Book Spotlight: The Last Grand Master by Andrew Q. Gordon

Tavleen KaurFebruary 9, 2017Leave a Comment

Hey everyone! Today I wanted to let you all know about a fantasy book. Do check it out if it seems interesting to you! Below is everything you need to know:

The Last Grand Master By Andrew Q. Gordon
Genre: Fantasy/SciFi

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About the Book

In a war that shook the earth, the six gods of Nendor defeated their brother Neldin, God of Evil. For three thousand years, Nendor and the Seven Kingdoms have known peace and prosperity and Neldin’s evil was nearly forgotten.

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Book Review: The Reflections of Queen Snow White by David Meredith

Tavleen KaurFebruary 7, 2017Leave a Comment

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Genre: Fairy Tale Retelling

My Rating: 4 stars

I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review

The Reflections of Queen Snow White by David Meredith is the story of an aging Queen Snow White who has been in grief ever since her husband died. In the beginning, we see that Snow White is very disturbed and depressed even though her daughter’s wedding is about to commence. She is distracted and has no interest in the wedding affairs.The book follows as she is confronted with a mirror that forces her to relive her past and take a look at what her life has become.

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January 2017 Reads

Tavleen KaurFebruary 4, 2017Leave a Comment

Hello everyone! This is the first time i am doing a month reading wrap-up and I’m hoping to do a lot of these this year. January was a pretty good reading month for me. I finished 6 books. All of these were sent to me for review by their author. I have been lately focusing solely on review books as I want to be done with them.

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Reading Challenges 2017

Tavleen KaurJanuary 31, 2017Leave a Comment

Hello everyone! Today, I’m telling you about the reading challenges I am participating in this year. All these are year long challenges. I may or may not participate in other challenges, readathons or readalongs throughout the year.

Brunch Book Challenge

This challenge is hosted by HT Brunch. You can check out their twitter @HTBrunch and also the challenge post. The offcial hashtag is #BrunchBookChallenge.

There are only two rules to complete this challenge.

Read 36 books in 2017.
Read at least six books by Indian authors, or those centered on India.

I have always been interested in this challenge but I’ve never been active in updating my reading. This year I want to change that. I will be posting my progress through my twitter account @tavleensoni.

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Book Reviews

Book Review: The Resurrection Of Evil by Neelabh Pratap Singh

Tavleen KaurJanuary 28, 2017Leave a Comment

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Genre: Mythological Thriller

My Rating: 4.5 stars

I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review

The Resurrection Of Evil by Neelabh Pratap Singh is a mythological thriller set in India. The plot is centered around a pot that is stolen from the National Museum.

The book starts with a man killing his wife in a moment of anger. Right after this, we are bombarded with crime scenes one after the other. In the middle of these, we are introduced to our hero ACP Aryan.

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Book Spotlight & Giveaway: The Girl At The Bar by Nicholas Nash

Tavleen KaurJanuary 26, 2017Leave a Comment

Hey guys! Today, I wanted to let you know about a book tour that is currently happening for The Girl At The Bar by Nicholas Nash. Everything you need to know is below. Do check out the book if it sounds interesting to you!

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My TBR Jar Tasks Completed In 2016

Tavleen KaurJanuary 23, 2017Leave a Comment

In the beginning of 2016, I made a post called My Reading More Diversely Jar/ My Ultimate TBR Jar. Basically, I made a list of all the books that I wanted to read and a lot of reading tasks that i wanted to do to make myself try new authors and genres. I cut them into little slips and put them into a jar.

Throughout the year, I took out a slip every few weeks and read that book or completed that task and pasted the slips in my journal after completing them.

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The Mystery Blogger Award Tag

Tavleen KaurJanuary 20, 2017Leave a Comment

Hello everyone.

I was tagged by the lovely Chloe at Fictional Fetish to do this tag. This tag was originally created by Okoto Enigma. Go check out both of their blogs!

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My 2016 Reading Review

Tavleen KaurJanuary 17, 2017Leave a Comment

Even though I only read 74 books in 2016 in caparison to 145 books in 2015, it was still a pretty good reading year. I tried some great new authors and read many good books. Besides this, the highlight of 2016 for me is this blog. I started Travelling Through Words and worked on it. I designed my own banner. I posted book reviews and a lot of other posts. I made connections with other bloggers, bookstagrammers and authors. For me, these are the best accomplishments I made this year.

I also completed my 1 year blogging anniversary this month. With this, I want to give a huge thank you to all the people who read my posts, followed my blog, commented on it, liked it and just everyone who supported me. THANK YOU SO MUCH <3

All this said, lets get started with my 2016 reading journey!

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Book Reviews

Book Review: The Girl from Rostov by Shitij Sharma

Tavleen KaurJanuary 11, 2017Leave a Comment

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Genre: Crime Thriller

My Rating: 4 stars

“Do the actions of our father’s decide who we are or do they decide what we become? Did we choose this, brought this upon ourselves? We must have been fools to listen to them, to trust their promises and believe their lies and if it were to happen all over again we would still make all the same mistakes. Do you know why? Because we are still fools groping in the dark, looking for any sort of guidance that can be provided.”

The Girl from Rostov is a stand-alone thriller by Shitij Sharma. It follows Majid and his niece Maya as they both battle the ghosts of their past. Their journey takes them to unexpected places and places them with unexpected situations. The book is about a family that is laden with tragedy. It is a mixture of love, loss, family, crime and grief.

I was surprised when I started this book. It was captivating right from

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Inkitt Android App – An App for Book Lovers

Tavleen KaurJanuary 7, 2017Leave a Comment

Hey guys! I wanted to let you know about an Android app release that takes place today. Below is all that you need to know!

About Inkitt

On the surface, Inkitt (www.inkitt.com) is a platform where aspiring writers can share their novels and inquisitive readers can unearth fresh content. But under the hood, we are democratizing publishing: The Inkitt algorithm analyzes reading behavior to predict future bestsellers. In other words: if readers love it, Inkitt publishes it.

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Book Spotlight & Giveaway: A Secondhand Life by Pamela Crane

Tavleen KaurJanuary 4, 2017Leave a Comment

A Secondhand Life:

(The Killer Thriller Series Book 1)

by Pamela Crane

Genre: A compelling serial killer thriller

**”A Secondhand Life” is a standalone psychological thriller
featuring characters also found in the companion novella, “A
Secondhand Lie.”**

2016 New Apple Literary Award in Psychological Thrillers, First Place Winner

2016 Reader’s Favorite Award in Thrillers, First Place Winner

2015 Library Journal selection

2016 Chanticleer Clue Awards nominee

2016 Silver Falchion Best Fiction nominee

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Book Reviews

Book Review: Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

Tavleen KaurJanuary 3, 20177 Comments

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Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, LGBT

My Rating: 5 stars

Boy Meets Boy is the first book I’ve read by David Levithan. It follows the story of Paul, a cheerful high school student when he meets Noah. I discovered this book when I came across its audiobook and decided to give it a try.

The first thing I would like to say is that I am very, very glad I read this book 😀

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Book Review: Tompkin’s School: For The Extraordinarily Talented (Tompkin’s School, Book 1) by Tabi Slick

Tavleen KaurDecember 18, 2016Leave a Comment

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Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Fantasy

My Rating: 4 stars

I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.

Tompkin’s School: For The Extraordinarily Talented by Tabi Slick is a thrilling YA paranormal book. It follows the story of Izara Torvik when she moves to a boarding school in Oklahoma with her twin brother Kain. They soon discover that there is something sinister about the school and find something weird happening to them in the midst of it.

The book starts a bit slow but soon becomes very intriguing and mysterious. The writing is simple and good. I liked that the book was organized and well paced.

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