Me & My Bookshelf !

I found yet another interesting Challenge this year - The Official 2018 TBR Pile Challenge. 12 books published before 1/1/2017 to be read in 2018. That is quite easy as it is only 1 book a month! I can definitely do that part. Here are the 12 books and the extra two to switch with, in case  I can't make to the last page of any of the original 12. Emma Three men in a boat Arushi The second Lady The mistress of Spices The girl on the train Lanka's Princess  Boss, job and the Lady  Kane and Abel  The Prodigal Daughter  Mistress of the Throne Mother of the Bride. The guardian Angels  The Kitchen God's Wife I will post the reviews and also link it up over here. Can't wait to start!!!

Foodies Read Reading Challenge 2018- This is one of those challenge that I want to sign up for each year but I end up not doing it or doing it just half way. With the number of cookbooks that I have around, I am keep my fingers crossed to finish off a few. And also this will be a great opportunity to cook a couple of recipes from the book I read so that I am also able to do the Cooking from cookbook challenge for my food blog - Seduce Your Tastebuds . Since there are no levels in this challenge, I am hoping I can read a decent number of books for this event.

This year, I am planning to explore other genres and am looking into a lot of non fiction . So since I am doing this, I thought I will take part in the challenge called - Creativity Reading Challenge 2018 This challenge is about reading books on creativity, art, crafts, writing, film making, photography, cosmetology, DIY, cooking, music and any other topic that helps you live a more creative life.  Books may be nonfiction, memoir, how to, self help, coffee table books, instructional, picture books, and even fictional if they are about people who are creative. Here too there are no levels or maximum number of books to be read etc. Hence it will be a easier to finish this challenge.  Here are some of the books from my bookshelf that fit the bill.. The Queen of comeback Adding salt to make it sweeter Forgotten English Half pants full pants Happiness is all we want Know your worth The Arunachal Motorcycle chronicles Temptation- The uncontrollable...

This also a fairly simple reading challenge where we get to read the author we love. It's called the Author Love Challenge . I have a whole collection of Jeffery Archer 's books . Though there are several authors that I love, I have a big pile of Jeffery Archer's books. So with this challenge, I intend to to finish off those book. The best part of this challenge is there is no goal but just a minimum of 5 books to be read. I have the following books in my TBR list... The full series of Clifton Chronicles - 7 books The fourth Estate The prodigal Daughter Kane and Abel To cut a long story short 36 short stories And thereby hangs a tale Shall we tell the President Paths of glory Short stories - 10 e-books I will try to post reviews of the books. So let me start reading and come back here to see how many I can tick off the list...

This year too I am tempted to join a number of reading challenges. But I have restricted myself in joining only those that I will able to complete. This challenge - Deal me in short stories  @ Bibliophilopolis is by far the easiest challenges I came across this time. The rule is very simple - Assign a short story to every card in the deck and each week draw a random card and read the story assigned to it! This is my list.Except for a couple of authors, everyone else is new to me. A♠ Amnipur – A science Fiction short story – Isabella Amaris 2♠ End game – Jeffery archer 3♠ Christina Rosenthal – Jeffery Archer 4♠No room at the inn – Jeffery archer 5♠One man's meat – Jeffery archer 6♠ Clean face ignatius – Jeffery Archer 7♠ Cheap at half price – Jeffery Archer 8♠ The grass is always greener – Jeffery Archer 9♠ In the eye of the beholder –Jeffery Archer 10♠A wasted Hour - Jeffery Archer J♠The man who robbed his own office- Jeffery Archer Q♠A mothers day – kaira R...

After a really long gap, I am writing a post here. I have been reading a lot, yet I never come here to write the reviews. As much as I want to, I hardly find time to write them down!! So, here is the book haul #1 for this month. I will do another post with the books that I won in giveaways and those that came in for review.. This haul is from Bookchor . Though I have been eyeing books on this site since a long time, it was only a few weeks back that I ordered these. Total books - 7 How much I spent - INR 540/- Will be back soon with the rest of the haul...

At a Glance.... Title:The Crows Of Agra Author: Sharath Komarraju Publisher: Amazing Reads Pages:218 Genre : Mystery / Fiction Format : Paperback ISBN :9-788192-910956 This is an Akbar- Birbal mystery, a book that I had purchased long back.I took this along with me on a road trip and read it all through the way , snatching a few minutes here and there to see where the story was going! I like historical fiction and I was sure this one wouldn't disappoint me. The author was new to me but the term 'Birbal Mystery was enough to encourage me to read on. At the very beginning, the note from the author states that this is a work of fiction and should not be related to history!It can be called a murder mystery with a historical flavor or simply a murder mystery.This being said, it is easier to accept the twists and turns in the story! The story takes placein Agra in the 16th century where Akbar has no inking on what is going on in his empire.  Bairam kh...