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Book Blog by Heena Rathore-Pardeshi

Heena Rathore P.

Hello, Booklovers!

I am Heena and I am a twenty-something novelist, editor, manuscript critic, book reviewer and podcaster.

I am a huge fan of ASOIF (Team Ned), The Walking Dead and Stephen King.

Hello,

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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Recent Posts

  • Book Review: Frostbitten

    Author: Heather Beck Release Date: June 23, 2014 Series: None Genre: YA | Paranormal-Romance | Shapeshifters- Werewolves Edition: e-book (epub) Pages: 296 Publisher: Enchanted Publishing Interest: Requested by author Source: Author (Thanks, Heather!) To buy Frostbitten click here. Blurb Great beauty…

  • Love, roses and pot-pourri!

    Hey everyone! We went to an amazing Travel Fest on Sunday and had an amazing day there inquiring and planning travel to various places we had in mind for the next year, including, Rann Of Kutch, Himalayas…

  • Book Review: Relative Evil

    Genre: Mystery | Crime | NA | Contemporary Thriller My Rating: 4 Read my review of Relative Evil at JC’s Book Haven. You can also read this review at Goodreads.

  • Book Review: Lord Of The Flies

    Author: William Golding Release Date: 1954 Series: None Genres: Classics|YA|Brit-Lit|Adventure|Dystoia| Sci-Fi Pages: 230 ISBN NO.: 978-0-571-20053-5 Publisher: Penguin India Blurb A plane crashes n a desert island. The only survivors area a group of schoolboys. At first they…

  • Book Review: Charmed (Donovan Legacy #3)

    Author: Nora Roberts Release Date: February 1, 2009 Series: Donovan Legacy Genre: Paranormal| Romance | Fiction | Contemporary Pages: 328 ISBN NO.: 978-0-263-87187-6 Publisher: Penguin India Preceded by: Entranced (Donovan Legacy #2) Followed By: Enchanted (Donovan Legacy #4) Blurb Boone…