The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo : Gasps, Glamour, and Gossip
WRITTEN BY SNIGDHA DHAMEJA Symposia: 8/10 Goodreads: 4.48/5 It seems so funny to me, in retrospection, that I bought this book to end my...
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Symposia
- Jun 12, 2021
- 3 min
Six of Crows : An Exemplar of Character Work
WRITTEN BY ZARA SHANAVAZ Symposia: 8/10 Goodreads: 4.45/5 There is nothing more unsatisfactory than picking up a book and rolling your...
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Symposia
- Jun 9, 2021
- 2 min
The Broken Earth Trilogy : All Things Change During A Season
WRITTEN BY NAVYA JHA Symposia : 8/10 Average Goodreads : 4.3/5 N.K Jemisin’s ‘The Broken Earth’ trilogy is repeatedly said to have...
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Symposia
- May 30, 2021
- 2 min
The Night Circus : An Advertisement for the Novel
WRITTEN BY NAVYA JHA Symposia : 9/10 Goodreads : 4/5 Topping my list, Erin Morgenstern’s debut novel is literary fantasy in all its...
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Symposia
- Dec 24, 2020
- 2 min
A Christmas Carol : Humbug!
WRITTEN BY NAVYA JHA Symposia : 7/10 Goodreads : 4.1/5 A fable encased by the essence of Christmas, ‘A Christmas Carol’ is a tale...
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Symposia
- Nov 25, 2020
- 2 min
And Then There Were None : “In the midst of life, we are in death.”
WRITTEN BY NAVYA JHA Symposia : 6.5/10 Goodreads : 4.3/5 “Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your...
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Symposia
- Nov 18, 2020
- 3 min
Of Love and Other Demons: A graceful portrayal of raw emotion
- Gabriel García Márquez (translated from Spanish by Edith Grossman) WRITTEN BY SNIGDHA DHAMEJA Symposia : 7/10 Goodreads : 3.98/5...
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Symposia
- Nov 14, 2020
- 3 min
The Ickabog : Is Rowling still good enough?
WRITTEN BY ARSH VOHRA Symposia : 8.2/10 Goodreads : 4/5 ‘The Ickabog’ is JK Rowling’s newest middle-grade release. We follow a large cast...
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Symposia
- Nov 11, 2020
- 3 min
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: To cry or not to cry?
WRITTEN BY ZARA SHANAVAZ Symposia : 7/10 Goodreads : 4.2/5 “And all the books you’ve read have been read by other people. And all the...
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Symposia
- Oct 31, 2020
- 2 min
The Best of Gothic Short Stories
WRITTEN BY NAVYA JHA 3. The Summer People - Shirley Jackson Symposia : 7.5/10 Goodreads : 3.9/5 ‘The Summer People’ revolves around an...
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Symposia
- Oct 24, 2020
- 2 min
Coraline : Subtly horrific
WRITTEN BY SNIGDHA DHAMEJA Symposia : 8.7/10 Goodreads : 4.06/5 “In the mist, it was a ghost-world. In danger? thought Coraline to...
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Symposia
- Oct 21, 2020
- 3 min
Gone Girl : 432 pages vs. 2h20m
WRITTEN BY ARSH VOHRA Novel: Symposia : 4.8/10 Goodreads : 4.1/5 Film adaptation: Symposia : 7.5/10 IMDb : 8.7/10 Metacritic : 79% Rotten...
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Symposia
- Oct 18, 2020
- 3 min
Words in Deep Blue: Friends or lovers?
WRITTEN BY ZARA SHANAVAZ Symposia : 5/10 Goodreads : 4.07/5 “Books are special, Rachel. Books are important. Words are important, words...
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Symposia
- Oct 4, 2020
- 3 min
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes : "Snow lands on top"
WRITTEN BY NAVYA JHA Symposia rating : 7/10 Goodreads rating : 3.8/5 Suzanne Collins’ ‘The Hunger Games’ stands as one of the most...
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Symposia
- Sep 23, 2020
- 3 min
1984 : The Orwellian Potency
WRITTEN BY NAVYA JHA Symposia : 7/10 Goodreads : 4.2/5 “The best books are those that tell you what you know already.” - George Orwell,...
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Symposia
- Jul 27, 2020
- 3 min
The Handmaid's Tale : “Nolite Te Bastardes Carburondorum”
WRITTEN BY NAVYA JHA Symposia : 8.8/10 Goodreads : 4.1/5 Margaret Atwood’s, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, stands as one of the most renowned...
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Symposia
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
The Giver : The Significance of Memory
WRITTEN BY NAVYA JHA Symposia : 8/10 Goodreads : 4.1/5 Lois Lowry’s, ‘The Giver’, is set in a supposedly utopian society, isolated from...
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Symposia
- Jun 26, 2020
- 2 min
The Da Vinci Code: A 2003 Controversy
WRITTEN BY NAVYA JHA Symposia : 7.8/10 Goodreads : 3.8/5 Dan Brown’s ‘The Da Vinci Code’, is a fast paced mystery revolving around an...
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