The Reading Bud

Book Blog by Heena Rathore-Pardeshi

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I’m Heena

Welcome to The Reading Bud, my cosy corner of the internet dedicated to all things books and authors. Here, I invite you to join me on a journey of discovering under-represented books, independent and small press authors, and all things book with a touch of love and loud purrs. Let’s get Reading!

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Reading is like breathing to me.

Recent Posts

  • Novella Review: Home Is Where The Start Is (Roseland #1)

    When Ginger Mitchell finds out her mother committed suicide, she packs up her life as a Vegas “dancer” (hey, somebody’s gotta do it) and drives her cherry-red SUV straight home to Portland. Without a disapproving mom…

  • Novella Review: Fly And Other Stories

    A book of six short stories. Winner of the 2014 Ada Cambridge Prose Prize, ‘fly’ tells the story about a power struggle between two women whose relationship is doomed from the start yet neither can let…

  • Book Review: The Child Garden

    Eden was its name. “An alternative school for happy children.” But it closed in disgrace after a student’s suicide. Now it’s a care home, its grounds neglected and overgrown. Gloria Harkness is its only neighbor, staying…

  • Featured Reviewer At NetGalley (NetGalley Blogger Spotlight: The Reading Bud)

    Verbatik Media I’m the featured reviewer at NetGalley for my book blog, The Reading Bud, for their monthly series, Blogger Spotlight, for Mystery & Thriller edition. I was really excited when I received a mail from…

  • Comic Book Review: Apocalypse Meow Meow (ARC)

    Brownie, Apollo, and their ragtag group of strays have raided the grocery store and defeated some very mean mutts–but now they’ve run out of food. So when the crew discovers a nearby Twonkies factory, and all…