intellectual Property Rights
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<![CDATA[Jurisprudence and Legal Theory]]> 28578170 book 0 V.D. Mahajan 9350280663 Saumya 4 3.73 Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
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Legally Blonde 386142 The hilarious novel that inspired the blockbuster movie--including what's next for Elle Woods!

Elle Woods, California University senior, seems to have it all. President of Delta Gamma sorority, she's aced her major--sociopolitical jewellery design--and is on the verge of becoming Mrs. Warner Huntington III. Too bad Warner, bound for Stanford Law, dumps her with the explanation he needs a more "serious" woman at his side. Faced with this unexpected reversal of fortune, Woods doesn't get depressed, she gets busy.

Thanks to a creative application video and a demand for "diversity" at Stanford Law, Elle gets admitted. Soon she's packing her convertible--as well as her pet Chihuahua "Underdog"--and heading north, determined to win back her man. Smart, fast, and funny, Legally Blonde proves how much fun blondes really can have!]]>
272 Amanda Brown 0751534552 Saumya 0 to-read 3.68 2001 Legally Blonde
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The Pursuit of Happyness 10907
The astounding yet true rags-to-riches saga of a homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become a crown prince of Wall Street

At the age of twenty, Milwaukee native Chris Gardner, just out of the Navy, arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. Considered a prodigy in scientific research, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry-level position at a prestigious firm than Gardner found himself caught in a web of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him as part of the city's working homeless and with a toddler son. Motivated by the promise he made to himself as a fatherless child to never abandon his own children, the two spent almost a year moving among shelters, "HO-tels," soup lines, and even sleeping in the public restroom of a subway station.

Never giving in to despair, Gardner made an astonishing transformation from being part of the city's invisible poor to being a powerful player in its financial district.

More than a memoir of Gardner's financial success, this is the story of a man who breaks his own family's cycle of men abandoning their children. Mythic, triumphant, and unstintingly honest, The Pursuit of Happyness conjures heroes like Horatio Alger and Antwone Fisher, and appeals to the very essence of the American Dream.]]>
320 Chris Gardner 0060744871 Saumya 0 to-read 4.20 2006 The Pursuit of Happyness
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<![CDATA[The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)]]> 16181775
Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has convinced him that he is simply not wired for romance. So when an acquaintance informs him that he would make a “wonderful� husband, his first reaction is shock. Yet he must concede to the statistical probability that there is someone for everyone, and he embarks upon The Wife Project. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which he approaches all things, Don sets out to find the perfect partner. She will be punctual and logical—most definitely not a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker, or a late-arriver.

Yet Rosie Jarman is all these things. She is also beguiling, fiery, intelligent—and on a quest of her own. She is looking for her biological father, a search that a certain DNA expert might be able to help her with. Don's Wife Project takes a back burner to the Father Project and an unlikely relationship blooms, forcing the scientifically minded geneticist to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie—and the realization that love is not always what looks good on paper.

The Rosie Project is a moving and hilarious novel for anyone who has ever tenaciously gone after life or love in the face of overwhelming challenges.]]>
292 Graeme Simsion 1476729085 Saumya 3 4.00 2013 The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
author: Graeme Simsion
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average rating: 4.00
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<![CDATA[P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #2)]]> 20698530 Lara Jean didn’t expect to really fall for Peter.

They were just pretending. Until they weren’t. And now Lara Jean has to learn what it's like to be in a real relationship and not just a make-believe one.

But when another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him suddenly return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once?

In this charming and heartfelt sequel to the New York Times bestseller To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Lara Jean is about to find out that falling in love is the easy part.]]>
337 Jenny Han 144242673X Saumya 2 4.01 2015 P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #2)
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Competition Law in India 28265694 799 Abir Roy 8171772919 Saumya 2 3.33 Competition Law in India
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The Song of Achilles 13623848 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062060624.

Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful, irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, they forge an inseparable bond, despite risking the gods' wrath.

They are trained by the centaur Chiron in the arts of war and medicine, but when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, all the heroes of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, and torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows. Little do they know that the cruel Fates will test them both as never before and demand a terrible sacrifice.]]>
408 Madeline Miller Saumya 0 to-read 4.30 2011 The Song of Achilles
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<![CDATA[Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail]]> 12262741 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here

At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State � and she would do it alone.

Told with suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor, Wild powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her.]]>
336 Cheryl Strayed 0307592731 Saumya 3 4.06 2012 Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
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average rating: 4.06
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The Glass Castle 7445 THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family.

The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.

The Glass Castle is truly astonishing--a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.]]>
288 Jeannette Walls 074324754X Saumya 0 to-read 4.32 2005 The Glass Castle
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Modern Romance 23453112
Some of our problems are unique to our time.Ěý“Why did this guy just text me an emoji of a pizza?”Ěý“Should I go out with this girl even though sheĚýlisted Combos as one of her favorite snack foods?ĚýCombos?!â€� “My girlfriend just got a message fromĚýsome dude named Nathan. Who’s Nathan? Did heĚýjust send her a photo of his penis? Should I checkĚýjust to be sure?”Ě�

But the transformation of our romantic livesĚýcan’t be explained by technology alone. In a shortĚýperiod of time, the whole culture of finding loveĚýhas changed dramatically. A few decades ago,Ěýpeople would find a decent person who lived inĚýtheir neighborhood. Their families would meetĚýand, after deciding neither party seemed like aĚýmurderer, they would get married and soon haveĚýa kid, all by the time they were twenty-four. Today,Ěýpeople marry later than ever and spend years ofĚýtheir lives on a quest to find the perfect person, aĚýsoul mate.

For years, Aziz Ansari has been aiming hisĚýcomic insight at modern romance, but for ˛Ń´Ç»ĺ±đ°ů˛ÔĚý¸é´Çłľ˛ą˛Ôł¦±đ, the book, he decided he needed to takeĚýthings to another level. He teamed up with NYUĚýsociologist Eric Klinenberg and designed a massiveĚýresearch project, including hundreds of interviewsĚýand focus groups conducted everywhere fromĚýTokyo to Buenos Aires to Wichita. They analyzedĚýbehavioral data and surveys and created their ownĚýonline research forum on Reddit, which drewĚýthousands of messages. They enlisted the world’sĚýleading social scientists, including Andrew Cherlin, Eli Finkel, HelenĚýFisher, Sheena Iyengar, Barry Schwartz, SherryĚýTurkle, and Robb Willer. The result is unlike anyĚýsocial science or humor book we’ve seen before.

In Modern Romance, Ansari combines hisĚýirreverent humor with cutting-edge social scienceĚýto give us an unforgettable tour of our newĚýromantic world.]]>
279 Aziz Ansari 1594206279 Saumya 0 to-read 3.79 2015 Modern Romance
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Orange Is the New Black 6314763 322 Piper Kerman 0385523386 Saumya 3 3.71 2010 Orange Is the New Black
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average rating: 3.71
book published: 2010
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<![CDATA[Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen]]> 13747
Julie Powell is 30-years-old, living in a rundown apartment in Queens and working at a soul-sucking secretarial job that’s going nowhere. She needs something to break the monotony of her life, and she invents a deranged assignment. She will take her mother's dog-eared copy of Julia Child's 1961 classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and she will cook all 524 recipes. In the span of one year.

At first she thinks it will be easy. But as she moves from the simple Potage Parmentier (potato soup) into the more complicated realm of aspics and crépes, she realizes there’s more to Mastering the Art of French Cooking than meets the eye. With Julia’s stern warble always in her ear, Julie haunts the local butcher, buying kidneys and sweetbreads. She sends her husband on late-night runs for yet more butter and rarely serves dinner before midnight. She discovers how to mold the perfect Orange Bavarian, the trick to extracting marrow from bone, and the intense pleasure of eating liver.

And somewhere along the line she realizes she has turned her kitchen into a miracle of creation and cuisine. She has eclipsed her life’s ordinariness through spectacular humor, hysteria, and perseverance.]]>
310 Julie Powell 031610969X Saumya 2 3.74 2005 Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
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average rating: 3.74
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<![CDATA[Law Relating to Intellectual Property]]> 27386989 640 Wadehra Dr. B. L. 9350350300 Saumya 2 2.33 Law Relating to Intellectual Property
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average rating: 2.33
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And Then One Day: A Memoir 23160531 328 Naseeruddin Shah 0670087645 Saumya 3 3.82 2014 And Then One Day: A Memoir
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average rating: 3.82
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Limitation Act 46225497 indian limitation 0 J.D. Jain 9380231091 Saumya 0 to-read 2.33 Limitation Act
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<![CDATA[Textbook on the Indian Evidence Act]]> 35262671 400 K.D. Gaur 9350359502 Saumya 0 to-read 3.80 Textbook on the Indian Evidence Act
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<![CDATA[Ratanlal & Dhirajlal's Indian Penal Code]]> 28983232 600 V.R. Manohar 8180386333 Saumya 0 to-read 4.36 Ratanlal & Dhirajlal's Indian Penal Code
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An Unsuitable Boy 31941371
Baring all for the first time in his autobiography, An Unsuitable Boy, KJo reminisces about his childhood, the influence of his Sindhi mother and Punjabi father, obsession with Bollywood, foray into films, friendships with Aditya Chopra, SRK and Kajol, his love life, the AIB Roast, and much more.

This book is both the story of the life of an exceptional filmmaker at the peak of his powers and of an equally extraordinary human being who shows you how to survive and succeed in life.]]>
352 Karan Johar 067008753X Saumya 3 3.35 2017 An Unsuitable Boy
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Miles to Go 6263078
- Miley Cyrus





Three years ago, Miley Cyrus was a virtual unknown. Her life in rural Tennessee was filled with family, friends, school, cheerleading, and the daily tasks of living on a farm. And then came a little show called Hannah Montana .



Almost overnight, Miley would rocket to superstardom, becoming a television and singing phenomenon. Quiet days were replaced with sold-out concerts, television appearances, and magazine shoots. But through it all, Miley has remained close to her family and friends and has stayed connected to the Southern roots that made her so strong.



In Miles to Go, Miley offers an honest, humorous, and often touching story of one girl's coming-of-age--from private moments with her pappy to off-roading with her dad, Billy Ray, to her run-ins with mean girls. Miley talks about suffering through drama and heartbreak and coming out the other end unscathed (relatively). And now for the first time, she will discuss it all—the milestones still left to reach (driver’s license! voting!), dreams to live out (travel to Asia! find true love!), and the lessons to be learned (remembernig to enjoy every moment!).



This is a truly unique look inside the world of one of today’s biggest and brightest stars as she tackles looking back and moving forward.]]>
272 Miley Cyrus 1423119924 Saumya 3 3.53 2009 Miles to Go
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First Step 2 Forever 8752457 236 Justin Bieber 0062039741 Saumya 1 4.24 2010 First Step 2 Forever
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Wise and Otherwise 1184484
A man dumps his aged father in an old-age home after declaring him to be a homeless stranger, a tribal chief in the Sahyadri hills teaches the author that there is humility in receiving too, and a sick woman remembers to thank her benefactor even from her deathbed. These are just some of the poignant and eye-opening stories about people from all over the country that Sudha Murty recounts in this book. From incredible examples of generosity to the meanest acts one can expect from men and women, she records everything with wry humour and a directness that touches the heart.

First published in 2002, Wise and Otherwise has sold over 30,000 copies in English and has been translated into all the major Indian languages. This revised new edition is sure to charm many more readers and encourage them to explore their inner selves and the world around us with new eyes.]]>
220 Sudha Murty 0143062220 Saumya 0 to-read 4.00 2006 Wise and Otherwise
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The Modern Break-Up 49790341 -Amelia
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“I don’t know, I just think there’s too much miscommunication between guys and girls. I mean, no one knows what the fuck is going on. We need to have the discussion. We need to vent it and get it out in the open,� I said, grabbing my drink from the bedside table.

_____ sat on the edge of the bed and put his shirt back on. “What do you want to know?�

“I just want to know what guys are thinking. I mean we have sex and stuff and nothing lasting ever comes of it,� I said, taking a cigarette out and lighting it. I knew I shouldn’t be smoking in the room, but I was too drunk to care.

“I don’t think I should say. We don’t know everything girls are thinking. I think some things are better left unsaid.�

“I want to know. I’d prefer shit to be clearer, because I’m always confused,� I replied. I could tell he was still a bit sexually frustrated, but he seemed okay to chat.

“Go ahead then, ask what you want. I’ll try give it to you as straight as I can. But don’t hate the messenger,â€� _____Ěýresponded, taking the champagne from my hand and having some.

“I won’t, promise. So why do guys act so interested and then not get in touch at all? ?� I asked.

Excerpt taken from The Modern Break-Up.Ěý
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167 Daniel Chidiac Saumya 0 to-read 3.41 2020 The Modern Break-Up
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The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad 32603767
A gangly young girl transforms her village with a revolutionary idea. Sixty-eight-year-old Noni Appa finds herself drawn to a married man â€� â€Why do people have to define relationships, underline each word till the paper gives way beneath,â€� she wonders. Bablu Kewat becomes obsessed with sanitary napkins much to his family’s horror, and a young woman keeps checking the weather forecast as she meticulously plans each of her five weddings. Funny, observant and wise, this is storytelling at its most irresistible.]]>
233 Twinkle Khanna 938622805X Saumya 2 3.38 2016 The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad
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administrative law 35898748 638 I.P. Massey 9351454452 Saumya 2 3.60 administrative law
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<![CDATA[The Perils of Being Moderately Famous]]> 37277879 196 Soha Ali Khan 9387326470 Saumya 3 3.53 2017 The Perils of Being Moderately Famous
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Trump: The Art of the Deal 1032 Ěý
“I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: If you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.”—Donald J. Trump
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Here is Trump in action—how he runs his business and how he runs his life—as he meets the people he needs to meet, chats with family and friends, clashes with enemies, and changes the face of the New York City skyline. But even a maverick plays by rules, and Trump has formulated eleven guidelines for success. He isolates the common elements in his greatest deals; he shatters myths; he names names, spells out the zeros, and fully reveals the deal-maker’s art. And throughout, Trump talks—really talks—about how he does it. Trump: The Art of the Deal is an unguarded look at the mind of a brilliant entrepreneur and an unprecedented education in the practice of deal-making. It’s the most streetwise business book there is—and the ultimate read for anyone interested in achieving money and success, and knowing the man behind the spotlight.
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384 Donald J. Trump 0345479173 Saumya 0 to-read 3.65 1987 Trump: The Art of the Deal
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Unfinished 55538528
A remarkable life story rooted in two different worlds, Unfinished offers insights into Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s childhood in India; her formative teenage years in the United States; and her return to India, where against all odds as a newcomer to the pageant world, she won the national and international beauty competitions that launched her global acting career. Whether reflecting on her nomadic early years or the challenges she has faced as she has doggedly pursued her calling, Priyanka shares her challenges and triumphs with warmth and honesty. The result is a book that is philosophical, sassy, inspiring, bold, and rebellious. Just like the author herself.

From her dual-continent twenty-year-long career as an actor and producer to her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, from losing her beloved father to cancer to marrying Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s story will inspire a generation around the world to gather their courage, embrace their ambition, and commit to the hard work of following their dreams.]]>
256 Priyanka Chopra Jonas 1984819216 Saumya 0 to-read 3.64 2021 Unfinished
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An Ordinary Life: A Memoir 36238610 288 Nawazuddin Siddiqui 067008901X Saumya 0 to-read 3.60 An Ordinary Life: A Memoir
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<![CDATA[Cracking The Code: My Journey to Bollywood]]> 24957797
In Cracking the Code, Ayushmann Khurrana - actor, singer and television personality - tries to answer these questions and outlines a step-by-step guide to making it big in Tinseltown, drawing on his personal experiences as a rising star in Bollywood. Supported by anecdotes from his own life - his transition from a reality TV star to a distinctive voice on Big FM; from getting a break in soap operas to becoming the highest-paid host of reality shows on television; from dealing with failed auditions to finally landing the coveted lead role in the hit film Vicky Donor; and struggling to juggle his newfound success with his family life - Ayushmann identifies and shares the patterns he has noticed on the road to becoming a successful movie star.]]>
136 Ayushmann Khurrana 812913568X Saumya 3 3.57 2015 Cracking The Code: My Journey to Bollywood
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average rating: 3.57
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<![CDATA[Life is What You Make It: A Story of Love, Hope and How Determination Can Overcome Even Destiny]]> 11256293 Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

The heart-warming story of a young girl who struggles against all odds, when life as she knows it is disrupted What would you do if the perfect life you have is torn asunder?

Set across two cities in India in the early eighties, Life Is What You Make It is a gripping account of the years that change young Ankita Sharma's life. Pretty and intelligent, Ankita has everything she wants: friends, boys in hot pursuit, and admission into a premier management school for her MBA. But six months later, she finds herself a patient in a mental health hospital. How did she get here and will she ever get back her life again? Somehow, everything that made up her world has been taken away - and now she must fight like she has never had to, to recover her rightful lot.

A gripping story of the pains of growing up, the strength afforded by faith and the indestructibility of the spirit, here is an inspiring story for modern readers.]]>
209 Preeti Shenoy 9380349300 Saumya 0 to-read 3.62 2011 Life is What You Make It: A Story of Love, Hope and How Determination Can Overcome Even Destiny
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The Cellar (The Cellar, #1) 16066586
Colin Brown, is a thirty-year-old solicitor living alone after the death of his mother. He suffered a traumatic and abusive childhood, and is left with no sense of right or wrong. Desperate for the perfect family, Colin, referring to himself as Clover, turns to drastic measures to get what he wants.]]>
396 Natasha Preston Saumya 4 3.93 2014 The Cellar (The Cellar, #1)
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average rating: 3.93
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rating: 4
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Breakup Formula 22561384 44 Noelle N. Saumya 3 4.17 2013 Breakup Formula
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average rating: 4.17
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rating: 3
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<![CDATA[The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)]]> 35924698 192 Amanda Lovelace 1449489427 Saumya 3 3.75 2018 The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)
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average rating: 3.75
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rating: 3
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Love Looks Pretty on You 41219132
Filled with wisdom and encouragement, every single page is a testament to the power of words, and the impact they can have on the relationships you build with others. And most importantly, the one you have with yourself.

Lang Leav captures the intricacies of emotions like few others can. It's no wonder she has been recognized as a major influencer of the modern poetry movement and her writing has inspired a whole new generation of poets to pick up a pen.

Love Looks Pretty on You is truly the must-have book for poetry lovers all over the world.]]>
224 Lang Leav 144949935X Saumya 3 3.81 2019 Love Looks Pretty on You
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average rating: 3.81
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The Sun and Her Flowers 35606560 256 Rupi Kaur 1449486797 Saumya 3 4.09 2018 The Sun and Her Flowers
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average rating: 4.09
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rating: 3
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milk and honey 23513349 Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity.

It is split into four chapters, with each chapter dealing with a different pain. Healing a different heartache. Milk and Honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them -- because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.]]>
204 Rupi Kaur 1502784270 Saumya 3 3.97 2014 milk and honey
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average rating: 3.97
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A Beautiful Mind 13912 The Absent-Minded Professor, or Ralph Nader, said to have had his own key to the library as an undergraduate. Or the "Phantom of Fine Hall," a figure many students had seen shuffling around the corridors of the math and physics building wearing purple sneakers and writing numerology treatises on the blackboards. The Phantom was John Nash, one of the most brilliant mathematicians of his generation, who had spiraled into schizophrenia in the 1950s. His most important work had been in game theory, which by the 1980s was underpinning a large part of economics. When the Nobel Prize committee began debating a prize for game theory, Nash's name inevitably came up—only to be dismissed, since the prize clearly could not go to a madman. But in 1994 Nash, in remission from schizophrenia, shared the Nobel Prize in economics for work done some 45 years previously.

Economist and journalist Sylvia Nasar has written a biography of Nash that looks at all sides of his life. She gives an intelligent, understandable exposition of his mathematical ideas and a picture of schizophrenia that is evocative but decidedly unromantic. Her story of the machinations behind Nash's Nobel is fascinating and one of very few such accounts available in print (the CIA could learn a thing or two from the Nobel committees).]]>
461 Sylvia Nasar 0571212921 Saumya 4 4.14 1998 A Beautiful Mind
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name: Saumya
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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Kidnap My Heart 22373970 175 Alexandria Michelle Saumya 3 4.13 2012 Kidnap My Heart
author: Alexandria Michelle
name: Saumya
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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Better Than Revenge 16115153
With the help of her best friend Tori, Sophia travels to Hollywood for a fun, summer vacation. There, she lands the lead role in a hot, new Hollywood film, Kidnap My Heart. It seems like everything is finally falling into place, and she’s overjoyed. Until she finds out that her leading man is none other than Christian Ryder.

Now, Sophia is expected to work with the person she hates most. Now, Christian is expected to work with the bratty newbie who’s determined to bring him down several notches.

Is it even possible for these two to learn to get along long enough to make a movie, or will jealousy, scandal and revenge destroy their careers?]]>
121 Alexandria Michelle Saumya 3 4.06 2013 Better Than Revenge
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average rating: 4.06
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Love at Last Sight 15994209
Who knew one simple sentence could change a life so drastically? Rose is a normal seventeen year old girl with a normal life, normal friends, and what she thought to be normal vision. When she receives the news her vision is slowly deteriorating, she doesn't know what to think. Her life is over. What's a life without being able to see?

Enter Chace, a young man who tackled Rose to the ground, mistakingly thinking she was about to commit suicide. He's handsome, suave, and has no idea why Rose is so upset. And even though she is a complete stranger, he decides he wants to help her feel better.

With four months until her vision is gone forever, Rose slowly falls in love with this happy-go-lucky young man, but never reveals her problem to him. She's scared. Will he stay with her when he finds out she's going blind? Or will he ditch her when he finds out the truth?]]>
160 Jordan Lynde Saumya 3 4.16 2012 Love at Last Sight
author: Jordan Lynde
name: Saumya
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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A Surreptitious Relationship 13347551 298 Jordan Lynde Saumya 3 4.30 A Surreptitious Relationship
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A Proscriptive Relationship 13347531 246 Jordan Lynde Saumya 3 4.26 2014 A Proscriptive Relationship
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average rating: 4.26
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Finding Love in a Coffee Shop 18529774 112 Jordan Lynde Saumya 3 4.07 2013 Finding Love in a Coffee Shop
author: Jordan Lynde
name: Saumya
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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Trust 34776338 Being young is all about the experiences: the first time you skip school, the first time you fall in love…the first time someone holds a gun to your head.

After being held hostage during a robbery at the local convenience store, seventeen-year-old Edie finds her attitude about life shattered. Unwilling to put up with the snobbery and bullying at her private school, she enrolls at the local public high school, crossing paths with John. The boy who risked his life to save hers.

While Edie’s beginning to run wild, however, John’s just starting to settle down. After years of partying and dealing drugs with his older brother, he’s going straight—getting to class on time, and thinking about the future.

An unlikely bond grows between the two as John keeps Edie out of trouble and helps her broaden her horizons. But when he helps her out with another first—losing her virginity—their friendship gets complicated.

Meanwhile, Edie and John are pulled back into the dangerous world they narrowly escaped. They were lucky to survive the first time, but this time they have more to lose—each other.]]>
374 Kylie Scott Saumya 3 3.95 2017 Trust
author: Kylie Scott
name: Saumya
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2017
rating: 3
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Thirteen Reasons Why 29844228 You can’t stop the future.
You can’t rewind the past.
The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play.

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker–his classmate and crush–who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah’s voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out why.

Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah’s pain, and as he follows Hannah’s recorded words throughout his town, what he discovers changes his life forever.]]>
352 Jay Asher 1595147888 Saumya 3 3.71 2007 Thirteen Reasons Why
author: Jay Asher
name: Saumya
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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In 27 Days (In 27 Days, #1) 17164933
Hadley soon discovers Archer’s reasons for being alone, and Archer realizes that having someone to confide in isn’t as bad as he’d always thought. But when a series of dangerous accidents starts pushing them apart, Hadley must decide whether she is ready to risk everything—including her life—to keep Archer safe.

From award-winning Wattpad author Alison Gervais (HonorInTheRain) comes In 27 Days, a story of redemption, first love, and the strength it takes to change the future.]]>
129 Alison Gervais Saumya 3 4.28 2012 In 27 Days (In 27 Days, #1)
author: Alison Gervais
name: Saumya
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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Chasing Red 22836588 Then let her ruin me.

Caleb Lockhart has everything—wealth, adoration, a brilliant future. Until a chance encounter with a siren in a red dress changes everything. Until he meets the woman he dubs Red.

Veronica Strafford's past makes it hard for her to trust anyone. Now, kicked out of her apartment, she reluctantly accepts Caleb's offer for a place to stay.

Caleb feels intensely drawn to Veronica. And, for the first time in his life, he really wants something—someone. Too bad Veronica's heart might just be the one thing Caleb can't win.]]>
Isabelle Ronin Saumya 3 4.20 2017 Chasing Red
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name: Saumya
average rating: 4.20
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<![CDATA[I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban]]> 17851885 I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday.

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.

On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive.

Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

I Am Malala is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.]]>
327 Malala Yousafzai 0316322407 Saumya 3 4.15 2012 I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
author: Malala Yousafzai
name: Saumya
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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Human Geography 15919762 Human Geography is a textbook for sociology and geography students at the university level. It is primarily designed to introduce the discipline in a social science perspective, while identifying the role of man in shaping the face of the earth.

This edition has been revised thoroughly to include extensive updates in all the chapters. Two new chapters�'Agricultural Systems of the World' and 'Minerals and Manufacturing'—have been added. Documented with hundreds of maps and diagrams, dozens of tables and plates, this book will be of immense help to students, teachers, and researchers alike. As with previous editions, the book retains its comprehensive coverage that has made it an indispensable resource for students.]]>
624 Majid Husain 8131604586 Saumya 3
A must read for beginners in Human Geography in India and especially if you are going to take geography as your optional subject in IAS examinations.]]>
3.82 2002 Human Geography
author: Majid Husain
name: Saumya
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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This is one of the most,in fact,the primary books recommended for studying Human Geography in India and especially if you are going for the civil services.So,I thought it would be cumbersome and tedious to read.But boy,was I wrong.The book is very simple with easy language with lots of description about basic ideas and concepts and not a very mathematical approach towards the field.(Thank god,because the 'Quantiative Revolution' has made such an intersting field so tiresome and unexciting.)

A must read for beginners in Human Geography in India and especially if you are going to take geography as your optional subject in IAS examinations.
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The Chemist 31176886 In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life.

She used to work for the U.S. government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn't even have a name. And when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning.

Now she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. They've killed the only other person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. They want her dead, and soon.

When her former handler offers her a way out, she realizes it's her only chance to erase the giant target on her back. But it means taking one last job for her ex-employers. To her horror, the information she acquires only makes her situation more dangerous.

Resolving to meet the threat head-on, she prepares for the toughest fight of her life but finds herself falling for a man who can only complicate her likelihood of survival. As she sees her choices being rapidly whittled down, she must apply her unique talents in ways she never dreamed of.]]>
512 Stephenie Meyer Saumya 3 3.73 2016 The Chemist
author: Stephenie Meyer
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average rating: 3.73
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rating: 3
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Eat, Pray, Love 19501
Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want—a husband, a house, a successful career. But instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. She went through a divorce, a crushing depression, another failed love, and the eradication of everything she ever thought she was supposed to be.

To recover from all this, Gilbert took a radical step. In order to give herself the time and space to find out who she really was and what she really wanted, she got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world—all alone. Eat, Pray, Love is the absorbing chronicle of that year. Her aim was to visit three places where she could examine one aspect of her own nature set against the backdrop of a culture that has traditionally done that one thing very well. In Rome, she studied the art of pleasure, learning to speak Italian and gaining the twenty-three happiest pounds of her life. India was for the art of devotion, and with the help of a native guru and a surprisingly wise cowboy from Texas, she embarked on four uninterrupted months of spiritual exploration. In Bali, she studied the art of balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. She became the pupil of an elderly medicine man and also fell in love the best way—unexpectedly.

An intensely articulate and moving memoir of self-discovery, Eat, Pray, Love is about what can happen when you claim responsibility for your own contentment and stop trying to live in imitation of society’s ideals. It is certain to touch anyone who has ever woken up to the unrelenting need for change.]]>
368 Elizabeth Gilbert 0143038419 Saumya 3 3.64 2006 Eat, Pray, Love
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average rating: 3.64
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<![CDATA[The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)]]> 2767052
Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . .

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.]]>
374 Suzanne Collins 0439023483 Saumya 3 4.34 2008 The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
author: Suzanne Collins
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average rating: 4.34
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[We'll Always Have Summer (Summer #3)]]> 8680278 291 Jenny Han 1416995587 Saumya 3 3.79 2011 We'll Always Have Summer (Summer #3)
author: Jenny Han
name: Saumya
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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What I Thought Was True 15832932 422 Huntley Fitzpatrick 0803739095 Saumya 3 3.71 2014 What I Thought Was True
author: Huntley Fitzpatrick
name: Saumya
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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Exposed (Ethan Frost, #3) 23308203 Ethan Frost, the irresistible leading man from the New York Times bestsellers Ruined and Addicted, returns once again in Exposed—a novel that’s perfect for fans of J. Kenner and Sylvia Day.
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Will Ethan Frost go too far for the woman he loves?
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The moment Chloe Girard walked into my life, she exposed secrets and emotions I always thought were best kept buried.
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She wants to move on, to ignore the past. But I can’t do that. Not when she still suffers. And not when the man who hurt her remains unscathed. So when I discover the perfect opportunity to make him pay for what he did to Chloe, I can’t walk away, no matter the consequences.
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But there’s a fine line between justice and obsession. As I turn up old crimes and new lies, I know that I’m playing with fire—and risking the very foundations of our relationship.
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My love for Chloe is absolute. I just hope it’s enough to save us both.
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255 Tracy Wolff 1101884878 Saumya 3 3.95 2015 Exposed (Ethan Frost, #3)
author: Tracy Wolff
name: Saumya
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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Addicted (Ethan Frost, #2) 20890046
Vous croyez que l'homme idéal n'existe pas ? Faux. Chloe l'a trouvé, il s'appelle Ethan Frost. Il est beau, intelligent, riche, et a toutes les filles à ses pieds. Pourtant, c'est elle qu'il a choisie. Mais cet homme merveilleux est aussi son patron, ce qui ne simplifie pas les choses. La jeune femme ne résiste pas à cet amour qui l'aide à surmonter son passé. Cependant, leur relation peut-elle vraiment survivre aux terribles secrets que cache Ethan ?

« Un roman poignant, riche en Ă©motions. » Scandalicious Book Reviews «ĚýSi vous cherchez un bon livre, haletant et brĂ»lant comme un plaisir coupable, celui-ci est fait pour vous.Ěý» Paradays «ĚýSexy et intense.Ěý» Love Romantic Fiction «ĚýLe dosage parfait entre la romance et les moments coquinsĚý!Ěý» Inside the Pages of a Book «ĚýUn roman en tout point captivantĚý!Ěý» AYA M. Productions «ĚýLes fans de Cinquante nuances de Grey adoreront ce romanĚý!Ěý» Stacey Kennedy]]>
280 Tracy Wolff 055339438X Saumya 3 3.77 2014 Addicted (Ethan Frost, #2)
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average rating: 3.77
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Three Weeks with My Brother 3465
Did You Know?---

Three Weeks With My Brother is Nicholas's second work of non-fiction? (The first was Wokini, written with Olympic Gold Medalist Billy Mills.)

Nicholas and Micah Sparks wrote the book together from separate coasts by talking on the phone and faxing drafts back and forth?

The trip around the world was part of a Notre Dame alumni package?
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368 Nicholas Sparks 0446694851 Saumya 3 4.02 2004 Three Weeks with My Brother
author: Nicholas Sparks
name: Saumya
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2004
rating: 3
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This Girl (Slammed, #3) 15784909 Librarian's Note: The ISBN 9789383260195 for this book was also used by "Shekhar Kapur's Devi - Vol. 1" by Samit Basu.

There are two sides to every love story. Now hear Will’s.

Colleen Hoover’s New York Times bestselling Slammed series has brought countless readers to their knees with a whirlwind of love, passion, and heartache.

Layken and Will’s love has managed to withstand the toughest of circumstances and the young lovers, now married, are beginning to feel safe and secure in their union. As much as Layken relishes their new life together, she finds herself wanting to know everything there is to know about her husband, even though Will makes it clear he prefers to keep the painful memories of the past where they belong. Still, he can’t resist his wife’s pleas and so he begins to untangle his side of the story, revealing for the first time his most intimate feelings and thoughts, retelling both the good and bad moments, and sharing a few shocking confessions of his own from the time when they first met.

In This Girl, Will tells the story of their complicated relationship from his point of view. Their future rests on how well they deal with the past in this final installment of the beloved Slammed series.]]>
306 Colleen Hoover 938326019X Saumya 3 3.74 2013 This Girl (Slammed, #3)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Saumya
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)]]> 18660669
Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest vampires - the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a dhampir. Rose is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making Lissa one of them.

After two years of freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy, a school for vampire royalty and their guardians-to-be, hidden in the deep forests of Montana. But inside the iron gates, life is even more fraught with danger... and the Strigoi are always close by.

Rose and Lissa must navigate their dangerous world, confront the temptations of forbidden love, and never once let their guard down, lest the evil undead make Lissa one of them forever...]]>
332 Richelle Mead Saumya 3 4.09 2007 Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
author: Richelle Mead
name: Saumya
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2)]]> 2282133
It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy’s crawling with Guardians—including Rose’s hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. And if hand-to-hand combat with her mom wasn’t bad enough, Rose’s tutor Dimitri has his eye on someone else, her friend Mason’s got a huge crush on her, and Rose keeps getting stuck in Lissa’s head while she’s making out with her boyfriend, Christian! The Strigoi are closing in, and the Academy’s not taking any risks.... This year, St. Vlad’s annual holiday ski trip is mandatory.

But the glittering winter landscape and the posh Idaho resort only create the illusion of safety. When three friends run away in an offensive move against the deadly Strigoi, Rose must join forces with Christian to rescue them. But heroism rarely comes without a price…]]>
327 Richelle Mead Saumya 3 4.26 2008 Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2)
author: Richelle Mead
name: Saumya
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)]]> 2802316
Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest vampires - the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a Dhampir. Rose is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making Lissa one of them.

Rose knows it is forbidden to love another guardian. Her best friend, Lissa - the last Dragomir princess - must always come first. Unfortunately, when it comes to gorgeous Dimitri Belikov, some rules are meant to be broken...

Then a strange darkness begins to grow in Rose's mind, and ghostly shadows warn of a terrible evil drawing nearer to the Academy's iron gates. The immortal undead are closing in, and they want vengeance for the lives Rose has stolen. In a heart-stopping battle to rival her worst nightmares, Rose will have to choose between life, love, and the two people who matter most... but will her choice mean that only one can survive?]]>
443 Richelle Mead 1595141979 Saumya 3 4.33 2008 Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)
author: Richelle Mead
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average rating: 4.33
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[Blood Promise (Vampire Academy, #4)]]> 5996153 Bound by love, but sworn to kill...
The world thought Dimitri was dead. And to a certain extent, he was. But I hadn't been able to forget a conversation he and I had once had. We'd both agreed that we'd rather be dead - truly dead - than walk the world as Strigoi. It was time to honor our words.

Guardian Rose Hathaway's life will never be the same. The recent attack on St. Vladimir's Academy devastated the entire Moroi world. Many are dead. And, for the few victims carried off by Strigoi, their fates are even worse. A rare tattoo now adorns Rose's neck; a mark that says she's killed far too many Strigoi to count.

But only one victim matters... Dimitri Belikov. Rose must now choose one of two very different paths: honoring her life's vow to protect Lissa—her best friend and the last surviving Dragomir princess—or, dropping out of the Academy to strike out on her own and hunt down the man she loves. She'll have to go to the ends of the earth to find Dimitri and keep the promise he begged her to make. But the question is, when the time comes, will he want to be saved?

Now, with everything at stake—and worlds away from St. Vladimir's and her unguarded, vulnerable, and newly rebellious best friend—can Rose find the strength to destroy Dimitri? Or, will she sacrifice herself for a chance at eternal love?

Readers who fell in love with Rose, Lissa, and Dimitri won't want to miss Blood Promise, the much-anticipated, epic fourth novel in Richelle Mead's enthralling Vampire Academy series.]]>
503 Richelle Mead 1595141987 Saumya 3 P.S. Dmitri and Rose story in this book is actually anti-twilight]]> 4.31 2009 Blood Promise (Vampire Academy, #4)
author: Richelle Mead
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average rating: 4.31
book published: 2009
rating: 3
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My favourite Vampire Academy series book so far!So many surprises!
P.S. Dmitri and Rose story in this book is actually anti-twilight
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Dear John 5526
But 9/11 changes everything. John feels it is his duty to re-enlist. And sadly, the long separation finds Savannah falling in love with someone else.

Dear John, the letter read... and with those two words, a heart was broken and two lives were changed forever. Returning home, John must come to grips with the fact that Savannah, now married, is still his true love—and face the hardest decision of his life.]]>
276 Nicholas Sparks 0446528056 Saumya 3 4.05 2006 Dear John
author: Nicholas Sparks
name: Saumya
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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I absolutely love the ending.John is so much more of a good man than he has been given credit for.Tim is of course ideal.But the reason why people as good as them loved a girl as selfish,arrogant and hypocrite as Savannah.There is only one thing the girl cared about ever was her happiness,ease and pleasure of being always correct.
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<![CDATA[Wanted (Pretty Little Liars, #8)]]> 3047851 #1 New York Times bestselling series

The eighth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars.

Hanna, Aria, Spencer, and Emily have been through a lot together—childhood pranks gone horribly wrong, not one, but two stalkers—blackmailers who know all their dirty secrets, not to mention their best friend’s murder investigation. Now these pretty little liars are finally going to uncover all the answers they’ve been searching for, and they can finally put this awful chapter of their lives behind them. Or so they think.

Full of unexpected twists and shocking revelations, Wanted is the eighth book in New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard’s compelling Pretty Little Liars series.Ěý]]>
261 Sara Shepard 0061566179 Saumya 3 4.10 2010 Wanted (Pretty Little Liars, #8)
author: Sara Shepard
name: Saumya
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2010
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[Point of Retreat (Slammed, #2)]]> 19390926 322 Colleen Hoover Saumya 3 3.95 2012 Point of Retreat (Slammed, #2)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Saumya
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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Reckless (Thoughtless, #3) 13600318
When the band hits it big, Kiera and Kellan must ask themselves: Can their love for each other survive the constant pressures of superstardom? The friendships they've formed, the new family they've found, and the history they've forged will all play a part in helping them navigate the turbulent waters of the band's exploding popularity. A greedy executive hell-bent on success, a declining pop star looking for an edge, and a media circus that twists lies into truths are just some of the obstacles the lovers will have to overcome if they are going to remain together. Fame comes with a price-but will it cost Kiera and Kellan everything?]]>
546 S.C. Stephens Saumya 3 4.41 2013 Reckless (Thoughtless, #3)
author: S.C. Stephens
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average rating: 4.41
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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Finally,Kiera has grown up.The previous two books she has been one of the most needy and selfish girls.
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Too Late 29610595
Sloan will go through hell and back for those she loves. And she does so, every single day. Caught up with the alluring Asa Jackson, a notorious drug trafficker, Sloan has finally found a lifeline to cling to, even if it’s meant compromising her morals. She was in dire straits trying to pay for her brother’s care until she met Asa. But as Sloan became emotionally and economically reliant on him, he in turn developed a disturbing obsession with her—one that becomes increasingly dangerous every day.

When undercover DEA agent Carter enters the picture, Sloan’s surprised to feel an immediate attraction between them, despite knowing that if Asa finds out, he will kill him. And Asa has always been a step ahead of everyone in his life, including Sloan. No one has ever gotten in his way.

No one except Carter.

Together, Sloan and Carter must find a way out before it’s too late…]]>
395 Colleen Hoover 1365547116 Saumya 3 3.91 2016 Too Late
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Saumya
average rating: 3.91
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rating: 3
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Archer's Voice 20639274 345 Mia Sheridan 0692214844 Saumya 2 4.44 2014 Archer's Voice
author: Mia Sheridan
name: Saumya
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2014
rating: 2
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Effortless (Thoughtless, #2) 15842441 487 S.C. Stephens 1476717486 Saumya 3 4.33 2011 Effortless (Thoughtless, #2)
author: S.C. Stephens
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average rating: 4.33
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)]]> 27362503
Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up � she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating� rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan � her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.]]>
386 Colleen Hoover 1668021048 Saumya 3 4.11 2016 It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
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name: Saumya
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2016
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[Twisted (Pretty Little Liars, #9)]]> 9893331
Aria’s jealous of her boyfriend’s new exchange student. Spencer’s getting a little too cozy with her soon-to-be-stepbrother. Hanna’s one scandalous photo away from ruining her dad’s Senate campaign. And Emily will do anything to get a swim scholarship.

Worst of all: Last spring break in Jamaica, they did something unforgivable. The girls are desperate to forget that fateful night, but they should know better than anyone that all secrets wash ashore . . . eventually.]]>
307 Sara Shepard 0062081012 Saumya 3 4.00 2011 Twisted (Pretty Little Liars, #9)
author: Sara Shepard
name: Saumya
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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My Life Next Door 12294652 A gorgeous debut about family, friendship, first romance, and how to be true to one person you love without betraying another

“One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts. All the time.�

The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, numerous, messy, affectionate. And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them . . . until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs her terrace and changes everything. As the two fall fiercely in love, Jase's family makes Samantha one of their own. Then in an instant, the bottom drops out of her world and she is suddenly faced with an impossible decision. Which perfect family will save her? Or is it time she saved herself?

A dreamy summer read, full of characters who stay with you long after the story is over.]]>
394 Huntley Fitzpatrick 0803736991 Saumya 3 3.97 2012 My Life Next Door
author: Huntley Fitzpatrick
name: Saumya
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)]]> 10140661
When the sweet and innocent Julia Mitchell enrolls as his graduate student, his attraction and mysterious connection to her not only jeopardizes his career, but sends him on a journey in which his past and his present collide.

An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love and redemption, "Gabriel's Inferno" is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the impossible...forgiveness and love.]]>
506 Sylvain Reynard 1936305623 Saumya 3 3.99 2011 Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)
author: Sylvain Reynard
name: Saumya
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)]]> 6186357 There are alternate cover editions for this ASIN here and here.

If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human.

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.

Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade.

Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive.

Everything is going to change.

Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.

Remember. Survive. Run.]]>
384 James Dashner 0385737947 Saumya 3 4.05 2009 The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
author: James Dashner
name: Saumya
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2009
rating: 3
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After You (Me Before You, #2) 25041504
Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling without him. When an extraordinary accident forces Lou to return home to her family, she can’t help but feel she’s right back where she started.

Her body heals, but Lou herself knows that she needs to be kick-started back to life. Which is how she ends up in a church basement with the members of the Moving On support group, who share insights, laughter, frustrations, and terrible cookies. They will also lead her to the strong, capable Sam Fielding—the paramedic, whose business is life and death, and the one man who might be able to understand her. Then a figure from Will’s past appears and hijacks all her plans, propelling her into a very different future. . . .

For Lou Clark, life after Will Traynor means learning to fall in love again, with all the risks that brings. But here Jojo Moyes gives us two families, as real as our own, whose joys and sorrows will touch you deeply, and where both changes and surprises await.]]>
353 Jojo Moyes Saumya 3 3.68 2015 After You (Me Before You, #2)
author: Jojo Moyes
name: Saumya
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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Allegiant (Divergent, #3) 18710190
But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend to complexities of human nature - and of herself - while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love.

Told from a riveting dual perspective, ALLEGIANT, by #1 New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth, brings the DIVERGENT series to a powerful conclusion while revealing the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in DIVERGENT and INSURGENT.]]>
531 Veronica Roth 0007524277 Saumya 3 3.59 2013 Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
author: Veronica Roth
name: Saumya
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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