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Name of the book:  Charlotte's Web Author:  E. B. White Genre:  Children's literature Published by:  Penguin Random House UK (Puffin Books) No. Of Pages:  186 After reading to George Orwell’s Animal Farm, reading another animal-centric, kid’s book was super exciting! Charlotte’s Web is a story based in an animal farm where there’s a variety – geese, rat, horses, sheep, a pig (Wilbur) and then there’s the protagonist – Charlotte – the spider! The story is fun to read with the illustrations on most of the pages and a perfect quick read from the usual books; it’s refreshing and creative. Although, the book is banned in a few states, due to the fact that the animals’ talk among themselves and also to a human kid – Fern, it is considered to be as inappropriate, I found the plot of the story exact opposite; artistic and simple. The story has a simple teaching, friendship! It is very well depicted between Fern and Wilbur, and between Wi...

Name:   Aurangzeb – The Man and The Myth Author:   Audrey Truschke Genre:   Non-Fiction/Biography Published by:   Penguin Books No. of Pages:   153 We all have read about Mughal Sultanate during the History class in childhood and many of whom I know, hated the subject for the details it had – dates, names, references, etc. But I always loved History class! Right from the Stone Age man to Hitler and from Shivaji Maharaj to World War – It was a blissful subject and I loved the lengthy answers the teacher would dictate and we later, scribbled in the examination answer sheets. The book, Aurangzeb – The Man and The Myth, is a wonderful flashback of those childhood classroom lessons where many struggled remembering the names and the hierarchy! It is a story which chalks down the details of Aurangzeb – the emperor, who is one of the most hated men in the Indian History. Aurangzeb Alamgir  (1658-1707) was the 6 th  Mughal Emperor and ...

Name of the book: How to Stop Time Author: Matt Haig Genre: Romance, Fantasy Fiction Published by: Canongate Books Ltd. No. Of Pages: 325 Off lately, I am glad to be reading fewer but some great books. The Sunday times bestseller and the Winner of the 2017 "books are my bag readers" award for popular fiction, How to Stop Time by Matt Haig, is one amazing book! When I say the word “Amazing”, it ought to be no less than it. The story is of a man who does look like any ordinary 40+ years old, but has a dark secret to share; he lives not in years, but centuries! He is Tom. Tom Hazard. Born in 1800’s this man lived for almost 440 years! The story is his journey on the survival of all these years – how he lost his mother, how he has been living, changing his identity every few years, from England to Paris, from New York  to America – Tom has seen a lot; lived a lot! After being alive for so many years and staying “ undercover ”, T...