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More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood Jayne’s review of this #ownvoices YA novel got me to pick it up and I was glad I did. Danyal Jilani is a good-looking and sweet nineteen-year-old in his senior year of high school (he was held back a year ... more >
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Danyal Jilani doesn’t lack confidence. He may not be the smartest guy in the room, but he’s funny, gorgeous, and going to make a great chef one day. His father doesn’t approve of his career choice, but that hardly matters. What does matter is the opinion of Danyal’s longtime crush, ... more >
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A human chain to move books – How do you get a lot of children’s books from here to there? By hand, of course. Well, they could have been transferred by the boring method of boxes and trucks but thousands of citizens of Norman, Oklahoma turned out on a Sunday ... more >
Book Reviews / C- Reviewsactress / family relationships / India / mental illness / POC / POC author / South-Asian / wedding6 Comments
Ria Parkar is Bollywood’s favorite Ice Princess–beautiful, poised, and scandal-proof–until one impulsive act threatens to expose her destructive past. Traveling home to Chicago for her cousin’s wedding offers a chance to diffuse the coming media storm and find solace in family, food, and outsized celebrations that are like one of ... more >
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Mili Rathod hasn’t seen her husband in twenty years—not since she was promised to him at the age of four. Yet marriage has allowed Mili a freedom rarely given to girls in her village. Her grandmother has even allowed her to leave India and study in America for eight months, ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Contemporary romance / Harlequin / India / marriage-of-convenience / POC / POC author / South-Asian13 Comments
Dear Adite Banerjie: You sent me your book ages ago, when it was released in India and then in the UK, but I wanted to wait until it was available in the US to minimize potential buyer frustration. This is the fourth M&B India release I’ve read, and while they ... more >