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Heena R. Pardeshi aka Crazy Cat Writer

Hi, welcome to The Reading Bud.
I am Heena, founder and admin of The Reading Bud. I am an author and editor by profession but in my free time I love reading tons and tons of books and reviewing them!

Heena aka Crazy Cat Writer

Rating: 5 out of 5.

“As the author of seven novels, I have had the opportunity to work with literally hundreds of bloggers. Few have proved more pleasant, professional, and thorough as Heena. She brings knowledge, perspective, and enthusiasm to each review, not to mention a mastery of the language that is impressive in its own right. The Reading Bud is the best!”

 John A. Heldt, author of The Mine

Rating: 5 out of 5.

“Whether you are a reader or a publisher, The Reading Bud is a place as good as any if you are looking for professional and well-thought-out reviews and other services.

Peter Öberg, Editor at Affront Publishing

Looking for a book review?

We review books, host author& audiobook narrator interviews, book features, spotlights, cover & excerpt reveals.
We also host a Podcast Show – Coffee Conversations and interview authors on our YouTube & Instagram Channels – Author Talk series.
We create book related videos such as story video, YouTube Short, Instagram Reel, Review Video and Detailed Book Analysis videos for our social media platforms.
We also do book photography for our Instagram profile and create unboxing as well as book-mail videos along with review and book-list videos.
Sidebar Ads are one of our most loved book promotional feature and can be availed from a week to upto 6 months.
We help authors in promoting the books before, during as well as after the release of their books.

Looking for editing or writing services?

Well versed in British, American & Indian English, we edit fiction and non-fiction manuscripts – substantive, developmental, conceptual, line and copy editing along with beta reading, proofread and critiquing manuscripts .

We also write book summaries, book blurbs, book proposals, film proposals and undertake various long-term projects such as screenplay editing and rewriting, Novel-to-Screenplay adaptation, screenplay critique, manuscript critique, etc. We also write and develop Screenplays and Manuscripts as Ghost Writers as well as on Contract basis.
In order to request a quote, please get in touch with the project details.

Latest Reviews & Features

Book Review: Inconclusive Volume 1 by Alexandra Devane 

Book Details: Author: Alexandra DevaneRelease Date: 31 August 2025Series: The Shards of Sansatia Series (Book 1 of 2)Genre: Fantasy, Dark RomantasyFormat: E-book Pages: 139 pagesPublisher: -Blurb:Eighteen-year-old Acteo Venand is an elite striker cadet at Inoton Academy, a military institution that prepares him to battle Noxvaleres,…

Author Interview: Luanne Castle

Welcome to TRB Lounge. Today, I’d like to welcome Luanne Castle, author of Scrap: Salvaging a Family, for an author interview with The Reading Bud. About The Author Luanne Castle Luanne Castle’s hybrid flash memoir, Scrap: Salvaging a Family, with a starred…

Book Review: Tesla’s Opera by Mir Seidel

Tesla’s Opera: The Real, Stranger-than-Fiction Nikola Tesla by Mir Seidel, is a hybrid work: part artistic archive, part cultural reclamation, part libretto, part visual-performance document, and part meditation on Tesla as scientist, mystic, showman, futurist, and mythic figure. The result…

Book Review: Scrap: Salvaging a Family by Luanne Castle

Book Details: Author: Luanne CastleRelease Date: 1 January, 2026Series:Genre: MemoirFormat: E-book Pages: 172 pagesPublisher: ELJ EditionsBlurb:Luanne Castle’s new hybrid flash memoir, Scrap: Salvaging a Family (ELJ Editions 2026), is now available to purchase on Amazon and ELJ Editions. Scrap: Salvaging a Family…

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