Shilpa’s Blog

14/09/2026

The Second Chance Trailer Park | Katie Powner

This novel begins on a promising note, where we meet Meredith McGillicutty as a fifty-two-year-old self-made career woman. So far, she has done well, progressing steadily at work. Financially, too, she seems secure, flipping multiple homes and making a decent profit. Till one day, it all comes crashing down when she is denied a long-overdue promotion in favor of someone new and, might I add, younger....

This novel begins on a promising note, where we meet Meredith McGillicutty as a fifty-two-year-old self-made career woman. So far, she has done well, progressing steadily at work. Financially, too, she seems secure, flipping multiple homes and making a decent profit. Till one day, it all comes crash...

12/09/2026

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11/09/2026

An unplanned lunch date At Urban Tadka

We initially planned to visit another restaurant but finally ended up having lunch at Urban Tadka. At first glance, the restaurant's interior is nondescript. Unlike some other North Indian/Punjabi restaurants, it doesn’t announce itself with its décor. Maybe because it's tucked inside a busy mall on the ever-busy Ghodbundar Road stretch in Thane. That said, it makes up for its lack of a jazzy interior with authentic food preparation....

We initially planned to visit another restaurant but finally ended up having lunch at Urban Tadka. At first glance, the restaurant's interior is nondescript. Unlike some other North Indian/Punjabi restaurants, it doesn’t announce itself with its décor. Maybe because it's tucked inside a busy mall...

08/09/2026

From Words To Views | The Crystal Cuckoo

Clara Merlo is a medical student attending to a patient as a trainee doctor on the ward. While stabilizing the patient, she herself collapses and suffers a fulminant heart attack. She wakes up in the hospital several days later, only to realize that she has almost died and came back from the brink of death due to a timely heart transplant....

Clara Merlo is a medical student attending to a patient as a trainee doctor on the ward. While stabilizing the patient, she herself collapses and suffers a fulminant heart attack. She wakes up in the hospital several days later, only to realize that she has almost died and came back from the brink o...

04/09/2026

Bad Intentions | Iliana Xander

Josie Boots is embarrassed, tired, and doesn’t want to rejoin the social media fandom because of whatever happened. She fears people might recognize her from that shameful episode. So, she does the only logical thing possible- she decides to move back to her childhood home in Burnville. Besides saving her face, she has taken additional responsibility for saving her grandmother’s life on account of her ailing health....

Josie Boots is embarrassed, tired, and doesn’t want to rejoin the social media fandom because of whatever happened. She fears people might recognize her from that shameful episode. So, she does the only logical thing possible- she decides to move back to her childhood home in Burnville. Besides sa...

01/09/2026

Best Fiction and Nonfiction Books to Buy in September 2026: 15 Books Worth Adding to Your TBR

September is shaping up to be one of the biggest months for new books in 2026. From highly anticipated literary fiction and viral romantasy to urgent political writing, cultural history, memoir, and ambitious speculative fiction, this month's publishing calendar offers something for almost every kind of reader. Whether you are searching for the best books of September 2026, new fiction releases…...

September is shaping up to be one of the biggest months for new books in 2026. From highly anticipated literary fiction and viral romantasy to urgent political writing, cultural history, memoir, and ambitious speculative fiction, this month's publishing calendar offers something for almost every kin...