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Review: Murder at the Vicarage

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I started reading Christie's books three years ago. The first book was ABC Murder, which was very different from other murder mystery novels I read before. But I liked her writing style. Then I picked Murder on the orient express and thoroughly enjoyed it. So, by now Hercule Poirot was a new detective. Then I read what according to me is the best I read of her - The murder of Roger Ackroyd. Wouldn't go into the details much. But one must read it if he/she is into this genre. When I came across Miss Marple series, I thought Miss Marple is a young lady detective. Charming, wise, intelligent like Poirot. But she is an old lady, but of course with all those qualities of a detective. Somehow, I thought she would be like Oracle in Matrix. You know how she was a soft-spoken, calm and a very observant short hair old woman. The way she was described in the book reminds me of her. I kind of figured out who might be the killer. Or the thought came in very early. So wasn't much...

Kvothe and Harry : Teen Boys in Magic School

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Harry Potter is one of the best fantasy series in the history of the fantasy world. The first book came out in 1997 and quickly became popular. The series ended with The deathly hallows in 2007. But in the same year, another masterpiece work by Patrick Rothfuss came out as The name of the wind - the first book of kingkiller chronicle series. This was the first book ever by Patrick Rothfuss and he wrote an amazing work of fiction with his protagonist as Kvothe-The Kingkiller I have found many similarities between these two fantasy series. There are always similarities in fantasy series.  1. Harry vs Kvothe Image source - blog.patrickrothfuss.com   Harry and Kvothe are the main characters of harry potter series and kingkiller chronicle series respectively. At a very young age, both's parents were murdered. In the case of Harry, it was very early in fact. James and Lily were murdered by Voldemort. Whereas Kvothe's parents were alive until Kvothe was 14 or ...

What is the age of Kvothe?

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We're talking about my favourite fictional character from my favourite fantasy series  Kingkiller Chronicle  . To know more about Kvothe visit  here    In the books, the age of Kvothe was never mentioned. So it always intrigued me what would be his age. I t always confused me, since Kote acts like someone well into his 40s or 50s.  Chronicler says in the beginning that it has only been two years. I think that means since the events that happen in Day 3. As he turned the bottles in his long, graceful hands the familiar motion eased a few tired lines from his face, making him seem younger, certainly not yet thirty. Not even near thirty. Young for an innkeeper. Young for a man with so many tired lines remaining on his face. So, it's quite clear that Kvothe is nowhere near thirty.  When Kvothe was with Felurian,  It's only 3 days in the mortal world, but Kvothe still ages while he's in the fae.  later on, with his friends back at the u...

Bees Quarter - Sita Warrior of Mithila

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Bees Quarter was a complex of houses built for poor people living in slums in Mithila. It was mentioned in the book, Sita Warrior of Mithila , the second book in the Ram Chandra series.  Sita wanted that the southern gate of Mithila is demolished and new, permanent houses are built for the poor on the same land. These houses were built with money given by Malayputras to Sita just after Sita was declared Vishnu by Vishwamitra. Though the execution had been entrusted to Samichi, Sita had involved herself in the planning and design of the project after consulting the representatives of the slum dwellers. She had eventually worked out an innovative solution for not only their housing needs but also providing them with a sustainable livelihood. The slum dwellers very superstitious so they wanted their new home to be built exactly at the place where the old home was. But the original slum had no street. There were just small haphazard pathways. It was then that Sita came up with...

Raavan - Orphan of Aryavarta release date

Update - The latest book by Amish - " Raavan- Enemy of Aryavarta " is out now. Read the review of the book here -  https://www.jaydeepparmar.in/2019/07/raavan-enemy-of-aryavarta-review-and.html?m=1 Read Ramchandra series and Shiva trilogy by Amish using the links below.  Shiva Trilogy Books  Immortals of Meluha -  https://amzn.to/2YSyVTK The Secret of Nagas -  https://amzn.to/2VafPrl The Oath of the Vauputras -  https://amzn.to/3fS999l Ram Chandra Series Books Scion of Ikshvaku -  https://amzn.to/2YZkihx Sita - Warrior of Mithila -  https://amzn.to/3eDqMtn Raavan - Enemy of Aryavarta -  https://amzn.to/3dmHWKh Indic Chronicles Legend of Suheldev: The King who saved India -  https://amzn.to/3elr6wn Similar books by other authors Vikramaditya Veergatha by Shatrujeet Nath -  https://amzn.to/2YXgNIF Aryavarta Chronicles by Krishna Udayshankar -  https://amzn.to/2VbG9S1 Asura: Tale of Vanquished: The story of Ravan and his pe...

Vengeance of Indra (Vikramaditya Veergatha #3) - Book Review

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In case you don't know,  Vengeance of Indra is a long-awaited sequel to the   Conspiracy at Meru , Third book of Mytho-fantasy  Vikramaditya Veergatha series written by Shatrujeet Nath . The book was released on 5 February 2018. It is available in paperback format and also available on Amazon Kindle. The book consists of 375 pages just like the previous two books of this series.      I have completed reading the book, so I thought I post a review here for those who read my blog. I was confused first. Whether to write in-depth details of the book or just post a spoiler-free review.  Because there are people who have, 1. Read  Guardians of Halahala  &  Conspiracy at Meru   and very much liked it. In that case, you might have already completed reading it. And this review is more than enough for you.  2. Read  Guardians of Halahala  &  Conspiracy at Meru  and didn't like any of them....