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Review #6 - A Series of Unfortunate Events
"He or she who hesitates is lost." - A Series of Unfortunate Events, #XI - The Grim Grotto This series (referred to as ASOUE from now...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
May 26, 20203 min read
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Review #5 - My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologies
I think somewhere deep down, within every individual, lies the fear of being too different, changing one self to fit in this puzzle piece...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
Apr 5, 20202 min read
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Review #4 - Grandma's Bag of Stories
There is something very refreshing about revisiting old fairytales that you might have heard or read as a child. I'm not talking about...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
Feb 1, 20201 min read
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Review #3 2020 - The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock
The surname Clock is something that is very fitting for the character and the profession he is in, and also in many ways his life. An...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
Jan 23, 20202 min read
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Review #2, 2020 - DM For Murder
We live in a world where everything is instant. Cup a noodles. Shopping away at a click. Food. News. Murder? Welcome to the new reality...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
Jan 20, 20201 min read
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Review #1, 2020 - An Economist Walks into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk
As unusual as the title sounds, is as unusual as the book gets.
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
Jan 5, 20202 min read
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Review #28 - Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts
Authors: Anthony Bourdain, Joel Rose Illustrators: Issue #1 - Alberto Ponticelli, Vanesa Del Ray, José Villarrubia, Paul Pope Issue #2 -...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
Nov 19, 20182 min read
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Review #27 - Shallow Graves
Author: Patrick Logan Rating: ★★★★1/2 There are two kinds of people in the world. Ones that read horror books and enjoy them without...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
Oct 22, 20182 min read
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Review #26 - Panty
Author: Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay Translator: Arunava Sinha Rating: ★★★ A woman, name unknown, discovers herself and Kolkata through a...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
Oct 4, 20181 min read
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Thank you for the magic!
When I was 12, a family friend of mine gifted me Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as a parting gift. I had not read any of the Harry...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
Jul 31, 20183 min read
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Review #25 - Ghost Camera
Author: Darcy Coates Rating: ★★★★ Ever thought that ghost/horror fiction nowadays has a lot more gore/sexual fantasies attached to it...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
Jul 27, 20181 min read
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Review #24 - Archie, Vol. 1: The New Riverdale
Author: Mark Waid, Fiona Staples (Illustrator), Annie Wu (Illustrator), Veronica Fish (Illustrator) Rating: ★★★★ Continuing on my new...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
Jun 5, 20181 min read
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Review #23 - The Double Clue: And Other Hercule Poirot Stories
Author: Agatha Christie Rating: ★★★★ Reader or not, thriller and mystery enthusiast or not, every single person on this planet would have...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
May 18, 20182 min read
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Review #22 - I Hope This Reaches Her in Time
Author: R.H.Sin Rating: ★★★★ Well to start off, I don’t think I’ve tried reading poetry since high school. In fact, I didn’t even like...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
May 10, 20182 min read
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Review #21 - The Craigslist Murders
Author: Brenda Cullerton Rating: ★★1/2 Interior designer Charlotte Wolfe has dealings with the most unbelievably difficult clients in the...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
May 9, 20181 min read
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World Book Day
For some people, reading is a meditative act. For some, an addiction. Some people like reading books as a getaway from reality. Others...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
Mar 1, 20182 min read
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Review #20 - The Last Children of Tokyo
Author: Yoko Tawada Rating: ★★★★ I think more than a review, this will be more of my advent into opinion writing, so bare with me while...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
Feb 27, 20183 min read
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Review #19 - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Author: Alison Bechdel Rating: ★★★★ So to get it out of the way, this is the first time I have read an adult graphic novel. In fact, I...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
Jan 28, 20182 min read
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Review #18 - Intimacy
Author: Hanif Kureishi Rating: ★★★ You spend years making a family, trying to be the same with someone you fell in love with years ago,...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
Jan 25, 20182 min read
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Review #17 - Little Black Dress
Author: Sarah O'Rourke, Brynne Asher, Layla Frost and Sarah Curtis Rating: ★★1/2 A marriage going through crisis. A woman smitten by...
Surupa Mukhopadhyay
Aug 24, 20172 min read
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